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20/20

The Vanishing Act

20/20

ABC News

True Crime

4.08.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2022

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Detectives discuss newly released evidence revealing how Sherri Papini fabricated her kidnapping. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's the greatest story ever of survival, right?

0:06.0

It's up, didn't never happened.

0:08.0

It's a lie.

0:09.0

Next tonight here, the desperate search for a missing mother in California.

0:13.0

Cheri Papini.

0:14.0

Cheri Papini.

0:15.0

I just lied.

0:16.0

I didn't do anything wrong.

0:17.0

Right now, you're not telling the truth.

0:19.0

We're just doing something wrong.

0:20.0

Tonight, that just released video that takes you inside the interrogation room, breaking

0:25.0

one of the most outrageous cons ever.

0:27.0

Cheri Papini.

0:30.0

Cheri told the world that she had sat there, locked up, chained, miserable, abused.

0:37.0

I can't remember if she said we don't hurt you.

0:40.0

We don't want to kill you.

0:42.0

There were definitely lots of people saying all this is BS.

0:45.0

It's an obvious hope.

0:47.0

But then things get far more twisted.

0:50.0

There's information that I think you have about the adoption.

0:56.0

There's evidence that says you were around.

0:59.0

It's a massive break in the case.

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