Sherri Papini’s Husband Describes How Calif. Mother Survived 3-Week Abduction

The husband of the 34-year-old California mother who went missing for three weeks before she was rescued on Thanksgiving Day further elaborated on the treatment of his wife while she was held captive.

Husband Keith Papini told ABC News his wife, Sherri Papini “literally lived through hell” for some 20 days. The new interview was aired on Monday.

“The things she told me,” Keith told ABC reporter Matt Gutman on “Good Morning America,” as he broke down in tears, “The things she told me that she did, talking to me each time, acting like she was tucking in our kids.”

According to her husband, Sherri apparently tried to cope by imagining she was with her family, including her two children Tyler, 4, and Violet, 2.

“[Sherri] told me she took a piece of cloth and rolled it up like it was Violet and she rocked it,” Keith added. “She was so strong.”

A "missing" sign for Mountain Gate, Calif., resident Sherri Papini, 34, is placed along side Sunrise Drive, near the location where the mother of two is believed to have gone missing while on a afternoon jog on Nov. 2. Andrew Seng/The Sacramento Bee via AP, File