Police still to understand the motive.
More than a month after being kept captive by her abductors, a Northern California woman was released on the Thanksgiving Day on a rural road of Yolo County.
The woman named Sherri Papini, 43 who was kidnapped while she went for a late morning jog a month back was seen chained, on the road by a passing motorist who informed the police.
During a press conference on Thursday, Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko told reporters that Sherri Papini has been finally located and she has been reunited with her family on the day of Thanksgiving.
As of now police has not found any clue about the captors of the woman nor they have any inputs on the reason why she was abducted and locked up for three weeks.
Police also confirmed that investigation is underway and also requested the media to respect the privacy of the family.
Throughout the days when the woman was missing the police conducted both ground and aerial searches, during this time her family and friends raised funds for search-and-rescue efforts, garnered more than $49,000.
After Papini’s homecoming was announced, the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office wrote on Facebook: “It’s an absolute miracle, and on Thanksgiving Day.”
The sheriff stressed that the case is still an active investigation and said he “will not rest until Sherri’s captor or captors are identified and brought to justice.”
Authorities are searching for two Hispanic women in a dark-colored SUV; they are considered armed and dangerous, police said. Bosenko did not elaborate on the women’s relationship to the case.
“Even though Sherri has been located and reunited with her family, this investigation is far from over; this has only begun a new chapter in the investigation,” Bosenko said.
“As details come to the surface, we will work to keep the public informed. There is sensitive information that is being withheld at this time — I’m not able to put out. And please respect this until such time when we’re able to make an arrest and bring these criminals to justice in Sherri’s abduction,” he added.
“This investigation has not only touched our entire community,” he said, “but has circulated the nation as well.”