Deborah Roberts

So they wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt.

Yeah. And so a year goes by and then another year goes by. And clearly people were sort of wondering what happened here. And then all of a sudden, Sherry Papini goes from victim to suspect. What specifically did, you know, when did you start to find out that, I mean, didn't add up, of course, the whole notion of maybe she was, you know, there was a cult or something.

Yeah. And so a year goes by and then another year goes by. And clearly people were sort of wondering what happened here. And then all of a sudden, Sherry Papini goes from victim to suspect. What specifically did, you know, when did you start to find out that, I mean, didn't add up, of course, the whole notion of maybe she was, you know, there was a cult or something.

Yeah. And so a year goes by and then another year goes by. And clearly people were sort of wondering what happened here. And then all of a sudden, Sherry Papini goes from victim to suspect. What specifically did, you know, when did you start to find out that, I mean, didn't add up, of course, the whole notion of maybe she was, you know, there was a cult or something.

That's what you think about when there's branding. What kinds of things didn't add up that police began to question? Yeah.

That's what you think about when there's branding. What kinds of things didn't add up that police began to question? Yeah.

That's what you think about when there's branding. What kinds of things didn't add up that police began to question? Yeah.

Oh, the plot thickens.

Oh, the plot thickens.

Oh, the plot thickens.

Well, we're going to take a quick break. And when we come back, Sherry's confession. But it's not the end of the story.

Well, we're going to take a quick break. And when we come back, Sherry's confession. But it's not the end of the story.

Well, we're going to take a quick break. And when we come back, Sherry's confession. But it's not the end of the story.

I'm back now with Sean Dooley, a senior producer here at 2020, and we're talking about the case of Sherry Papini, which Sean worked on along with correspondent Matt Gutman. Many times police have a suspicion. I've covered stories where they kind of didn't really believe the alleged victim. And then maybe within a year or so, this took six years to figure out that she wasn't truthful. Yeah.

I'm back now with Sean Dooley, a senior producer here at 2020, and we're talking about the case of Sherry Papini, which Sean worked on along with correspondent Matt Gutman. Many times police have a suspicion. I've covered stories where they kind of didn't really believe the alleged victim. And then maybe within a year or so, this took six years to figure out that she wasn't truthful. Yeah.

I'm back now with Sean Dooley, a senior producer here at 2020, and we're talking about the case of Sherry Papini, which Sean worked on along with correspondent Matt Gutman. Many times police have a suspicion. I've covered stories where they kind of didn't really believe the alleged victim. And then maybe within a year or so, this took six years to figure out that she wasn't truthful. Yeah.

Why so long?

Why so long?

Why so long?

And poor Keith, he really was standing by her. Well, we've got a clip from the 2020 that aired in 2024 where Keith talks with Matt Gutman about feeling that something wasn't quite right about his wife's story.