California mom Sherri Papini sentenced to 18 months in jail for fake kidnappingA Northern California woman has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for faking her own kidnapping so she could go back to a former boyfriend, which led to an three-week, multi-state search.
California woman pleads guilty to 2016 kidnapping hoaxA Northern California woman has pleaded guilty to mail fraud and lying to the FBI.
California family โappalledโ by arrest in faked abductionPapini's disappearance and her story about being held at gunpoint and being branded sparked widespread media attention.