As investigators continue to look into Sherri’s case, new details emerge about her life before she went missing. Her past includes a first husband, problems with her parents over the years, and a shocking rumor that she once posted on a white supremacist message board. With this new information, will investigators be able to track down her captors? Or will they conclude that the whole thing was made up? 

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Audio clips featured in this episode can be found here:

  1. Inside Edition interview with Sherri’s ex-boyfriend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0gjVZRtKBU

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Sources for this episode:

  1. People Magazine: https://people.com/crime/sherri-papini-missing-racist-letter-online/
  2. Department of Justice / United States District Court: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edca/press-release/file/1479901/download
  3. The Sacramento Bee: ​​https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article141599034.html
  4. City of Redding: https://www.cityofredding.org/about-us/living-in-redding
  5. TIME https://time.com/6729/10-cities-where-violent-crime-is-soaring/
  6. Courier-Journal: https://www.courier-journal.com/in-depth/news/crime/2021/12/17/mexican-drug-cartels-move-in-on-californias-shadow-marijuana-industry/6036056001/
  7. Daily Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3980270/Sheriff-s-office-investigating-bizarre-blog-spewing-hatred-against-Latinos-purportedly-written-kidnapped-mom-two-Sherri-Papini-ex-husband-says-malicious-prank-isn-t-racist.html
  8. Inside Edition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0gjVZRtKBU
  9. ABC News: https://abcnews.go.com/US/mother-super-mom-sherri-papini-told-police-daughter/story?id=46477176
  10. The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/the-long-american-history-of-missing-white-woman-syndrome
  11. New York Post: https://nypost.com/2020/11/18/convicted-killer-susan-smith-could-be-free-in-2024/

Credits:

Created by: 

Jessica Devine and Abby Schreiber

Written and hosted by:

Abby Schreiber

Executive produced by:

Elena Murdock

Sound design and editing by: 

Gus Hurteau

Original art by: 

Keitha McClocklin

Graphics by: 

Katherine Deck

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