She is safe. Good news.
Posted on 09/08/2006 3:07:09 PM PDT by show me state
Edited on 09/08/2006 3:58:09 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 2006 — Air Force Maj. Jill Metzger, who vanished Monday in Kyrgyzstan, has been found and now is back in Air Force control, ABC News has learned.
"We are elated to have Jill back with us," said Air Force spokesman Col. Scott Reese. Local police notified U.S. officials that she had been found at 1:15 a.m. local time in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Air Force officials say she was found alone and appears to have been beaten. Officials say she is "coherent," in "relatively good condition" and is talking to investigators. She is also undergoing medical evaluation.
Officials would not comment on the circumstances surrounding her disappearance and said the investigation is ongoing
The news brought elation to Metzger's family.
"It's a dream come true. The most significant event of our lives," said Kelly Mayo, Metzger's father-in-law. Mayo said he has not spoken to Metzger yet, but believes she had been kidnapped and "whoever had her dropped her off on the side of the road."
Metzger vanished on Monday afternoon in Kyrgyzstan — a poor, predominantly Muslim country in Central Asia. Since shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks, Kyrgyzstan has been home to a strategically important U.S. military base that supports operations in Afghanistan. The government is generally pro-American, and in recent years has experienced sporadic clashes with Islamic fundamentalists.
Just 10 days before deploying to Kyrgyzstan in April, Metzger married Air Force Capt. Josh Mayo. They had already bought tickets for a honeymoon in Jamaica later this month, he said.
"We were going to take Jet Skis out, have a couple of romantic dinners. It is very disappointing," said Mayo
Before her disappearance, Metzger was last seen out shopping with five others from the base. The group briefly separated inside a department store in the center of Bishkek, several miles from the base. They had agreed to meet a short time later, but Metzger never showed up.
Especially since she asked for them from a man. ;-)
Must have been one heck of a sale.
Roger-That,,,!
Thank God! We really don't know enough about this for the wisecracks yet. I'm just glad we don't have another American military person at the tender mercies of the Islamic nutcases.
They have tons! It the Air Force. They have the youngest officers and the oldest NCOs.
"been beaten" and "in good health" don't go into the same evaluation. What are they going to come up with next..."not being held against her will" and "locked in a room"?
NBC National News on TV says she was found wandering, beaten with her hair cut and hair dyed near a police station in Bishkek.
Maybe it was Kyrgistan Dan!
If someone took her, then despite what was reported, she will have been raped.
Every female prisoner in war so far has been raped to my understanding, as have some men.
Yup!
Sounds to me that she was kidnapped and was going to be smuggled out of the country but once the news of who she was and that the US Military was looking for her they (her kidnappers) dumped her some place.
She is safe. Good news.
I believe that's SOP for Muslim men with regard to women and children.
thank you for that info
you need to just shut up
LMAO - (and I will leave it at that)
unbelievable
"Bishkek? Bishkek? Well, ma'am, now, I dunno - you go north along that road Cletus lost his pickup on and right whar Jonah's old barn used to be before it burnt down, don't turn there. Keep on the main track where it forks left even though the pavement goes right, and you can't miss it. If you go over a bridge you'll know you've gone too far."
"Welcome, ma'am. Glad to hep."
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