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Wilbanks NOT Abducted
Fox News ^ | 04/30/05 | Fox News

Posted on 04/30/2005 4:25:19 AM PDT by Clintons Are White Trash

She ran, she was NOT abducted

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TOPICS: Extended News; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: bridetobe; cantyoutakeajoke; coldfeet; hoax; runawaybride; sallyfieldmovie; spoiledbrat; wedding; wilbanks
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To: Stingy Dog
Indeed, there must be hundreds of disappered whites cases pending at any given moment.

Yep.I was going to throw in "unattractive white people" but I thought that was crass. (Actually, I was going to say "ugly" so I left that catagory out. Had I thought of a less charged word at the time it would have gone in.)

221 posted on 04/30/2005 8:03:12 AM PDT by N. Beaujon
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To: Clintons Are White Trash
Well, Im glad this female dog was found alive.
Backing out is ok, but to claim to be kidnapped isnt. Still, its good we didnt lose another one to criminals.

John should make a new date for the wedding then not show up, instead sending a drunk circus clown to fill in for him.
222 posted on 04/30/2005 8:10:07 AM PDT by No Blue States
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To: pleasedontzotme

I don't know about fraud, but she called 911 and said she was kidnapped. She lied to police when she was picked up and after several hours of interrogation, she confessed. That is a crime and she should be charged.


223 posted on 04/30/2005 8:11:15 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: seacapn
I don't think it takes a conspiracy theory to figure out what media executives are thinking when they see a story like this one. I just wish Fox News would quit flashing their 'breaking news' screen every ten minutes even when the news broke four hours ago. That tone has lost all meaning to me now.

I don't think its a conpiracy or a theory, I think its a formula that they use that is a generally accepted media standard. I also think we all believe now that its fact not just a theory.

I totally agree with you on the "Fox News Alert" thing. Nice gimmick when it started, now it's obnoxious like the boy who cried wolf. Fox should time limit their "alerts" to maybe 8 hours from when the original story actually broke instead of the 48 that they use now. ;)

224 posted on 04/30/2005 8:13:48 AM PDT by N. Beaujon
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To: pleasedontzotme
Yours is the level-headed approach on this, after one gets over the shock. I agree. I just could not understand, from the beginning, why such a national media focus on this girl. It was as if the media was almost gleeful that maybe another Lacey Peterson story was developing. I was sick about their questions and focus. No one gave such a focus to that Asst. D.A. in Pennsylvania, and he is still missing.

When it is a child/minor it is different, and I am all for doing whatever necessary to keep that news in front of the public.

But sometimes, with adults, people just want to be missing. I think such disappearances need to be kept out of the national news focus. We have seen many times that adults plan their own "missing person" stories. I feel very sorry for her family and the anguish they have suffered for the past four days. I imagine if my adult daughter would turn up missing, I know I would want all the help and attention to find her. But that is a two-edged sword. Once the world is invited into your personal life, you loose control. Now, in addition to what was their fright, turned to relief, they have the additional burden of national embarassment.

I don't think this girl was "sick" in a major mental sense. Apparently she has great skill in planning: first a huge wedding, then a "get away," with no trail, and obviously enough awareness to cut her hair, have enough cash, etc. Quite an accomplishment, in essence.

But, this all shows something very reveling. With this girl it was all about "her." Her wishes, her wedding, her happiness, and her fears. It seems there is little consideration in her life - true consideration,not surface "goodie-goodie" type - for others. When you truly have concern about others, you don't put your own fears first. You talk, you explain, and you consider options. You do not make people suffer because of your problems and insecurities. Sure, she had pressures about the big wedding. In the scope of problems faced in this world, is that an excuse for what she did? Poor child, the world was revolving around her and she could not cope? What would she have done with a real tragedy in her life? The type that she caused her family.

However, the bottom line is: You just do not lie. Obviousily the basis of all of this is a lie - her feelings were not true, her heart was not in this marriage. No one who loves deeply can hurt others in this way. I don't think it was/is sickness, just an inability to be truthful. That is the root of all evil or selfish actions, IMHO

225 posted on 04/30/2005 8:15:02 AM PDT by CitizenM ("An excuse is worse than an lie, because an excuse is a lie hidden." Pope John Paul, II)
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To: campfollower

Why give her "some slack". She had been living with the guy for some time. She should have known what she was getting into. She's 32 years old! No spring chicken getting married. I think she should get a court imposed mental check.


226 posted on 04/30/2005 8:15:49 AM PDT by conservative blonde (Conservative Blonde)
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To: Skip Ripley
It's always news when a good looking white girl vanishes.

When did that happen?

227 posted on 04/30/2005 8:16:11 AM PDT by T. Jefferson
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To: Clintons Are White Trash

What a bitch. I hope her finance dumps all of her stuff out of their apartment unto the street. Imagine making your finance the top suspect in your disappearance for a solid week. Man, that's true love.


228 posted on 04/30/2005 8:25:02 AM PDT by Dave S
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To: Cagey
Did you not see what she put her family through for the last four days?

And her fiance was quickly becoming the top suspect.

229 posted on 04/30/2005 8:28:34 AM PDT by Dave S
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To: LowOiL
Free Republic is a family oriented forum

Bull. Mind your own business unless someone asks you to become a moderator.

230 posted on 04/30/2005 8:33:00 AM PDT by Dave S
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To: N. Beaujon
Do you know how many peoples lives are

I hardly even look up anymore.

231 posted on 04/30/2005 8:33:16 AM PDT by Howlin (North Carolina, where beer kegs are registered and illegal aliens run free.)
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To: campfollower

People make WAY too much ado about their weddings these days. My wife and I got married in 1992 (13 years ago tomorrow), paid for it ourselves, and did it all for about $3000. We had to; we were dirt poor. We kept it simple, low-key, inexpensive (of course, we didn't have to pay for a church or a preacher).

Thirteen years later you don't remember the flowers or the hors d'ouvres or how many guests there were; you remember the love you have for your spouse and the excitement at beginning an eternal journey together.


232 posted on 04/30/2005 8:33:24 AM PDT by Choose Ye This Day (Senate switchboard: 202-225-3121. Reach out and complain to someone.)
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To: CitizenM
No one gave such a focus to that Asst. D.A. in Pennsylvania, and he is still missing

Speaking of:
Reported Sighting Raises Hopes (Gricar - Missing DA)

233 posted on 04/30/2005 8:42:54 AM PDT by tomkat
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To: Graymatter
All together now:

We've only just begun to live...

Just hop on the bus, Gus
Make a new plan, Stan.
Just drop off the key, Lee
And set yourself free.

234 posted on 04/30/2005 8:45:36 AM PDT by Ken H
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To: LowOiL
Big Ugly (but nice) God Fearing Man and proud of it.. I am Conservative, just not radical Conservative. (Yes Conservatives need to have morals, it sets us above the jackasses). God Fearing first and foremost

From your profile page. I think you're a 'holier-than-thou' type. In other words, a hyprocrite.

235 posted on 04/30/2005 8:46:20 AM PDT by fuquadukie (If you can't hang with the big dogs, then don't jump off the porch.)
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To: Dave S

See my response to the LowOiL at #235.


236 posted on 04/30/2005 8:47:38 AM PDT by fuquadukie (If you can't hang with the big dogs, then don't jump off the porch.)
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To: billorites

Thin, but still quite doable, IMO.


237 posted on 04/30/2005 8:48:24 AM PDT by Ken H
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To: billorites

That ones got the crazy look. Better for her fiance if he called it off ASAP.


238 posted on 04/30/2005 8:49:56 AM PDT by Wolfie (Yes, kids, that's sarcasm.)
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To: Choose Ye This Day

My wife and I were married in 1992. We spent exactly $100 on the wedding, although our mothers made the refreshments. The ceremony lasted nine minutes and we had no bridesmaids or groomsmen. And, yes, we were married in a church in front of our families and closest friends.

A friend of mine had a huge, expensive wedding a couple of months later. Her mother offered to give her $20,000 to have a small, simple wedding. She chose the former. She has often told me that as they walked out of the church, she was already saying, "I should have taken the money".


239 posted on 04/30/2005 8:49:59 AM PDT by Right Angler
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To: Clintons Are White Trash
The husband did it! He killed her! Lock him up! Lethal injection! Another Scott Peterson! He didn't look sad enough on TV. He looks creepy... like a killer! He...

...oooops.

240 posted on 04/30/2005 8:52:06 AM PDT by Bon mots
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