Missing California mom reunited with family, expresses 'joy'

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(CNN)Nearly three weeks after she went missing while jogging in northern California, Sherri Papini has been reunited with her family. "We are overwhelmed with joy of how supportive everyone has been to help bring us together as a family again," Papini and her husband said through a statement read by her sister, Sheila Koester. Koester told reporters that her sister was very excited to be home, but would not describe Papini's health.

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But questions remain about what happened to the 34-year-old mother of two since her disappearance on November 2. Did she know her abductors? Where was she held? Was the abduction planned? What was the motive? "The investigation is far from over," Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko said. "In fact, it has only begun a new chapter." Papini was found in Yolo County, California, about 140 miles from the Mountain Gate trail where she was last seen.Bosenko said there was "sensitive information" related to the disappearance that he would not disclose.
Authorities are looking for two women in a dark SUV in connection with the case, the sheriff added. They reportedly are armed.

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