a passing motorist on i-5 near county road 17. reporter: now the mother of two is recovering with her family by her side. for weeks, the community had come together to search for any sign of papini after her husband reported her missing. her sister asking for the public s help. you don t realize that it could happen to your family. i know my sister would never abandon her children in any way and loves her family very much. reporter: papini was last seen on a run, her cell phone and a pair of headphones a mile from her house and described two captors as hispanic women with a gun and a dark suv. we don t know if that s a stranger abduction or not. so that s part of the ongoing investigation. reporter: while the papini se celebrates a mother s safe return, still cautioning that whoever kidnapped sherry papini