EXCLUSIVE Why 'Gone Girl' Sherri Papini's latest elaborate trick makes me more terrified than ever... heed my warning
Sherri Papini's shameless bid for vindication in a new documentary is disturbing proof of her insatiable hunger for attention and loose grasp on reality, says the ex-mayor of the town she terrorized with her abduction hoax.
Victoria 'Missy' McArthur was mayor of Redding, California, when Gone Girl faker Papini – a 34-year-old married mom-of-two – vanished after going out for a run in November 2016.
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