All articles tagged with #faked kidnapping
A Florida teenager, Caden Speight, is charged with faking his kidnapping, shooting himself in the leg, and fabricating evidence, after authorities uncovered the hoax involving staged evidence and false reports, leading to a large law enforcement response.
Sherri Papini, who was convicted of faking her kidnapping in 2016 and lying to the FBI, claims in a new interview that she was actually kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend, James Reyes, revealing new details and her reasons for lying earlier. She states her actions were driven by fear of her abusive ex-husband and emotional struggles, and now seeks to tell the truth.
Sherri Papini, who admitted to faking her own kidnapping and lying to the FBI, has been released from federal prison and will be overseen at a community confinement center. Papini went missing in 2016 and was found three weeks later with self-inflicted injuries. Her story unraveled when investigators found male DNA on her clothes belonging to an ex-boyfriend she was staying with during the time she claimed to be missing. Papini pleaded guilty in 2022 and was sentenced to 18 months in prison. She has now been released to a community confinement center in Sacramento.