In November 2016, Sherri was reported missing after she allegedly disappeared while jogging near her home in northern California. Just over three weeks later, on Thanksgiving Day, Sherri was found wandering alongside a highway almost 150 miles away covered in bruises with a chain around her waist that was tethered to one of her wrists.
Law enforcement eventually determined that Sherri had fabricated the entire thing and, instead, had been staying with an ex-boyfriend in Southern California.
She later pled guilty to one count of lying to a federal officer and one count of mail fraud, and admitted the kidnapping was a hoax. At her sentencing hearing, Sherri insisted she would “work the rest of my life to make amends for what I have done.”
Jaime admits that Sherri, who began serving her prison sentence in November 2022, is certainly not without fault—but argued that Sherri’s full story isn’t that simple.
“She did make some horrific choices, absolutely,” Jaime said. “But I felt like everybody has a reason for doing something. No one is a perfect individual. I just really needed to know more of the whys. I just don’t like people being exploited.”