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Posted on 05/01/2005 3:35:09 PM PDT by maggief
Runaway bride leaves Albuquerque with gifts, new wardrobe
The Associated Press - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.
Georgia's runaway bride arrived in this desert city on a Greyhound bus with nothing but the clothes on her back.
She left on a first-class airplane seat, carrying souvenirs and sporting a new wardrobe. The airfare was thanks to her family. The clothing and souvenirs were courtesy of the police and FBI agents she befriended.
Moved by the plight of Jennifer Wilbanks, authorities from several law enforcement agencies went beyond the call of duty _ giving her a teddy bear, an FBI cap and polo shirt, a tote bag, meals and even a shoulder to cry on _ to make her daylong stay here comfortable.
"I told her, 'Here's a teddy bear to keep your mind off things,'" said Marshall Katz, chief of the Aviation Police at the Albuquerque International Sunport. "It's someone to talk to that won't talk back to you."
Katz said that Wilbanks _ her head covered by a crochet blanket _ clutched his arm tightly as he and a small army of officers parted a sea of reporters and photographers in escorting her to a waiting plane on Saturday afternoon. Along the way, he presented her a 12-inch, white bear that she quickly named: "Al for Albuquerque."
Wilbanks put the plush animal in her new see-thru tote bag, which along with her blazer, knit pants and meals, was a gift from the Victim's Services Unit. She also wore a polo shirt and cap with the monogrammed name of the FBI.
Katz said he usually presents stuffed animals to traumatized children.
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Al
Awww, let's see how nice we can be to the frontrunner for Jerk of the Year award.
Where was the BARF alert on this??? I am mad I actually started reading it. I try to stay away from articles with a barf alert. Now I am mad and I wasn't prepared to be!
What the hell is wrong with this picture.
We are nothing but a victim society.
HELP! HELP! I've been kidnapped at gunpoint! Oh, and I wear an XL and would like a cool SWAT or ATF cap!
LOL!
How nice! Gifts and clothes!
She must be going to the wedding of year between that miserable LeTournau and The Child-groom.
I'm leaving...this world is absolutely insane.
When this story broke I said it would only be a short time before she is being cast as the victim and appearing on Oprah ... and it's starting all ready.
Lovely parting gifts PING!
I feel severely traumatized by what she did to the folks in her town. Not that I live anywhere near there, or was even involved in the issue, but now, I'm worried that if I ever get to a point where I'm going to get married that my bride-to-be may run off to Las Vegas and New Mexico. This is causing a lot of stress, and a lot of undue worry, and I can't stand it anymore.
Who can I sue? And do you want to go in with me on a class action lawsuit?
Don't commit suicide without me! Heck, we might even make the papers!
Ahhhhh!
Good she is safe and now she needs to be billed for the cost of her search both by the FBI and local law enforcement.
Maggie, whenever I read about this woman, I just keep thinking one very important thing.
FOURTEEN BRIDESMAIDS!!!!!!!!!!!! Who has fourteen bridesmaids? I don't think Queen Elizabeth had fourteen bridesmaids when she got married.
If it had been a man calling in the false kidnapping report he'd have got a first-class cuff and leg-iron trip to the Albuquerque jail.
Did she get Rice-a-roni and Tydebol too?
Sorry to omit the barf alert.
(The entire story is a barfer.)
NO running shoes and a door as a parting gift?! Some people have no imagination.
Thanks for bringing some humor to an otherwise infuriating story. lol
Exactamundo!
Does everyone who visits Albuquerque get a gift bag full of goodies, or only the 32-year old female idiots wallowing in fake victimhood?
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