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FBI Says Northern California Woman Fakes Her Own Abduction
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FBI Says Northern California Woman Fakes Her Own Abduction

Sherri Papini, a Northern California mother who went missing back in 2016, then resurfaced weeks later saying she’d been kidnapped, has been arrested for allegedly faking her own abduction. Audrey Asistio got ahold of court documents that reveal what the FBI thinks really happened.

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