Sheriff reveals battered supermom had a MESSAGE 'branded' on her skin, but after extensive interviews with Sherri Papini over the last two days he admits they are still baffled over why she was abducted
- Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko says detectives have spoken to Sherri Papini for several hours over the past two days
- Detectives are not any closer to establishing a reason or motive behind the kidnapping, and have not established the location of where she was held
- Mom-of-two Papini, 34, was found chained on the side of the road near Sacramento on Thanksgiving morning, 140 miles away from her home
- On Monday she was able to give her first full interview to police since she vanished on November 2, while out for a jog
- She was badly beaten, tortured and even branded during the ordeal
- The branding was not a symbol, but a message, which has not been released publicly
- Police are hunting two Hispanic females driving a dark colored SUV and armed with a handgun
Police investigating the disappearance of Sherri Papini are still baffled as to why she was abducted - despite interviewing the mom-of-two for several hours over the past two days.
Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko says detectives spoke with Papini for a second and third time on Monday and Tuesday but are no closer to establishing a reason or motive behind the kidnapping.
Papini, 34, was badly beaten, tortured and even branded during the ordeal, according to a statement released by her husband.
Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko says detectives have spoken to Sherri Papini (pictured above with her husband Keith on their wedding day) for several hours over the past two days
Papini, 34, was found on Thanksgiving day after going missing for three weeks. Her husband, Keith, said she was covered in bruises and burns when he saw her in the hospital (couple above with son Tyler and daughter Violet)
And police are hunting two Hispanic females driving a dark colored SUV and armed with a handgun.
But officers have been left stumped by the unusual case that has shocked America.
'Our investigators have spoken to Miss Papini for a number of hours Monday and then several hours again Tuesday,' Sheriff Bosenko told DailyMail.com
Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko said that detectives are not any closer to establishing a reason or motive behind the kidnapping
'Right now we have no known reason why she was abducted, we do not know if she was specifically targeted or if this was a random abduction.
'It's still an active and ongoing investigation and we're still looking for the reasons or the motive for this abduction.
'Abductions are generally rare, especially in this area, but I mean in general an adult abduction is an unusual occurrence.'
When pressed on whether Papini herself had given detectives any theories as to why she thought was abducted, the Sheriff said: 'The victim may not know the reason why, so we don't know, at this stage of the investigation, the reason or a motive.'
This comes as frightening details of Papini's ordeal begin to emerge.
She was found alive on Thanksgiving day after being missing for three weeks.
Among her injuries Papini had a message branded into her skin, Sheriff Bosenko told ABC News.
'I would think that that was some sort of either an exertion of power and control and or maybe some type of message that the brand contained,' he said. 'It is not a symbol, but it was a message.'
Papini weighed just 87 pounds when she was found, Keith revealed, and all of her blonde hair had been chopped off
Papini was found chained on the side of the road near Sacramento, California, on Thanksgiving morning (above), 140 miles away from her home
Papini's husband Keith released a statement to the media in which he said his wife endured mental and physical abuse while being held captive.
'Her now emaciated body of 87 pounds was covered in multicolored bruises, severe burns, red rashes and chain markings,' he said.
Keith also revealed the bridge of his wife's nose was broken and her hair had been chopped off.
'Obviously, a very sick person who may have wanted to not only to cut it off to change her physical appearance, but also as to humiliate them, wear her down,' Sheriff Bosenko said.
Police are hunting for the alleged kidnappers, who dumped Papini 150 miles from her California home on Thanksgiving day.
She was able to flag down help even though she was bound with restraints.
Papini described her apparent captors as two Hispanic female adults driving an SUV and armed with a handgun, Sheriff Bosenko said.
Police are looking for the two Hispanic women who released Sherri on Thanksgiving, saying they could be driving a dark-colored SUV (map of Sherri's disappearance and discovery)
The Sheriff added that detectives are also no further forward in establishing the location of where Papini was held.
He told DailyMail.com: 'Right now we don't know where that location is, it is still an active and ongoing investigation, my investigators did talk with her, I don't have the information of whether they have been able to narrow down where she may have been held, but we are still working on this.'
The Sheriff also ruled out the account of witness Christine Everson who claimed to have seen Papini with two men at a Redding truck stop.
Marketing Director Everson claimed to have spoken to a woman who strongly resembled Papini and looked 'scared'.
But the Sheriff added: 'After she was abducted, Miss Papini was driven to an unknown location which would have been not at the truck stop and she would not have been contacted by anybody because this particular reporting person (RP) said that she spoke to the woman and that didn't occur.'
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