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Hundreds search for missing bride-to-be
AP Wire ^ | April 28, 2005 | AP Wire

Posted on 04/28/2005 10:13:06 AM PDT by varina davis

Hundreds Search for Missing Bride-To-Be

April 28, 2005 10:40 AM EDT

DULUTH, Ga. - A 32-year-old woman disappeared just days before she was to be married, and authorities said Thursday they were expanding their search for her.

Jennifer Wilbanks' fiance told authorities she left home Tuesday night to go jogging. When she did not return in a couple of hours, he began looking for her, then notified police.

On Wednesday, more than 250 people searched for Wilbanks, including volunteers and police using helicopters and tracking dogs. Authorities called off the volunteer search but continued canvassing door-to-door for clues in this northeastern Atlanta suburb. They were treating the disappearance as a criminal investigation but did not elaborate.

"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," Duluth Police Chief Randy Belcher said.

Earlier, police Maj. Don Woodruff said friends and family believed "this is totally uncharacteristic of her. We don't believe it was a case of premarital jitters."

On Thursday, about 100 police officers expanded their search a quarter-mile deeper into woods near her home. Police had not asked anyone to take a polygraph test, but her fiance has volunteered to do so, Belcher said.

Friends and relatives have told police Wilbanks seemed happy and was looking forward to her wedding Saturday. Her keys, cash, credit cards and identification were found in her home.

"She left out of here with just a radio and the clothes she has on," said Wilbanks' fiance, John Mason. "Everything she owns is in the home. If this is cold feet, it is the weirdest case of cold feet I have ever seen."

Wilbanks and Mason were to be married in a large ceremony. Six hundred invitations had been mailed, and the wedding was to feature 14 bridesmaids and 14 groomsmen, according to Mason's mother, Vicki.

Investigators checked the banks of the nearby Chattahoochee River, and the state Department of Natural Resources planned to search the river, Woodruff said.

Wilbanks was described as 5 feet, 8 inches tall, about 123 pounds, with shoulder-length dark brown hair. She was last seen wearing a gray sweat shirt and blue sweat pants, police said.


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: bride; cary; cheneychick; missing; search; wilbanks
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To: uncitizen; All
UR# 30......Hmmmmmmmm

.....Ooh. if his dad's a political figure,......

?.....very interesting......?

?....May be worth 'digging' into.....?

?Was/is everybody from outta 'town'....?

?.....a political wedding 'only'.....?

?Who was 'invited'......?

? Who had ALREADY 'arrived'.....?

:-(

61 posted on 04/28/2005 2:54:18 PM PDT by maestro
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To: CFW
"We're not doing a polygraph at the present time but he has volunteered that he would like to take a polygraph," Belcher said.

The sheriff, just on Catherine Crier, reported that it was their request for Mason to take the polygraph, and further that Mason replied that he would let thme know tomorrow.
62 posted on 04/28/2005 3:12:22 PM PDT by uncitizen
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To: oceanperch

They are also more prone to be in an accident by stepping in front of a vehicle not being able to hear a horn blow.


63 posted on 04/28/2005 3:21:50 PM PDT by Aquamarine
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To: Cecily

Motive could be he didn't want to get married to her.


64 posted on 04/28/2005 3:41:01 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Ann Archy

But would you kill somebody over something like that? It is hard to imagine. To paraphrase Laci Peterson's parents, breaking up is an option; murder isn't.


65 posted on 04/28/2005 4:18:02 PM PDT by Cecily
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To: timtoews5292004
Plastic flowers arranged by my florist mother in law. A couple hundred bucks, tops. The only way to go. You couldn't tell from the seats whether they were real or fake, anyway.

Wow, thanks for kicking me in the crotch. I'll go to my grave envying you. ;o)
66 posted on 04/28/2005 6:50:42 PM PDT by Jaysun (Why can't we list "the government" as a dependent on our taxes?)
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To: Chieftain

LOL!!!

I still haven't read the Purpose Driven Life. I have no time for any more "purposes". And I'm already way too driven! Still think its him...he is way too cool with the twitching eyes...he also referredto one of the hills around where the fiance ran as " a real Killer hill"..hmmm?


67 posted on 04/28/2005 8:28:19 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Conservative & Rational..what a concept!)
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To: tabsternager
If he killed her, then why wouldn't he just agree with the cop about the (convenient) possibility that she got "cold feet"?

According to the article, "friends and family believed 'this is totally uncharacteristic of her. We don't believe it was a case of premarital jitters.'"

Perhaps he didn't want to go against the grain? Who knows what goes through these people's heads, but a few things are apparent. Those that saw the fiance on television witnessed a smiling guy that made a point to convey that he still expects the wedding to take place. This in and of itself smells of foul play to me, but that's merely my speculation.
68 posted on 04/28/2005 8:48:51 PM PDT by Jaysun (Why can't we list "the government" as a dependent on our taxes?)
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To: varina davis
You sure can't judge someone by a picture but the two pictures I've seen of the girl have me thinking she didn't have both feet firmly on solid ground.

The guy has an odd look about him as well but not as odd IMO as the girl.

69 posted on 04/28/2005 8:58:19 PM PDT by fso301
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To: GadareneDemoniac; Cecily; najida

No, haven't heard of that particular person. But, I do remember hearing of a lady that was abducted from Lenox Square in the late 60's. Can't remember her name though - (not who you are talking about) but they have never found her either.

Course I was just a kid when these happened.


70 posted on 04/29/2005 4:47:13 AM PDT by beaureguard
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To: Jaysun

Put some ice on it and you'll be fine.


71 posted on 04/29/2005 5:34:25 AM PDT by timtoews5292004
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To: varina davis

Fox just reported that they asked her fiance to take a polygraph and he said he would give them an answer later??

Later........I would think if he was innocent he would do it right away. Hmmmmm.....


72 posted on 04/29/2005 8:18:58 AM PDT by WestCoastGal (Daytona & Talladega ~The Ghost of the 3 sniffs out the air and lets them run free & FAST~ GO 8)
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To: WestCoastGal

Gotta wonder about him just a little bit.


73 posted on 04/29/2005 9:05:12 AM PDT by varina davis
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To: Cecily

Noooooo, I wouldn't kill someone because I didn't want t marry them, but SOME have.


74 posted on 04/29/2005 9:22:52 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Jaysun

The PASTOR even said that the ceremony will probably go on as planned!! he's a litte weird also....imho.


75 posted on 04/29/2005 9:24:41 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: uncitizen

No, I think he wants to sell the diamond later.


76 posted on 04/29/2005 9:46:14 AM PDT by johnb838 (Free Republicans... To Arms!)
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To: oceanperch

Yeah, I saw the eyes. I thought they could make her annoying. (I'm sorry) That's no reason to kill but... heeeeerrrreeeee's Johnny!


77 posted on 04/29/2005 9:48:30 AM PDT by johnb838 (Free Republicans... To Arms!)
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To: tabsternager

Pride goeth before the fall.


78 posted on 04/29/2005 9:51:08 AM PDT by johnb838 (Free Republicans... To Arms!)
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To: fso301

In all the pictures I've seen of them she's got the wild-eyed smile, and he's not smiling at all.


79 posted on 04/29/2005 9:53:35 AM PDT by johnb838 (Free Republicans... To Arms!)
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To: johnb838
In all the pictures I've seen of them she's got the wild-eyed smile, and he's not smiling at all.

Right. She just doesn't appear to be all there.

80 posted on 04/29/2005 10:40:05 AM PDT by fso301
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