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California Jogger's Kidnapping 'Very Similar' To Former Classmate's Disappearance

sherri papini jogger kidnapped classmate

Dec. 7 2016, Published 12:01 p.m. ET

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The California mother who was abducted on a jog last month is "strikingly similar" to a teenager who went missing 18 prior — and never returned — on the same trail, Breaking Celebrity News has learned.

According to the Daily Mail, Sherri Papini's high school friend Tera Smith, then just 16, disappeared on August 22, 1998 after leaving her home in Redding, California for a run in the early evening.

"In many ways the cases are very similar," said Terry Smith, Tera's father. "They are two, good looking blonde girls and were supposedly randomly picked up on the side of the