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Bride-to-Be missing found alive in New Mexico

#1 Postby Brent » Thu Apr 28, 2005 9:03 am

Just northeast of Atlanta... she vanished Tuesday Evening while jogging in a well-lit area around Sunset. She was due to get married on Saturday. Authorities are now suspecting Foul Play.

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/4421660/detail.html

Apparently her husband-to-be has been cleared...
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#2 Postby TexasStooge » Thu Apr 28, 2005 9:31 am

That can't be good. Hope she's found alive!
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#3 Postby Brent » Thu Apr 28, 2005 9:31 am

Police have just announced a news conference will be held at 11:00am EDT...
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#4 Postby vbhoutex » Thu Apr 28, 2005 10:00 am

I guess we wait till then. I am always very suspiscious in cases like this, but that is my nature. I do hope they are announcing she got cold feet and ran and that all is well now.
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#5 Postby Brent » Thu Apr 28, 2005 10:17 am

Not quite... they are expanding the search area and investigating sexual offenders in the area. :(
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#6 Postby southerngale » Sat Apr 30, 2005 2:32 am

Fox News Alert - She was found alive in New Mexico.
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#7 Postby Brent » Sat Apr 30, 2005 2:34 am

southerngale wrote:Fox News Alert - She was found alive in New Mexico.


I just woke up for some odd reason and happened to have MSNBC on and saw it. I'm awake now. :lol:
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#8 Postby streetsoldier » Sat Apr 30, 2005 2:39 am

She's alive and well in Albuquerque NM; the FBI has her, and has taken her to a hospital for a check-up.

She stated that she escaped from a Hispanic man and a Caucasian woman who kidnapped her during her jogging run, and cut her hair; details are sketchy, but the first thing she did when she got away was to call her family, then her fiancee. She didn't know where she was.

Her family and fiancee are flying to NM to take her home later on this morning. :larrow:
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#9 Postby iceangel » Sat Apr 30, 2005 3:01 am

southerngale wrote:Fox News Alert - She was found alive in New Mexico.
I saw it on Fox too but for some odd reason, I got the article from a different source.. :?:
:rarrow: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050430/D89PJEB00.html
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#10 Postby Brent » Sat Apr 30, 2005 6:36 am

SHE WASN'T ABDUCTED!!! :grr:

She apparently left on her own taking a bus first to Las Vegas then to Albuquerque. She made up the whole abduction story.

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#11 Postby Brent » Sat Apr 30, 2005 6:37 am

iceangel wrote:
southerngale wrote:Fox News Alert - She was found alive in New Mexico.
I saw it on Fox too but for some odd reason, I got the article from a different source.. :?:
:rarrow: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050430/D89PJEB00.html


A lot of news organization websites, especially early in the morning will just put a wire copy from AP or Reuters. They do it a lot with international stories.
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#12 Postby rainstorm » Sat Apr 30, 2005 6:46 am

she should be charged with a felony. she lied and blamed hispanic men for kidnapping her
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#13 Postby GalvestonDuck » Sat Apr 30, 2005 7:55 am

I'm glad she was found safe. But couldn't she simply have told at least one person, "I need some time...I'll call or come back when I can. Don't ask me any questions" and then she could have left for a while. That way, they would have known that she left on her own (although I'm sure they would have still worried about her safety throughout her "retreat").

Calling 911 probably wasn't as big of a problem (since she was "missing" and her whereabouts were unknown to authorities for a long time) although it certainly wasn't an emergency when she called. But did she have to lie and say anything about a kidnapping or a perpetrator?

It's Audrey Seiler all over again. :roll:
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#14 Postby Skywatch_NC » Sat Apr 30, 2005 8:05 am

Brent wrote:
southerngale wrote:Fox News Alert - She was found alive in New Mexico.


I just woke up for some odd reason and happened to have MSNBC on and saw it. I'm awake now. :lol:


Good Morning, Brent! :D

Wish she hadn't lied...but at least she's alive and safe.
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#15 Postby Miss Mary » Sat Apr 30, 2005 8:28 am

I'm glad she's alive. I'm glad she wasn't abducted and raped. Or worse.

But I wish she had told the truth!

We seem to have a serious epidemic in this country with telling the ~simple truth~.

Scott Peterson could have told Laci he no longer wanted to be married. He could have also explained he wasn't so sure about being a parent. Laci would have had her heart broken but her family (wonderful as they are) would have surrounded her and the baby to come. Right this minue she'd be alive. And Connor.

Mark Hacking could have told his wife Lori the whole truth, from beginning to end. She would have been shocked, might have left him, who knows, but the truth would have been out. And he could finally look himself in the mirror again. And Lori would be alive. Along with her baby (wasn't she pregnant also?).

And now this girl - she could have simply sat her family and fiance down. Explaining how overwhelmed she was. Asking for some time to herself to decide if she still wanted the wedding and/or marriage. Maybe all she needed to do was elope. Who knows. Planning a wedding can be so difficult - I should know! I planned my second one, in 2.5 months and my mother called me multiple times a day. Once 8 times. She about drove me nuts. Somehow I hung in there and got her off the phone fast each time.

Why can't parents at the end of their rope just ask for help? Instead of harming their children or worse, murdering them in a fit of despair/rage/confusion, whatever they feel. I've been tested as a parent, but never to that point. We all need cool down periods - counting to ten, walking away from a heated argument.

Why can't people just stand up for what's right and tell the truth? I don't know what the answer is, but maybe we need to get back to decent morals in this country. When kids are young.

Well, I'm done. This latest story has prompted me to ask these very questions this morning. I am glad she's alive.

Mary
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#16 Postby Skywatch_NC » Sat Apr 30, 2005 8:30 am

Miss Mary wrote:I'm glad she's alive. I'm glad she wasn't abducted and raped. Or worse.

But I wish she had told the truth!

We seem to have a serious epidemic in this country with telling the ~simple truth~.

Scott Peterson could have told Laci he no longer wanted to be married. He could have also explained he wasn't so sure about being a parent. Laci would have had her heart broken but her family (wonderful as they are) would have surrounded her and the baby to come. Right this minue she'd be alive. And Connor.

Mark Hacking could have told his wife Lori the whole truth, from beginning to end. She would have been shocked, might have left him, who knows, but the truth would have been out. And he could finally look himself in the mirror again. And Lori would be alive. Along with her baby (wasn't she pregnant also?).

And now this girl - she could have simply sat her family and fiance down. Explaining how overwhelmed she was. Asking for some time to herself to decide if she still wanted the wedding and/or marriage. Maybe all she needed to do was elope. Who knows. Planning a wedding can be so difficult - I should know! I planned my second one, in 2.5 months and my mother called me multiple times a day. Once 8 times. She about drove me nuts. Somehow I hung in there and got her off the phone fast each time.

Why can't parents at the end of their rope just ask for help? Instead of harming their children or worse, murdering them in a fit of despair/rage/confusion, whatever they feel. I've been tested as a parent, but never to that point. We all need cool down periods - counting to ten, walking away from a heated argument.

Why can't people just stand up for what's right and tell the truth? I don't know what the answer is, but maybe we need to get back to decent morals in this country. When kids are young.

Well, I'm done. This latest story has prompted me to ask these very questions this morning. I am glad she's alive.

Mary


Well said, Mary!

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#17 Postby Brent » Sat Apr 30, 2005 8:42 am

Miss Mary wrote:I'm glad she's alive. I'm glad she wasn't abducted and raped. Or worse.

But I wish she had told the truth!

We seem to have a serious epidemic in this country with telling the ~simple truth~.

Scott Peterson could have told Laci he no longer wanted to be married. He could have also explained he wasn't so sure about being a parent. Laci would have had her heart broken but her family (wonderful as they are) would have surrounded her and the baby to come. Right this minue she'd be alive. And Connor.

Mark Hacking could have told his wife Lori the whole truth, from beginning to end. She would have been shocked, might have left him, who knows, but the truth would have been out. And he could finally look himself in the mirror again. And Lori would be alive. Along with her baby (wasn't she pregnant also?).

And now this girl - she could have simply sat her family and fiance down. Explaining how overwhelmed she was. Asking for some time to herself to decide if she still wanted the wedding and/or marriage. Maybe all she needed to do was elope. Who knows. Planning a wedding can be so difficult - I should know! I planned my second one, in 2.5 months and my mother called me multiple times a day. Once 8 times. She about drove me nuts. Somehow I hung in there and got her off the phone fast each time.

Why can't parents at the end of their rope just ask for help? Instead of harming their children or worse, murdering them in a fit of despair/rage/confusion, whatever they feel. I've been tested as a parent, but never to that point. We all need cool down periods - counting to ten, walking away from a heated argument.

Why can't people just stand up for what's right and tell the truth? I don't know what the answer is, but maybe we need to get back to decent morals in this country. When kids are young.

Well, I'm done. This latest story has prompted me to ask these very questions this morning. I am glad she's alive.

Mary


Well said... I'm glad she's alive, but this story is just disturbing. They are going to let her off too. Get this... the police are putting 5-year-olds in handcuffs but will let a grown woman who lies to the police AND causes police resources as well as hundreds of volunteers to hunt for her for 4 days when all of those people could have been doing other things that were more life-threatening to someone.

Also... this may prompt more women in similar situations to run off, if they know they can avoid arrest... what a waste. :roll:
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#18 Postby Brent » Sat Apr 30, 2005 8:44 am

Skywatch_NC wrote:
Brent wrote:
southerngale wrote:Fox News Alert - She was found alive in New Mexico.


I just woke up for some odd reason and happened to have MSNBC on and saw it. I'm awake now. :lol:


Good Morning, Brent! :D

Wish she hadn't lied...but at least she's alive and safe.


Good Morning Eric. 8-)

Got woke up at 7:30am by a squall line of thunderstorms. It's still raining here now. Ugh... these type of days make you want to go back to sleep(it took me forever to get back to sleep when I laid down at 4:15).
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#19 Postby mikey mike » Sat Apr 30, 2005 9:09 am

I have no sympathy for this woman.She ran away from her fiancee and her family and she lied to everyone including the police.She should be jailed for this.If a man did this, he would be.If I was the jilted fiancee, I'd run as fast and as far away from Ms.Wilbanks as I could.
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#20 Postby James » Sat Apr 30, 2005 10:03 am

Yes, it's a real pity it all had to come to this.

P.S., well said Mary!
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