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Ga. Woman Lied About Abduction
Fox News ^ | 30 Apr 05 | AP

Posted on 04/30/2005 6:09:37 AM PDT by stm

ALBUQUERQUE — A Georgia bride-to-be who vanished just days before her wedding turned up in New Mexico (search) and fabricated a tale of abduction before admitting Saturday that she got cold feet and "needed some time alone," police said.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: wilbanks; womendontlie
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To: Fester Chugabrew

Are you kidding?

She didn't "take a vacation." She staged an abduction by having claimed she was going for a run and then not coming back.

If someone yells fire in a crowded movie theater, that person should not be charged for the people that are trampled, the fire and police departments that call and respond, and the damage caused when those departments are not able to handle other calls? All because that person was just "exercising his rights of free speech?"


81 posted on 04/30/2005 9:34:00 AM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Liberals are blind. They are the dupes of Leftists who know exactly what they're doing.)
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To: fso301

May she end up and old maid...she behaved like a 15 y.o. brat and her parents should ground her....


82 posted on 04/30/2005 10:07:35 AM PDT by Kimmers
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To: fso301
She and her fiance were living together...I don't know if the media has reported how long that arrangement went on (months? years?).

If the media could take the case of the woman in Houston who killed her five children and make it all her husband's fault, they can easily turn this story into the fiance's fault.

83 posted on 04/30/2005 10:09:26 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe

Who was the first person to assume "abduction" in this case? Given the fact a large wedding was imminent, why wasn't more weight given to the "cold feet" scenario? Like a bunch of idiots we all believed the worst, called in the media, called in the cops, and shot off our big mouths while this woman enjoyed a trip to Vegas. The only reason people want to see her punished is because she made them look stupid.


84 posted on 04/30/2005 10:28:21 AM PDT by Fester Chugabrew
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To: stm

any news of her marrying a former boyfriend in vegas yet?


85 posted on 04/30/2005 10:38:01 AM PDT by isom35
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To: Fester Chugabrew
Like a bunch of idiots we all believed the worst

Speak for yourself.

86 posted on 04/30/2005 10:42:26 AM PDT by GullyFolye (Gotov'nost' Odin')
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To: GullyFolye

Ooops. Forgot about the one Freeper who had it all figured out.


87 posted on 04/30/2005 10:45:41 AM PDT by Fester Chugabrew
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To: stm
1. Stick her with the bill for all the wasted police time.

2. Make her wear a clown suit for a year.

88 posted on 04/30/2005 10:49:12 AM PDT by LibKill (Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.)
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To: Fester Chugabrew
Forgot about the one Freeper who had it all figured out.

You don't speak for me either, Fester.

If you think about it, I think you will find that you can't speak for anyone except yourself - your own minor children excepted, at least legally.

Only my speculation, but I expect many others here may simply be too polite to correct you when you presume to speak for them.
89 posted on 04/30/2005 11:06:27 AM PDT by clyde asbury (I'm not playing hard to get. I am hard to get.)
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To: stm
I saw this on the news this morning, and I couldn't believe this made national headlines. I know the news is slow right now, but this is getting ridiculous.

I'm sure my comments are bound to upset somebody, but there are much more important things going on in the world than some would-be bride that got cold feet.

Hell, there are kids that go missing everyday, whose families would be so lucky to get this kind of coverage.
90 posted on 04/30/2005 11:17:00 AM PDT by af_vet_rr
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To: LibKill

Brilliant!


91 posted on 04/30/2005 11:23:52 AM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Conservative & Rational..what a concept!)
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To: clyde asbury

Okay then. Two Freepers.

What are you? A lawyer? Sue me for an overstatement or six. An author? Write a book about it and leave me out.

Yea gods!


92 posted on 04/30/2005 11:26:27 AM PDT by Fester Chugabrew
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To: Fester Chugabrew
Yea gods!

:)

Little sensitive, there, Fester.

If you don't want your comments to be open to the public then you should send them privately. Why do you think FR is here - so we can stroke each other's egos?

Okay then. Two Freepers.

As I said, you speak for yourself and no one else. One Freeper, and that's not negotiable. :)
93 posted on 04/30/2005 11:43:25 AM PDT by clyde asbury (I'm not playing hard to get. I am hard to get.)
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To: clyde asbury
It's also true that the younger a person is at first marriage, the more likely they are to be divorced later. I don't have links to demonstrate this, but they should be easy to find.

True only if you're talking to teenagers. :-) I've read that the age vs. divorce rate plot troughs at around 24 (maybe a year or two older for men). Waiting later than that makes the divorce rate climb, but the slope is not as steep as it is on the other side of the trough.

94 posted on 04/30/2005 11:46:59 AM PDT by Campion (who married 10 days before my 28th birthday)
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To: cripplecreek

"Well I'm tired of this story already but I'm sure the media can squeeze at least two or three more days out of it."

.... like a street wino attempts to wring out the last drop of liquor from an empty half pint bottle. (LOL)


95 posted on 04/30/2005 11:52:50 AM PDT by SunnySide (Ephes2:8 ByGraceYou'veBeenSavedThruFaithAGiftOfGodSoNoOneCanBoast)
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To: Verginius Rufus

"If the woman decides she does want to go ahead with the marriage, her fiance should have the sense to call it off. She must be a good actor if she had her fiance, her family, and the minister all completely fooled."


I predict for her encour performance, she'll get offers like all the other Jerry Springer freaks. Then she'll marry some 15 year old boy like Mary Kay Leteaurno(sp?)


96 posted on 04/30/2005 11:56:21 AM PDT by SunnySide (Ephes2:8 ByGraceYou'veBeenSavedThruFaithAGiftOfGodSoNoOneCanBoast)
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To: I still care

Very well said. I agree with you 100%


97 posted on 04/30/2005 12:01:22 PM PDT by Riptides (SEND HER THE BILL)
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To: sonserae
They ended up arresting her because the costs involved in her search, etc. were huge.

The charges stuck too. She made up a story about a guy with a knife and rope, and was on film buying the knife and rope herself! Doh! The cops searched for the phantom. She was ordered to pay $9,000. The search costs, OT alone, were more than 40 grand.

This little brat, however, didn't stick to her abduction story. No search for a phantom, just a search for the known missing person.

The fact that this brat was prepared with an abduction story is evidence that she anticipated a reunion. I'm betting the long-term reception isn't all that she dreamed of. ;-) Glad she's alive; hope she gets her head screwed on straight.

98 posted on 04/30/2005 12:02:27 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: OldBlondBabe
I been to loads of showers and never heard of this one!!

Oh, it's one of those stagette party things. Each girl ties a hot dog on a string and it dangles down halfway between knees and hips, then she has to crouch down and aim the hot dog for a milk bottle on the floor between her feet. It's not easy if you aren't used to doing deep knee bends.

I guess the milk bottle part tells you how old this game is?

99 posted on 04/30/2005 12:07:15 PM PDT by Mrs. P
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To: Campion
I've read that the age vs. divorce rate plot troughs at around 24...

I'd like to see that. You have the source?
100 posted on 04/30/2005 12:08:39 PM PDT by clyde asbury (I'm not playing hard to get. I am hard to get.)
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