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.
Praise the Lord!
thank you. I guess all the John Murthas in this thread will have no problem looking in the mirror.
Hope she will be ok.
I don't know what your trip is, but at no time have I suggested anything untoward or unsavory on her part. At one point I said she might have "met a Muslim male". That's it. Nothing was meant by that.
If she did encounter one of those bastards, be it a cab driver or a common mugger, and something unfortunate happened to her, it's a tragedy, but I'm glad she's alive and safe.
Now go take a cold shower and calm down.
If you haven't made Major by 30, you might be looking at a RIF package in your near future.
I don't think so...more likely kidnapped, beaten, raped and returned.
Maybe if you'd read the story, you'd know she appears to have been beaten.
I just reread the notice I have of this and you are right. She was deployed in April a couple of weeks after her marriage. Still I consider her a new bride. The question is whether the Pentagon quote can be believed or not. I generally give the Pentagon the benefit of the doubt.
Sounds like she may have been abducted, possibly raped, beaten, then kicked out on the road. If that's the case, Thank God, that's all that happened! She could easily have been killed. The honeymoon may be delayed until she recovers, but at least she'll HAVE one!
I don't know what happened to this young AMERICAN OFFICIER but I am very very glad she is going to be able to come home....
The MEN were raped?
Hi Cherry (trying post between ISP hang-ups - too much static on my phone line)
Here is another update...
http://cbs2.com/topstories/topstories_story_251184336.html
SNIPPET
Metzger was described as disoriented with some minor injuries; one source tells CBS News her feet were cut and bleeding.
they just ran that last update on the Fox scroll
"She's a woman. She stopped and ask for directions. See how well it worked out."
As a woman, I represent that remark...urrgghhh...I mean resent that remark.
Someone further up the thread suggested that they probably thought she was a tourist and grabbed her, and then when they found out that the entire US military was looking for her, they knocked her around and dumped her. SOunds plausible to me. Time will tell, I guess.
Maybe if you saw the original post you'd STFU.
Edited on 09/08/2006 3:58:09 PM PDTReason for Edit
Original Article Body
U.S. AIR FORCE MAJOR JILL METZGER, MISSING IN CENTRAL ASIAN STATE OF KYRGYZSTAN, FOUND ON HER OWN, IN GOOD HEALTH, IN CAPITAL BISHKEK
Dang, at least you come by your name honestly!
she is a long distance runner and if she got away maybe you could be right
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