Sherri Papini Latest Update: Police Awaiting Evidence Results As Abductors Still At Large

Nearly two months since the November 2016 kidnapping of Northern California mother Sherri Papini, police are yet to solve the case but are currently looking at a few clues. According to a new report, the delay in the investigation was caused as police were unable to pay attention to the case amid other high-profile crimes.

The New York Post, which cited the local paper redding.com, stated that the Shasta County Sheriff’s Department is working on bigger-than-usual level of cases — including murders and a fatal shooting by a police officer — which have drawn their attention away from the Papini case.

Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko told the paper Thursday that the abduction case of the 34-year-old still remains “a top priority.”

“It’s still an active investigation,” Bosenko said. “We are waiting on some of the results on the evidence being processed by the California Department of Justice.”

Papini disappeared on Nov. 2 while out jogging near her home in Redding, California. She was later found heavily battered on Thanksgiving morning after being spotted by a motorist on Interstate 5 in Woodland, more than 150 miles from her home. Police are still searching for the suspects in the case, believed to be two Hispanic women — one with curly hair, and the other with straight hair — who had covered their faces and spoke mostly Spanish.

Over the last few months, several cases have emerged where women in the Northern California region have been abducted.

Most recently, a woman in her 20s was kidnapped from her Sherman Oaks home and was found hours later. Despite some similarities in the case, police said Thursday that the case is likely not related to Papini.

Earlier this month, Papini, a mother of two, was photographed for the first time with her family since her abduction. Over the last few weeks, Papini and her husband Keith have stayed away from the public eye and avoided any media interaction.

"I can’t speak to more recently, but even initially we had asked Mr Papini to refrain from media interaction and especially after she was found, with some of the information he was releasing," Bosenko reportedly said.