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True Crime: Sherri Papini (Hulu's Perfect Wife) will be the subject of an upcoming docuseries on ID

Hulu docuseries Perfect Wife: The Mysterious Disappearance of Sherri Papini has been pretty popular on the streaming platform. The only thing it was missing was an interview with Sherri herself; now ID is producing their own docuseries that promises to tell her side of the twisty-turny story.

By Carla Davis

PERFECT WIFE: THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF SHERRI PAPINI -- Keith and Sherri Papini’s seemingly idyllic family life is shattered when Sherri vanishes from their rural California neighborhood, triggering a frenzied search that becomes news around the world. But once Sherri is found, a new nightmare begins. (Courtesy of Disney)
PERFECT WIFE: THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF SHERRI PAPINI -- Keith and Sherri Papini’s seemingly idyllic family life is shattered when Sherri vanishes from their rural California neighborhood, triggering a frenzied search that becomes news around the world. But once Sherri is found, a new nightmare begins. (Courtesy of Disney) /
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ID has announced that a new true crime docuseries is in the works. It will feature Sherri Papini, the California woman who disappeared in 2016 before reappearing 22 days later, bruised, branded and emaciated, claiming that she had been kidnapped by two Hispanic women.

If you have watched and been shocked by Hulu’s true crime documentary Perfect Wife: The Mysterious Disappearance of Sherri Papini, you are pretty familiar with the story. That three-episode series recounted the circumstances of Sherri’s marriage to Keith, of her disappearance and the search that was mounted, and of the discovery that she had orchestrated her own fake kidnapping, assisted by an ex boyfriend.

ID’s upcoming docuseries is currently in production, and is expected to premiere on the network sometime in 2025. This take on the story will be a little different however. ID’s doc promises to give us Sherri’s side of the story, which is an intriguing premise. Perfect Wife focused on interviews with law enforcement, and with Sherri’s family and friends (including her husband), but though the filmmakers reached out to Sherri herself, she did not respond.

Given what the friends and family members had to say in Perfect Wife, it seems doubtful that they will also participate in the as-yet untitled ID series. When law enforcement first figured out what had actually happened, and tracked down Sherri’s ex, she denied having set up the kidnapping, despite all of the evidence to the contrary. She continued to claim that it had been two women who had abducted her, despite the fact that her ex’s DNA was found on her person.

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Eventually, she was charged and pled guilty, but it would not be surprising if she now tries to claim that she only did so to reduce her jail time. Given her pattern of lying to friends that her husband Keith was abusive, we know that we can’t necessarily trust her to tell the full truth.

ID’s press release states that “The docuseries also will feature unprecedented access to archival footage, legal documents, and court filings as well as extensive interviews with those close to Papini and the investigation -- offering new insights and potential answers to the questions that still swirl around this case nearly a decade later.”

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