The CASE of the MISSING BRIDE
 

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp.../missing_bride

DULUTH, Ga. - A 32-year-old bride-to-be vanished just days before her wedding, and more than 100 volunteers joined police Thursday in an all-out search of her wooded suburban neighborhood.

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Authorities said they were considering the case of Jennifer Wilbanks a criminal investigation.

Wilbanks was reported missing by her fiance, John Mason, who said she disappeared Tuesday on her nightly jog in this Atlanta suburb.

Her keys, cash, credit cards and identification also were found in her home. Her fiance said she left with only her radio and the clothes she had on.

About 100 police officers took part in the search and brought out bloodhounds to help. They also searched a river nearby.

Police gave mixed signals about whether they believe Wilbanks, a hospital nurse, may have gotten cold feet four days before her wedding.

Maj. Don Woodruff said authorities did not believe Wilbanks was a runaway bride. But under questioning from reporters, Police Chief Randy Belcher later said: "It's a very real possibility she did get cold feet. I mean, how many husbands have gone out for a pack of cigarettes and not come back?"

Belcher said Mason had told them he would decide Friday whether to take a polygraph test.

Mason and Wilbanks were to be married Saturday in what was expected to be a big bash, with 600 invitations sent out and 14 bridesmaids and 14 groomsmen, said Mason's mother, Vicki.

"She was so in love. The wedding is huge. It's the talk of the town. Everybody knows her and was so excited," said Killie McCauley, who went to high school with Wilbanks and joined the search.

McCauley and other friends and relatives have told police Wilbanks seemed happy and was looking forward to the wedding.

Friends on Thursday gathered at the home Wilbanks shares with her fiance on a tree-lined street close to the town square. They brought food to share and hugged each other as police kept others at a distance.

McCauley described the former high school track runner and cheerleader as an "avid matchmater" who introduced McCauley to her future husband. She said Wilbanks was looking forward to a future that included children.

"She's just such a caring person. Being a mother would be her ultimate," she said.

sounds fishy.... I dont think she had cold feet.....

heh nobody trusts the husband :)

sounds suspicious that he "might" take the lie detector test , but hasn't decided yet..

the butler did it

Fuck i forgot that option..

RAN AWAY

That much expense and planning to reverse helps the argument. But, it's just a hunch.


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Ill bookmark this thread and bump it when we find out the truth. We will see how many people got it right..

its ok smokey,its often overlooked yet always comes back around in the end!

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh -- very literate (and clever) comment -- :thumbsup


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bump 4 more votes ....

98% of murder victims are killed by people they know. However, if jogging was her nightly ritual, she may have had someone (stalking) her/watching her for a long time. Maybe even someone upset that she's marrying someone else. It could also be the fiancee... anything is possible. :Oh crap

heh you covered all bases :) except wild bees

I knew the actual number (%) was very high, but not that high. So I looked around a bit on the 'net and incredibly 98% isn't far off. Of course, the definition of "someone they know" can be quite varied. Still, sad but true.

I answered unknown stranger because I want to beleive it wasnt her almost husband, but I doubt I am right

:disgust -- do you ALREADY know what happened?


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32 years old and a new bride. Her hymen was missing first. That might tend to upset a man in Georgia.

bump! want to see everyone else's opinion

but there have been so many lately..

more votes please

If she was a runaway bride, I think she would still take her keys, ID, and credit cards. She'd slip those essentials in her pocket and disappear. Since she left all that, I think definite foul play.

God...forget just going through a rough breakup. Lately they just kill you. :helpme

statistically significant yet?



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It keeps jumping between a stranger and her husband.. not too many people seem to be scared of attack dogs or wild bee's :(

Next time i kill someone i will use wild bee's and nobody will suspect a thing. :1orglaugh

http://us.news3.yimg.com/img.news.ya...de_garf112.jpg

the husband

wtf this pic seems strange , this is the missing womans father bringing the husband pizza 5 hours after she went missing..

http://us.news3.yimg.com/img.news.ya...de_garf113.jpg

The bees will know -- :1orglaugh



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The smile of Collecting Insurance Money?

or

Fake smile to hide his distraught?

or

Smile because he knows that she left and isn't marrying that guy

Except the satanic cult angle.

satanist like blonde hair and blue eyes

"Police Chief Randy Belcher later said: "It's a very real possibility she did get cold feet. I mean, how many husbands have gone out for a pack of cigarettes and not come back?""
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I think chief wiggums has been watching too much simpsons. :)

I tha pride ran away.

and the winners are

2HousePlague,
DonovanPhillips,
Downtime,
PR_Tom,
reynold,
Shooting_Manic,
the Shemp

oh man. 600 invites??? and a no show??? whoever is paying for that is going to be pissed.

you forgot the option "who gives a fuck"

actually it appears you found a way to get around that :winkwink:

I forgot to mention that they found the bride alive and well .

Now they're considering whether to charge her with anything. The local DA is assessing statements made (by telephone) by the missing bride, while on her cold-footed odyssey. He will determine if any false statements were made by her to Georgia law enforcement, and whether those may be prosected in Georgia though she was calling from Albuquerque.

600 guests is too much for anybody to face -- :2 cents:

I say give 'er a break.

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