Jackson and the Shasta County Sheriff 's Office are definitive: Sherri resurfaced after 22 days badly battered, with her long hair chopped short. Sherri and Keith Papini with their children. Because of her poor recollection, Sherri has produced information only "in pieces," the sheriff 's office says. Brian Jackson of the Shasta County Sheriff's Office calls "weekly contact with the Papinis" and "off-and-on-type interviews" with Sherri, authorities admit they have little new to go on. 25, along with the most complete recitation to date of the evidence investigators have compiled over 12 months, including the audio of Keith's 911 call and the fact that both female and male DNA evidence was recovered from Sherri's clothing and body. Police sketches of the two female abductors Sherri described to police were made public on Oct. Authorities, who say they combed through more than 600 tips, are finally releasing details of the case that has mystified both law enforcement detectives and crime watchers who were transfixed by last year's national headlines about the young mom who vanished while out for a morning jog. It's been a year since Sherri's husband, Keith, dialed 911 on the afternoon of Nov. A native of Rochester, New York, she received her Bachelor's degree in politics (with a certificate in Latin American studies) from Princeton University, and a Master's degree in journalism from Stanford University. Prior to joining PEOPLE, Westfall was a White House Correspondent for The Associated Press after beginning her career in Congress, where she wrote legislation on women's health, mental health, and domestic violence. Bush in 2000 and the hear-a-pin-drop silent moment in 2008 when Barack Obama, holding his mother-in-law's hand, took in the news that he would be America's first Black president). She twice won the White House Correspondents' Association Merriman-Smith Award for excellence in presidential reporting under deadline pressure (for her inside-the-room election night exclusives on the "snippy" phone call between Al Gore and George W. Westfall joined PEOPLE in 2003 as Washington Bureau Chief and specializes in bringing readers inside the personal experience of political life. She also writes for and occasionally senior edits the magazine's Crime section and the brand's Let's Talk About It mental health series. Sandra Sobieraj Westfall is the White House and National Political Correspondent for PEOPLE.