Posted on 05/03/2005 8:22:09 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
We could find out today if the runaway bride, who ended up in Las Vegas, will face criminal charges for lying to police about being kidnapped.
News 3's Kirstin Linquist reports that she could spend up to five years in prision, pretty bad yes, but that's nothing compared to what she is facing from friends and family.
Wilbanks is staying out of sight at her parent's house but is expected to finally make a statement today.
A question she may answer is was this planned? We found out that the ticket to Las Vegas was purchased days before she disappeared.
While in Las Vegas, Wilbanks stayed at the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino. Sources close to News 3 say she used her fiancees last name when she checked in.
The two were have supposed to marry that Saturday.
(Excerpt) Read more at kvbc.com ...
"I thought from the onset the groom was either very odd not once upset but rather grooving on all of it "
You may be onto something. He was more excited that he was gonna be on "Hannity" than he was when she was "found"...
Something does not add up here, I want to hear what she has to say...
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I'm with you. But I suppose she is "lawyered up" by now.
And while I keep hearing that word "regret" from her fiance and family members, I still haven't heard that phrase "I'm sorry" from her.
... and adopt Elian Gonzalez, who will grow up to be the President of Aztlan some day. Embattled Tom DeLay will end up dating President Hillary Clinton and becoming the First Gentleman, and he will serve at a US diplomat to Aztlan.
I've never tried to pay cash for a room. But you'd think they would require a Credit Card to guarantee against damage to the room?
She could have made reservations ahead of time and paid with a credit card that way?
sw
ROFL
Funny!
sw
And was she out jogging with her drivers licence at the time?
That's the whole point. She obviously couldn't get far, so the plan from the beginning was to stage the "kidnapping" to avoid the wedding.
I have a theory that she had one of Mason's credit cards. That would explain why she used the name Mason to buy the bus tix. Also, i don't know that you can use cash to pay for a hotel room in Vegas. Can you? Or is a credit card required?
Maybe she was planning on "working" in Vegas...
I read on line that Treasure Island provides free Transportation from the Greyhound station..
If she did charge things, I don't know what the ceiling on the card she used was, but she may well have gone over the limit. Or lied about running out of money.
Alot we don't know yet.
You can pay cash for rooms and not even own a credit card, I have... I don't know about requiring ID, don't remember, but Las Vegas has been advertising the slogan "What happens here, stays here".
Now that makes sense, a free shuttle from the bus station to Treasure Island.
http://www.vegas.com/bookingagent/hotel/SearchResults.jsp
Treasure Island Lowest avg rate: $139.59
Unless it's a no-tell motel :~)
sw
Just for the heck of it, I checked Treasure Island's websites for room rates -- cheapest I could find for a room tonight (short notice) is $139 per night. For many of the more prestigious hotels, unless they have a lot of rooms available, they will charge you a lot more if you walk in off the street.
I can't say whether the Strip hotels would accept cash -- some "off-Strip" motels I'm sure do. If you reserve via internet or telephone, you have to provide a credit card unless this was business and your company had a corporate account with the hotel.
If she did stay at Treasure Island and she had only $150 or so on her, and she paid cash for her room, that wouldn't leave her a lot of money left over. No...more I think about this, the more I believe this was pre-planned.
Even tho our room is FREE, they always take our charge card info.
sw
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