Bride-to-Be missing found alive in New Mexico
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It reminds me of the South Park Episode where Butters Mum tries to drown him in the car after going bonkers, and after telling her husband what she did, they decided to blame in on "Some Puerto Rican Guy". Before long, they have OJ Simpson, Gary Condit and others as celebrity supporters who suspect this "Some Puerto Rican Guy" was the same "Some Puerto Rican Guy" who killed the people they have been suspected of killing in the past and a full scale manhunt is underway for "Some Puerto Rican Guy". Very funny episode, but it made a great point about how people who try to cover up their crimes always seem to blame it on the minorities. I suspect it's partly due to some sort of human fear of people who are different which is quite sad. Over in the US it's Blacks and Hispanics. Here in the UK, It's Blacks and Asians who tend to get the blame shifted onto. It's pretty sad state of affairs. It's not helped by the fact that the media love a good race related crime to spice up the evening news. 
The amount of times I've seen the enws print a story which says "The attacker was described as a young black male" and nothing else is stupid. It narrows the list of suspects down to about 1 million people in the UK so is pointless in aiding identification. The only point it has is to instill fear of the other races into people. Keep an eye ont eh enws and you'll see this sort of thing all too often. It never surprises me when these cases turn out to be a load of baloney either.
The amount of times I've seen the enws print a story which says "The attacker was described as a young black male" and nothing else is stupid. It narrows the list of suspects down to about 1 million people in the UK so is pointless in aiding identification. The only point it has is to instill fear of the other races into people. Keep an eye ont eh enws and you'll see this sort of thing all too often. It never surprises me when these cases turn out to be a load of baloney either.
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She did say a hispanic man and white woman, but yet everyone is so upset that she named a "hispanic" man? Not one mention of the white female who was also named. Let's not make this into a racial case.
I'm glad she's okay but what she did was wrong, she shouldn't have lied. I think she panicked and didn't know how to get out of it, so she made up this story. By picking details such as nationality, I think she thought it would be more believable than just saying 2 individuals.
I'm glad she's okay but what she did was wrong, she shouldn't have lied. I think she panicked and didn't know how to get out of it, so she made up this story. By picking details such as nationality, I think she thought it would be more believable than just saying 2 individuals.
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Police: Missing Bride-To-Be Made Up Kidnap Story
Wilbanks Says She Got Cold Feet
POSTED: 9:30 am CDT April 29, 2005
UPDATED: 10:43 am CDT April 30, 2005
ALBUQUERQUE -- A Georgia bride-to-be who vanished days before her wedding turned up in New Mexico, claiming at first that she had been abducted, then admitting she had gotten cold feet and "needed some time alone," police said Saturday.
Jennifer Wilbanks, 32, was in police custody more than 1,420 miles from her home on what was supposed to be her wedding day.
"It turns out that Miss Wilbanks basically felt the pressure of this large wedding and could not handle it," said Randy Belcher, the police chief in Duluth, Ga., the Atlanta suburb where Wilbanks lives with her fiance. He said there would be no criminal charges.
Wilbanks, whose disappearance set off a nationwide hunt, called her fiance, John Mason, from a pay phone late Friday and told him that she had been kidnapped while jogging three days before, authorities said. Her family rejoiced that she was safe, telling reporters that the media coverage apparently got to the kidnappers.
But Wilbanks soon recanted, according to police.
Ray Schultz, chief of police in Albuquerque, said Wilbanks "had become scared and concerned about her impending marriage and decided she needed some time alone." He said she traveled to Las Vegas by bus before going to Albuquerque, where she found herself broke.
"It looks like she had enough money to get from Vegas to Albuquerque and this is where she ran out and ended up at," the chief said.
"She's obviously very concerned about the stress that she's been through, the stress that's been placed on her family," he said. "She is very upset."
The mood outside Wilbanks' home went from jubilant to somber after Wilbanks changed her story. Family members ducked inside and the blinds were drawn, but they later expressed relief that Wilbanks was safe.
"Sure, we were all disappointed, maybe a little embarrassed, but you know what, if you remember all the interviews yesterday we were praying, 'At this point let her be a runaway bride,"' said the Rev. Alan Jones, who was to perform the wedding. "So God was faithful. Jennifer's alive and we're all thankful for that."
Jones said the family had no idea that Wilbanks had fears about the wedding, and he believed she "probably had no clue how it had been blown out of proportion" while she was traveling across the country.
He said Mason had no hostility toward his fiancee.
"I have never met such a strong person in all my life," Jones said. "He's an incredible man."
The wedding was to have been a huge bash. The couple had mailed 600 invitations, and the ceremony was to feature 14 bridesmaids and 14 groomsmen.
Bill Elwell, an FBI spokesman in Albuquerque, said Wilbanks, who is a nurse, apparently decided shortly after purportedly leaving for her jog Tuesday night that she was going to run away.
"Based on the information we received, it was a spur of the moment situation," Elwell told The Associated Press.
She was picked up by police after the call to her fiance was traced to a pay phone in Albuquerque. During initial questioning, Wilbanks held to her story that she had been kidnapped. But there were inconsistencies as the interview wore on and at about 4 a.m. she told the truth.
"There were just a lot of holes in her story," Schultz said.
She was disheveled, tired and thirsty, but was not complaining of any injuries, officials said. Her hair, which was long in pictures released by her family, was shoulder-length.
Authorities will "get her showered, get her something to eat and then reunite her with her family," Albuquerque police spokeswoman Trish Ahrensfield said. Elwell said Wilbanks' relatives were en route to New Mexico and were expected to pick her up in the afternoon and head back to Atlanta.
Just hours before Wilbanks called her fiance, police in Duluth said they had no solid leads in the case and began dismantling a search center. Relatives offered a $100,000 reward for information and were planning a prayer vigil.
The hunt for Wilbanks had consumed Duluth, a tight-knit town. Her picture and newspaper articles about her disappearance were on telephone poles and shop windows. Police had also seized three computers from the home she shared with Mason.
Mason had become a target of suspicion and agreed to a private polygraph test, which Wilbanks' family said he passed. He had been negotiating with authorities for another test.
"That's been the hardest part for me," Mason said after Wilbanks called from Albuquerque. "It gives you a feeling like you can't walk outside your home."
Mason did not speak publicly after Wilbanks said she lied about being abducted. Her uncle, Mike Satterfield, thanked people who had helped in the search.
"Jennifer had some issues the family was not aware of. We're looking forward to loving her and talking to her about these issues," he said.
Ryan Kelly, owner of the Park Cafe a few blocks from Wilbanks' house, which gave out coffee and sandwiches to searchers, said he was glad Wilbanks was alive and healthy.
"But that being said, this is one of the most selfish and self-centered acts I've ever seen. We saw her parents, and you could see the anguish in their eyes. It was terrible," he said.
"I don't care where you are - unless you're in the Amazon rain forest, you'd know everybody was out looking for you."
Wilbanks Says She Got Cold Feet
POSTED: 9:30 am CDT April 29, 2005
UPDATED: 10:43 am CDT April 30, 2005
ALBUQUERQUE -- A Georgia bride-to-be who vanished days before her wedding turned up in New Mexico, claiming at first that she had been abducted, then admitting she had gotten cold feet and "needed some time alone," police said Saturday.
Jennifer Wilbanks, 32, was in police custody more than 1,420 miles from her home on what was supposed to be her wedding day.
"It turns out that Miss Wilbanks basically felt the pressure of this large wedding and could not handle it," said Randy Belcher, the police chief in Duluth, Ga., the Atlanta suburb where Wilbanks lives with her fiance. He said there would be no criminal charges.
Wilbanks, whose disappearance set off a nationwide hunt, called her fiance, John Mason, from a pay phone late Friday and told him that she had been kidnapped while jogging three days before, authorities said. Her family rejoiced that she was safe, telling reporters that the media coverage apparently got to the kidnappers.
But Wilbanks soon recanted, according to police.
Ray Schultz, chief of police in Albuquerque, said Wilbanks "had become scared and concerned about her impending marriage and decided she needed some time alone." He said she traveled to Las Vegas by bus before going to Albuquerque, where she found herself broke.
"It looks like she had enough money to get from Vegas to Albuquerque and this is where she ran out and ended up at," the chief said.
"She's obviously very concerned about the stress that she's been through, the stress that's been placed on her family," he said. "She is very upset."
The mood outside Wilbanks' home went from jubilant to somber after Wilbanks changed her story. Family members ducked inside and the blinds were drawn, but they later expressed relief that Wilbanks was safe.
"Sure, we were all disappointed, maybe a little embarrassed, but you know what, if you remember all the interviews yesterday we were praying, 'At this point let her be a runaway bride,"' said the Rev. Alan Jones, who was to perform the wedding. "So God was faithful. Jennifer's alive and we're all thankful for that."
Jones said the family had no idea that Wilbanks had fears about the wedding, and he believed she "probably had no clue how it had been blown out of proportion" while she was traveling across the country.
He said Mason had no hostility toward his fiancee.
"I have never met such a strong person in all my life," Jones said. "He's an incredible man."
The wedding was to have been a huge bash. The couple had mailed 600 invitations, and the ceremony was to feature 14 bridesmaids and 14 groomsmen.
Bill Elwell, an FBI spokesman in Albuquerque, said Wilbanks, who is a nurse, apparently decided shortly after purportedly leaving for her jog Tuesday night that she was going to run away.
"Based on the information we received, it was a spur of the moment situation," Elwell told The Associated Press.
She was picked up by police after the call to her fiance was traced to a pay phone in Albuquerque. During initial questioning, Wilbanks held to her story that she had been kidnapped. But there were inconsistencies as the interview wore on and at about 4 a.m. she told the truth.
"There were just a lot of holes in her story," Schultz said.
She was disheveled, tired and thirsty, but was not complaining of any injuries, officials said. Her hair, which was long in pictures released by her family, was shoulder-length.
Authorities will "get her showered, get her something to eat and then reunite her with her family," Albuquerque police spokeswoman Trish Ahrensfield said. Elwell said Wilbanks' relatives were en route to New Mexico and were expected to pick her up in the afternoon and head back to Atlanta.
Just hours before Wilbanks called her fiance, police in Duluth said they had no solid leads in the case and began dismantling a search center. Relatives offered a $100,000 reward for information and were planning a prayer vigil.
The hunt for Wilbanks had consumed Duluth, a tight-knit town. Her picture and newspaper articles about her disappearance were on telephone poles and shop windows. Police had also seized three computers from the home she shared with Mason.
Mason had become a target of suspicion and agreed to a private polygraph test, which Wilbanks' family said he passed. He had been negotiating with authorities for another test.
"That's been the hardest part for me," Mason said after Wilbanks called from Albuquerque. "It gives you a feeling like you can't walk outside your home."
Mason did not speak publicly after Wilbanks said she lied about being abducted. Her uncle, Mike Satterfield, thanked people who had helped in the search.
"Jennifer had some issues the family was not aware of. We're looking forward to loving her and talking to her about these issues," he said.
Ryan Kelly, owner of the Park Cafe a few blocks from Wilbanks' house, which gave out coffee and sandwiches to searchers, said he was glad Wilbanks was alive and healthy.
"But that being said, this is one of the most selfish and self-centered acts I've ever seen. We saw her parents, and you could see the anguish in their eyes. It was terrible," he said.
"I don't care where you are - unless you're in the Amazon rain forest, you'd know everybody was out looking for you."
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Miss Mary
Here's another link.....
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/30/weddin ... index.html
600 guests were invited to this wedding. 14 Bridesmaids/Groomsmen.
That is a BIG wedding! A wedding expert is quoted in the above article/link, saying this should be a lesson to couples just engaged. I should say so.
Please know I'm NOT condoning what this girl did, but she could have simply told her family she made a mistake. Calling off a wedding is better than a divorce, later down the road (I should know). Wish my first husband had said - you know I really have no intention of being faithful and as for kids, when I say "someday" I really mean, never.
Mary
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/30/weddin ... index.html
600 guests were invited to this wedding. 14 Bridesmaids/Groomsmen.
That is a BIG wedding! A wedding expert is quoted in the above article/link, saying this should be a lesson to couples just engaged. I should say so.
Please know I'm NOT condoning what this girl did, but she could have simply told her family she made a mistake. Calling off a wedding is better than a divorce, later down the road (I should know). Wish my first husband had said - you know I really have no intention of being faithful and as for kids, when I say "someday" I really mean, never.
Mary
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her boyfriend sounds like a nutcase too. he was saying before they found out she lied that he always knew there would be one of 2 outcomes and both were good. either she would come back or she was in heaven. i dont know how being brutally murdered would have been a good outcome. yea, we all want to go to heaven, but none of us are in a rush to get there.
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depotoo wrote:what is saddest is she may not have even been running from getting married, at least from what i gathered from her friend on tv but more from the wedding itself - seems it had gotten out of control!
Yeah, I can't help but wonder if this is the case, too. I have never heard of a wedding with 600 invites and 14 bridesmaids, and I've got a huge family. Part of me wonders if her (or his) parents took over and invited everyone they knew - basically 'hijacking' the whole thing. If that were the case, she should have just taken her husband to Vegas with her so they could elope!
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I hope we all learn the rest of her story, if there is one. Geesh. To get cold feet is Ok. But to have your parents think you might be dead is totally unacceptable.
And if one has cold feet because the groom is a piece of poop or because of the big-to-do-lah-tee-dah wedding, couldn't you just say "enough already" and not put all of those people through hell?
And if one has cold feet because the groom is a piece of poop or because of the big-to-do-lah-tee-dah wedding, couldn't you just say "enough already" and not put all of those people through hell?
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rainstorm wrote:its possible her boyfriend helped her
What...and risk all the speculation from those who thought he might be another Scott Peterson or Mark Hacking? You know a large percentage of us couldn't help but wonder, even as we answered the questions in our heads while watching his body language in press conferences and even as we eventually ruled him out as a possible suspect in our minds. Had he known about her plans and helped her (or even if he didn't help her...just didn't say anything about what she had done), he must have known what we might suspect about him.
Why would he want to go through that?
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GalvestonDuck wrote:rainstorm wrote:its possible her boyfriend helped her
What...and risk all the speculation from those who thought he might be another Scott Peterson or Mark Hacking? You know a large percentage of us couldn't help but wonder, even as we answered the questions in our heads while watching his body language in press conferences and even as we eventually ruled him out as a possible suspect in our minds. Had he known about her plans and helped her (or even if he didn't help her...just didn't say anything about what she had done), he must have known what we might suspect about him.
Why would he want to go through that?
i was watching fox and the reporter there said her boyfriend said off-camera before she was found that he was certain they would be getting a phone call from her soon. just an interesting comment
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According to CNN,she purchased the bus ticket a WEEK BEFORE it happened.She had it all planned out. I think she may have planned the phoney kidnap story,too. Shes 32 but seems to me,she still needs to grow up.I hope theycharge her for filing a false police report.Doesn't matter if she was wedding stressed or not
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