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NYPD crime scene tape is seen at the site of a shooting at the corner of Marcus Garvey Boulevard and Pulaski Street in the Brooklyn borough of New York on July 9, 2012. Reuters

The Sherri Papini case might not have had any big breaks recently, but investigators are still working on it nonstop.

Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko said recently that figuring out what happened to the young California mother who was allegedly kidnapped while on a jog last month and later discovered beaten, bruised and branded is still "a top priority" for local police, KRCRTV reported exclusively Wednesday.

Papini, 34, vanished Nov. 2 while running in her neighborhood, leaving behind her cell phone and headphones sitting on the grass. Family members launched a frantic search — and GoFundMe campaign — for the stay-at-home mom, who they said had been taken against her will. On Nov. 24, Papini was located alongside a road 140 miles from her home in Redding.

Though some internet sleuths cast doubt on the veracity of Papini's story, Bosenko revealed Nov. 24 that he believed she was indeed kidnapped. Papini reportedly told police her captors were two Hispanic women, one older and one younger, who had a gun.

But the police have not yet released sketches of the suspects. When asked why, Bosenko said "sketches require a lot of detailed information from the victim," KRCRTV's Cristina Davies said on air Wednesday. She added: "He says that people should remember that Papini's head was covered most of the time, as were the faces of the people who took her."

Bosenko emphasized to KRCRTV that Papini was "tortured" while in captivity. He also said that investigators were communicating with the Papinis almost every day.

Other reports indicate the family isn't in Redding, however. A neighbor told the New York Post Dec. 5 that Papini, as well as her husband and two children, had gone "way up north" for a while.

Her husband, Keith Papini, told ABC News he wasn't overly concerned with his wife's abductors.

"You would expect that I want to get these people ... and then your mind goes into a place that it shouldn’t and I think most people are doing that," he said. "Clearly, I want justice, but right now I’m just happy that my wife is back. I don’t have to raise my kids without her."