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Employee falsely reported shooter at base to 'trauma bond': court docs

  • Oct 1, 2025

9-year-old girl found in an upstate NY pond drowned in a homicide

  • Jul 23, 2025

Sherri Papini appears in court for child custody hearing

  • Mar 22, 2025
Bethany Jacob

Flight scare was hoax by 2 young children: FBI

  • Mar 8, 2025

Convicted Vallejo kidnapper allegedly began crimes at 16 years old

  • Jan 8, 2025

Convicted rapist Matthew Muller faces new charges in San Ramon

  • Jan 7, 2025

Man convicted in 2015 Vallejo kidnapping case charged in 2009 attacks

  • Dec 31, 2024

Ex-husband of Sherri Papini speaks out for 1st time on kidnapping hoax

  • Jun 18, 2024

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Sherri Papini appears in court for child custody hearing

  • Mar 22, 2025
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Sherri Papini to appear in court to get custody of her children

  • Mar 21, 2025
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Convicted Vallejo kidnapper Matthew Muller allegedly began crime spree in 1993 at 16 years old

  • Jan 8, 2025
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El Dorado County DA Vern Pierson reminds press to stop using 'Gone Girl' terminology

  • Jan 7, 2025
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Denise Huskins-Quinn, Aaron Quinn speak on Matthew Muller's latest charges

  • Jan 7, 2025
18:07

Officials give update after convicted Vallejo kidnapper Matthew Muller faces new charges

  • Jan 7, 2025
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Convicted rapist Matthew Muller faces new charges in San Ramon

  • Jan 7, 2025
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Man convicted in 2015 Vallejo kidnapping case charged in 2009 home invasion attacks in South Bay

  • Dec 31, 2024

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Sherri Papini has yet to pay $300K fine for faked 2016 CA kidnapping, documents show

Sherri Papini, whose faked kidnapping in 2016 gained national attention, has yet to pay hundreds of thousands in restitution for the hoax.

  • Mar 28, 2024

Vallejo kidnapping survivors speak out on 'Tamron Hall Show' after release of Netflix series

In their first interview since "American Nightmare" was released on Netflix, Denise Huskins and Aaron Quinn are re-telling the painful story of their kidnapping and experience with Vallejo police, who mistakenly said they staged an elaborate kidnapping hoax.

  • Feb 20, 2024
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Sherri Papini: CA woman sentenced for faking her own kidnapping to be released in October

Papini was moved to a residential reentry management, also known as a halfway house, ahead of her release in October. She was initially set to be released in May 2024.

  • Aug 26, 2023

Carlee Russell charged with making false statements to Alabama police in 'hoax' disappearance

Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who made a 911 call to report a toddler walking along the highway and then vanished for 49 hours, turned herself in to authorities Friday.

  • Jul 29, 2023
Volusia County Sheriff's Office

11-year-old girl arrested over false report of 'kidnapped' friend in online challenge gone wrong

Thinking it "would be funny," the girl sent a text to a dispatcher informing them that her 14-year-old friend had been abducted, according to police.

  • Jul 27, 2023