BURNING QUESTIONS

1WHY

WOULD SHERRI HAVE BEEN TAKEN AND THEN RELEASED? Shasta County Sheriff’s Sgt. Brian Jackson says police haven’t found a motive for her abduction. “It is hard to keep someone in captivity for 22 days,” he says. “Why would someone go to that length?” Adds San Diego private investigator Bill Garcia, “I don’t know of 2WHY anyone who would go through that amount of effort to gain so little.”

WAS THERE NO RANSOM REQUEST? “I think that is what is really perplexing the police,” says Joe Giacalone, a retired New York police sergeant and professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, who is not connected to the case. “There is no rhyme or reason for [the kidnappers] 3 never making a request for money.” WHY DID IT TAKE NEARLY A YEAR TO PRODUCE SUSPECT SKETCHES? Though police worked closely with Sherri since she was located last Nov. 24, they say it 4 took time for her to come to a place in her recovery to work with a sketch artist. WILL A DNA HIT SOLVE THIS CASE? “”I am holding out for that,” says Sgt. Jackson. “Nothing has come back yet, but when it does, that will be a good day.”

Mayor of Redding, Missy Mcarthur, who had the Papinis to her home after Sherri was recovered, described her as suffering from PTSD: “Her pysche was really damaged from the horrific experience she went through.”