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I always think about the wacko chic that drove her three kids into the lake to drown when I see police talking like this.

Leisher wrote:

I always think about the wacko chic that drove her three kids into the lake to drown when I see police talking like this.

Susan Smith.

I always invoke her name when the kids are driving my wife crazy. "Don't Susan Smith them!"

Keith Papini told ABC News in an exclusive statement that his wife's face was "covered in bruises ranging from yellow to black because of repeated beatings." He added that the bridge of her nose was broken and her signature blonde hair had been chopped off.

Bosenko confirmed reports that negative comments about Hispanics were posted online under Papini's maiden name. Bosenko did not explain where these comments were posted or what exactly was said.

Leisher wrote:If you beat someone for days, you don't like them...

Leisher wrote:So since nobody else is saying it...

Pretty white woman.
Two Hispanic female suspects.
No robbery or any sort of motivation so far.

Why haven't we heard the terms "racism" or "hate crime" yet?

Oh yeah, because she's white and everybody LOVES white people so they can't be the victims of hate crimes.

I'm more interested in truth than a tit for tat on this. Not that you're incorrect that if the races were reversed it would be an automatic civil rights investigation.

Leisher wrote: I want the truth too as this is a fascinating case, but I had to point out the difference in coverage. Imagine if this was a black woman and her captors were white. This would be getting a lot more coverage because racism sells. We'd be seeing tons of op-ed pieces about how whitey needs to stop being so racist. (Told this to a black friend and he said, "Nah, we never would have known the black woman was missing." I laughed, and sadly, he has a point on that too.)

Back to the case, it's so fucking weird. They had to feed her and give her water to keep her alive. Yet they beat her. They didn't rob her or rape her (that we've heard so far). Her captors were two Hispanic women. And they just let her go?

"Her now emaciated body of 87 pounds was covered in multicolored bruises, severe burns, red rashes and chain markings," he said
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Among her injuries, Papini, a 34-year-old mother of two, had a message branded on her, Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko told ABC News

The Shasta County Sheriff's Office told ABC News that while the investigation into Papini's alleged abduction is still "open and ongoing," the community should not be concerned by potential kidnappers on the loose."

“There should not be a public safety or a personal safety concern by the public regarding this case,” Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko said.