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 Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko holds a press conference Wednesday to discuss the Sherri Papini case. 
 
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 By Alayna Shulman, Record Searchlight 
 
 In a series of “very intense” interviews, Sherri Papini gave a limited description of the two women she says held her captive for over three weeks and branded a message into her skin, Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko said Wednesday. 
 
 According to Papini’s husband, Keith, the women also starved Papini down to 87 pounds, cut her hair and repeatedly beat the 34-year-old mom. 
 
 At a news conference Wednesday outside the sheriff’s office, Bosenko praised Papini’s courage and cooperation in trying to give a description of the captors, pointing out several times why the information she’s given so far is vague: She’s still recovering from trauma, and the women covered their faces and — at times — Papini’s head. 
 
 Bosenko would not say where they may have taken her for the 22 days Papini was missing from Mountain Gate, but she was dropped off in chains early Thanksgiving morning near Interstate 5 and County Road 17 in Yolo County. 
 
 Both alleged captors are described by Papini as Hispanic, and she said they had a gun. One is “younger,” with long curly hair, thin eyebrows, pierced ears and a thick Spanish accent, Bosenko said. The other suspect is older with straight black and gray hair and thick eyebrows. Bosenko did not say what the women may have used to hide their faces. 
 
 A sketch artist has been contacted, but Bosenko said it’s difficult to get a drawing based on the limited information Papini could provide. 
 
 So far Papini hasn’t mentioned any other suspects in her kidnapping and torture, Bosenko said. 
 
 While Papini was able to give a limited description of the women involved, Bosenko said the vehicle they were driving is still only identified as a dark SUV. Investigators showed Papini surveillance footage from the area near where she was abducted November 2, but Papini said none of the “SUV-style” vehicles in it was a match, Bosenko said. 
 
 Investigators are still looking for a motive in the kidnapping, Bosenko said, including whether the abductors picked Papini at random or were targeting her for some reason. So far, he said, there’s no specific information that points to human trafficking or a cartel. 
 
 Investigators continue looking into her past for clues, Bosenko said. 
 
 He would not say where she was branded or what was branded into her body “for the integrity of the investigation.” In an interview with ABC News, Bosenko said the brand was a “message” and not a symbol, and may have been applied either as torture or indeed to send a message to someone. 
 
 “A number of items” were recovered as evidence in Yolo County, Bosenko said, and they’re being turned over to the California Department of Justice for processing. 
 
 Bosenko also revealed on The Today Show Wednesday that Papini's phone and earbuds -- the only clue in her disappearance -- appeared to be neatly placed on the ground rather than lost in a struggle, with the screen facing up and the earbuds loosely wrapped around the phone. 
 
 As he’s said from the start, Bosenko also said Wednesday there is “sensitive information” that he won’t reveal to the public so that it can be used in the investigation. 
 
 While Bosenko said he was concerned Keith Papini’s revealing account of his wife’s injuries on Good Morning America earlier in the week could “affect the integrity of the investigation,” he also thanked Keith Papini and Sherri’s extended family for their cooperation in the investigation. 
 
 Unless new information becomes available, Bosenko said there won’t be any more news conferences or interviews about the case. 
 
 He’s said in the past that the public shouldn’t be any more concerned than normal about abductions, but residents should always be cautious and aware of their surroundings. Bosenko again said Wednesday that, “Until we identify the suspects, the public should remain cautious.” 
 
 Redding residents are organizing an event to express support for Papini this Saturday and to welcome her home. Lisa Jeter, a family friend who lives in Redding, has created a Facebook event to invite the community out from 10 a.m. to noon at the Redding Civic Center. 
 
 “We are taking the largest ‘Welcome Home Sherri’ community Christmas card picture ever!” Jeter wrote in the description. “Let’s welcome home Sherri, the Shasta County way.” 
 
 The public is invited and encouraged to wear pink, which is Pappini’s favorite color, Jeter said. 
 
 Meanwhile, Keith Papini will appear on "20/20" on Friday to give more details on his wife's disappearance. In a preview aired Wednesday, he said Sherri Papini's left hand was chained inside the vehicle she was in before one of her captors apparently unlocked it and pushed her out. ||||| The husband of Sherri Papini, the California mom who was missing for three weeks after allegedly being kidnapped while out jogging, described in chilling detail his wife's account of the moment when she was released by her alleged captors. 
 
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 Keith Papini told ABC News’ “20/20” in an exclusive interview that his wife told him she had been in a vehicle with her alleged captors and that one of her arms was chained to something inside the car but she had a hand free. 
 
 “She was bound … she had a metal chain around her waist," he said. "She had a bag over her head...she was chained anytime she was in a vehicle." 
 
 Keith Papini said his wife told him that at some point her alleged captors stopped the vehicle and opened the door. “They cut something” that freed her restraint that was holding her in the vehicle, he said, then pushed her out onto the road and drove away. 
 
 "She screamed so much, she’s coughing up blood from the screaming trying to get somebody to stop," he added. "And again just another sign of how my wife is, she’s so wonderful. She’s saying, 'Well maybe people aren’t stopping because I have a chain that looks like I broke out of prison' so she tried to tuck in her chain under her clothes." 
 
 Watch Keith Papini's emotional interview, in which he describes searching for his wife and then reuniting with her for the first time, on ABC News "20/20" FRIDAY, Dec. 2 at 10 p.m. ET. 
 
 Sherri Papini, 34, went missing on Nov. 2 and was found alive on Thanksgiving Day on the side of a road. The mother of two young children, her family described her as a "super mom." 
 
 Authorities said they have interviewed Sherri Papini twice about her ordeal and are still hunting for the alleged kidnappers, who she said dropped her off 150 miles from her California home on Nov. 24. 
 
 Based on Sherri Papini's description of her alleged captors, Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko told ABC News that authorities are searching for two Hispanic female adults armed with a gun and driving a dark SUV. 
 
 One suspect, the younger of the two, was described as having long curly hair and a thick accent, pierced ears and thin eyebrows, Bosenko said, while the other woman, the older one, was described as having straight black hair with some grays and thick eyebrows. Police artists are now working on a composite sketch. 
 
 Keith Papini told ABC News in an exclusive statement this week that when he was reunited with his wife at the hospital, her face was "covered in bruises ranging from yellow to black because of repeated beatings," that the bridge of her nose had been broken and her signature long blond hair had been chopped off. He added that his wife weighed only 87 pounds when she was found. 
 
 Bosenko also told ABC News that Sherri Papini had "branding" on her body that contained "a message." 
 
 He confirmed the details in Keith Papini’s account of his wife’s condition and said police have no reason to doubt her story. 
 
 "So far, we are investigating this as a kidnapping-abduction, and everything that she is providing us thus far is indicating that," he said. ||||| SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on a California woman who authorities say was abducted and held for three weeks (all times local): 
 
 2:30 p.m. 
 
 A California sheriff says a woman who was held captive for three weeks is unable to fully describe her two female abductors because their faces were covered. 
 
 Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko said Wednesday that the Spanish-speaking suspects also kept the head of 34-year-old victim Sherri Papini covered at times. 
 
 Papini went missing Nov. 2 while jogging near her home in Redding. She was dropped near Interstate 5 near Sacramento on Thanksgiving. 
 
 Bosenko said authorities are trying to do a sketch of the suspects based on Papini's limited recollections. 
 
 Papini told investigators one of the women had long curly hair, thin eyebrows and a thick accent. The older suspect had straight black hair and thick eyebrows. 
 
 Bosenko urged anyone with information on the case to come forward and told residents to stay cautious until the suspects are identified. 
 
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 11 a.m. 
 
 A California sheriff says the abductors of a woman who was held captive for three weeks branded her with a message before she was released. 
 
 Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko told "Good Morning America" on Wednesday (http://abcn.ws/2gx7urR) that the suspects may have been trying to humiliate Sherri Papini by cutting off her long blonde hair and branding her. 
 
 Bosenko declined to elaborate on the branding, saying only that it was a message, not a symbol. 
 
 Papini's husband has said his 34-year-old wife was covered with bruises and burns and was chained at the waist and wrists when she was found along Interstate 5 near Sacramento on Thanksgiving. 
 
 The mother of two small children disappeared while jogging Nov. 2 near her home in Redding.
– Sherri Papini's captors put a bag over her head and kept her chained up any time she was in a vehicle, husband Keith Papini says. "She was bound" and "had a metal chain around her waist," the California woman's husband says in an interview with ABC's 20/20 that will air in full on Friday. He says his wife has told him that 22 days after she was kidnapped, she was in a vehicle when her captors stopped, cut something that was holding her, and pushed her out into the road. Papini was found Thanksgiving Day by the side of a road in Yolo County, 150 miles from her home. Her husband disclosed Wednesday that she had been physically and mentally abused and weighed just 87 pounds when she was found. In a statement released Wednesday, Keith Papini slammed online sleuths who have been expressing doubts about the case, the AP reports. "Rumors, assumptions, lies and hate have been both exhausting and disgusting," he said. Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko says investigators are working on producing a sketch of the two Hispanic women Papini says she was kidnapped by. He says police haven't found any reasons to doubt her story. The sheriff told reporters Wednesday that Papini's captors branded her with "some kind of message." He says the mother of two children is still traumatized by her ordeal, but is doing her best to work with investigators, reports the Record Searchlight. The Redding newspaper reports that residents are organizing a rally to support Papini and welcome her home on Saturday.