Saturday 17 September 2022 08:32 PM 'Gone Girl' kidnapping faker Sherri Papini had Bible verse about kidnapping ... trends now
California mother Sherri Papini, who mimicked the plot of Gone Girl, had a Bible verse about kidnapping branded on her shoulder after returning from her own self-abduction in 2016.
Papini, 39, disappeared from her Redding, California, neighborhood while out for a jog. The married mom of two returned weeks later almost hundreds of miles away 'dazed, battered and bruised,' and insisted she was held captive for 22 days by two Latina women.
Roman Catholic Deacon and news anchor Mike Mangas revealed in the upcoming HLN investigation documentary, Runaway Mom: The Sherri Papini Story, that investigators found a new tattoo on the supermom's shoulder when she returned from her 'abduction.'
'The sheriff asked me, because I'm a deacon in my church, asked me about a certain Bible verse,' Mangas said in an exclusive clip of the documentary obtained by DailyMail.com.
'And so I told him it's Exodus 21:16, and it says something to the effect of "if anyone has kidnapped someone, they should be put to death." That was branded onto Sherri's shoulder.
Investigators began to uncover Papini's past leading up to her disappearance, including the involvement of her ex-lover prosecutors said she convinced to help her amid domestic abuse allegations against her husband.
When Papini arrived back home, she told the hoax of her disappearance and convinced the world of her story before she was formally charged earlier this year.
Papini pleaded guilty to faking her own kidnapping and lying to the FBI and now faces jail. She will be sentenced on September 19.
The documentary series premiers on September 18 at 10pm ET on HLN.
California mother Sherri Papini, who mimicked the plot of Gone Girl, had a Bible verse about kidnapping branded on her shoulder after she reappeared from her 22 day disappearance in 2016
Papini, 29, had the Bible verse Exodus 21:16 branded on her shoulder, which references kidnapping, according to a deacon
Sherri is pictured above with her husband Keith and their two kids. The mom of two left her family behind when she fled to a Costa Mesa, California home with her ex-boyfriend
Police and the world were on the lookout for Sherri when she went missing in 2016. When Papini arrived back in 2022 she told the hoax of her disappearance and convinced the world of her story before she was formally charged earlier this year
Sherri Papini of Redding is pictured leaving the federal courthouse accompanied by her attorney, William Portanova, right, in Sacramento, Calif., on April 13. Papini pleaded guilty to her crimes and is scheduled to be sentenced on September 19
The mother of two was arrested in March after fooling the whole world about her disappearance.
Her husband reported her disappearance in November 2016 when she failed to pick their children up from school. Her cell phone and earbuds were later found on
