Contributed photo of Sherri and Keith Papini 
 
 Sherri Papini went missing Nov. 2 from the area of Old Oregon Trail and Sunset Drive in Mountain Gate. Changes have been made to this article to reflect new information we received Thursday evening from both the spokesperson for the anonymous source and Keith Papini, Sherri Papini's husband. Gamble added the objective is to offer a reward ransom for the person or persons that have Sherri and that this is a time for the person to come forward without consequences. The letter, posted on SherriPapini.com says, "I am willing to pay you whatever way you can creatively think about where you feel safe and where nothing can be tracked to you." I will not communicate with the police, (and) sheriff’s department regarding any details about this offer.” 
 
 Gamble said the reward is being offered through Wednesday and then it is off the table. Papini’s sister, Sheila Koester, said she had no knowledge about the letter and that the Papini family members had no association with the website. Papini, a 34-year-old wife and mother of two, disappeared November 2 while out on a jog on Old Oregon Trail near Mountain Gate, north of Redding. Papini's family has also called off its ground searches, refocusing on an awareness campaign after fruitless days scouring the area where she was last seen near Sunrise Drive and Old Oregon Trail. In a statement from the Shasta County Sheriff's Office, Lieutenant Anthony Bertain said SherriPapini.com may or may not be real but it's a distraction to their investigation, that there is still no solid evidence that Sherri was abducted, and if there was a kidnapper demanding ransom, he would have contacted the family and probably asked for a lot more than $50,000. The letter says the person who set up the website has an email, BringSherriHome@gmail.com and a phone number to a disposable cell phone. But the letter cautions against anyone calling the number except whoever may have abducted her. By Alayna Shulman of the Redding Record Searchlight 
 
 Sheriff Tom Bosenko said Wednesday "there should not be a panic" about abductions amid Mountain Gate mother Sherri Papini's strange disappearance, which he said doesn't seem to be linked to two other disturbing incidents involving North State women recently. Offering a reward through an attempt to directly contact someone who may have kidnapped her could lead someone possibly exploiting the situation, he said. As for Smart, who was last heard from in mid-October and living with a boyfriend in Lewiston, Bosenko agreed with Trinity County investigators that her case and Papini don't have anything in common except the day they were both reported missing -- November 2. If you have information on Papini, contact: 
 
 The sheriff's Major Crimes Unit at 530-245-6135 or mcu@co.shasta.ca.us 
 
 Secret Witness of Shasta County, Inc., at 530-243-2319 
 
 The Nor-Cal Alliance for the Missing anonymous tip line at 530-378-4491 If you have information on Smart, contact: The Trinity County Sheriff's Office at 530-623-3740 
 
 The anonymous tip line listed above 
 
 Even if it's small, "Please don't be afraid to report something," Bosenko said. In a press release sent out Thursday by the Shasta County Sheriff's Office, they said, "Detectives continue to search for any information that would indicate if Sherri's disappearance was voluntary or involuntary." The family is coordinating with Shasta Regional Medical Center's annual Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving to release balloons for awareness on Papini's disappearance, Koester said.
– Authorities have received 400 tips but have few leads in the disappearance of a woman in California. An apparent stranger hopes to change that. An anonymous donor has set up a website offering a $50,000 "ransom reward" if "the person who has Sherri Papini" will let her go. Papini disappeared while jogging in Redding on Nov. 2; police aren't sure if her disappearance was voluntary or involuntary but her family maintains she was abducted. According to SherriPapini.com, anyone holding the 34-year-old mother of two should contact Cameron Gamble, an apparent kidnap and ransom consultant. "We are offering this reward with no strings attached," Gamble tells the Record Searchlight, adding that he and the anonymous donor are working separately from police and Papini's family. If such a kidnapper exists, that person better act fast. According to a letter posted to the site, which KRCR reports it received on Nov. 6, the offer is only available until Wednesday when the anonymous donor, who claims to be a visitor to Redding, will leave the area "on my next business trip." Papini's husband—who passed a lie-detector test and has an alibi for the day of his wife's disappearance, per the Record Searchlight—says he has no link to SherriPapini.com, while a sheriff appears wary. "We think we or the family would have been contacted by the abductors by now if they wanted to hold her for ransom," he says.