Jennifer Wilbanks found alive in New Mexico!!! (Missing Georgia bride-to-be found alive)

CNN ^ | April 30, 2005

[kcvl]

CNN: Missing Georgia bride-to-be found alive in New Mexico

ATLANTA (CNN) -- Jennifer Wilbanks, a Georgia woman missing since Tuesday night, has been found alive and well in New Mexico, a friend of the family told CNN.

Wilbanks was located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and told her family she had been abducted and taken there, according to John Kim, a friend of Wilbank's family.

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[tina07]

They haven't said, but I imagine she would want them to come and bring her home after whatever ordeal she's been through, going home with FBI agents or with her family, I'd pick the family!

[Howlin]

That's a very good question. They cannot be planning on having that wedding, can they?

[texasflower]

I just typed the same thing!

That's pretty funny that we both had the same thought at the same time.

She sure gets people comfortable with her. They really seem to like and trust her.

[BobS]

"Her eyelids are slightly retracted and she is thin."

I thought she was anemic. But a guy loves her and wants to marry her. They were planning on 600 people. I would like 6000 folks there in defiance. The wackos that kidnapped her are on I-40 on their way to CA. If any cops are here, get on the road and just start busting people for speeding.

[Howlin]

I like Greta. I know a lot of people mock her, but she really does do a great interview, IMO.

The only person at Fox that does a better interview than she does is Neil Cavuto -- and he is the best interviewer on TV, IMO.

[kcvl]

I think they are treating her at a local hospital and debriefing her. The family will be leaving at 11:00 am for the flight to pick her up. Jennifer told them that she was cold and scared. A hispanic man and a white woman attacked her from behind (she had her music on and couldn't hear them), cut her hair, and put her in a blue van. The abductors were thinking of demanding a ransom.

[Miss Marple]

No, they aren't planning on having the wedding today. Her father just said they will have the wedding in downtown Duluth and invite everyone in the town who helped. What her mother said earlier on Fox was that whatever Jennifer wanted was what they would do.

[Howlin]

Oh, listen to John.......he's telling it like it is.

I am not one who usually doubts the police, but the last few "stories" have given me pause; I was stunned yesterday to hear that the police hadn't bothered to have the family come in and look at the clothes they found.

[kcvl]

People really seem to like and trust her.

They even asked Greta to be the 13th. bridesmaid. lol!

John just said that he wanted to thank Greta and Sean Hannity for taking up for him. He said he wanted to talk to Sean too.

[ConservativeMan55]

The husband just thanked Sean Hannity, and said he'd like to get in touch with him.

[kcvl]

The wedding has been postponed. I think they did that on Thursday.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Their plane takes off from ATL at 11:08ET.... 3 hours there, three hours back.

[Howlin]

Cut all her hair off? Like short?

And they were "thinking" about asking for a ransom -- like as an after the fact thing? Wow, that's not something you usually do you take somebody, is it?

[TASMANIANRED]

It's a lot easier to get into the US than it is to get out of it.

[oceanperch]

I am a survivor of late stage Graves.

It is diagnosed quite often as a mental disorder.

I met someone who was commited to a psyche ward and her real problem was Graves.

I was so ill when I was happy to see someone I could not speak.

I also worked out at the gym every other day to try and burn off all my energy.

In talking to other survivors the symtoms are varialbe.

The full spectrum of T4 and T3 test did not even catch it untill I was hospitilized with a heart rate of 210.

The good news is it is treatable the bad news is replacement thyroid does not work in everyone.

I am just glad to be alive.

One doctor says I reminded him of a person smoking crack he said it jokingly but meant it.

After the hell I went through "wired" all the time I can't for the life of me wonder why people do meth or crack.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Bride-to-be Jennifer Wilbanks found alive in New Mexico; family says she was abducted

> From staff, wire reports > Published on: 04/30/05

Bride-to-be Jennifer Wilbanks, subject of a three-day search that drew national attention, has been found alive in New Mexico, relatives said early today.

She called relatives and fiance John Mason and said she had been abducted by at least two people she did not know while she was jogging Tuesday night in Duluth. Ecstatic relatives and friends were celebrating in Duluth at 3 a.m. this morning at John Mason's house.

Calling it a "miracle of God,'" Wilbanks' stepmother, Ann Wilbanks, told The Associated Press that Wilbanks had been kidnapped, but was then released.

"Jennifer said she thought the people got scared because of all the media coverage and just let her go," Ann Wilbanks said.

Free but unsure of where she was, Jennifer Wilbanks called Mason from a pay phone, Ann Wilbanks said. As she talked to Mason, the Duluth police were called and traced the phone call to Albuquerque. She stayed on the telephone until police found her, CNN reported.

Jennifer Wilbanks was getting medical attention and was speaking with the FBI, Albuquerque police said. She told relatives her abductors had cut her hair and taken her in a van to New Mexico.

Albuquerque police, at 4:30 a.m. Atlanta time, said she was going to be interviewed and that she had no serious injuries.

Her parents and John Mason and his parents were to fly to New Mexico for a reunion. Duluth police confirmed that she had been found but had no immediate details.

Wilbanks and Mason, both 32, were to be married today. Mason had taken a polygraph in the case Friday.

Jennifer Wilbanks was found at 1:30 a.m. Atlanta time, CNN reported.

Family members, church members and bridesmaids were streaming to Duluth to learn more about her release, to pray and celebrate.

"I am as high as I can get right now without taking any foreign substance," said Claude Mason, future father-in-law. He said the family never lost hope, "we never talked about cancellation of anything. We talked about postponement" of the wedding, he told CNN.

Harris Wilbanks, the father of Jennifer Wilbanks, also expressed gratitude in a telephone interview with CNN, saying "the Lord has restored my faith in people." "Jennifer is a strong-willed, strong lady, but I have no idea what all sheÕs been through," her father said. In the background, the cheers and shouts of exuberant family members and friends could be heard. "Everyone is just elated. The atmosphere around here tonight, compared to what it's been the last three days, is unbelievable," her father said.

He said he spoke only briefly with his daughter soon after she was with Albuquerque police. "I was just able to hear her voice and tell her I love her," her father said.

http://www.ajc.com/news/content/metro/gwinnett/0405/30wilbanksfound.html

Family members lean into a circle and clasp hands following a news conference at the search command center in Duluth. ajc.com

[politicalwit]

tina....tachycardia is very common in hyperthyroidism. As far as going "nuts" that's the first time I've heard of this adverse symptom in my 25 years of practice as a physiologist. I even checked my old reliable "Clinical Practice, Internal Medicine, circa 1974" and didn't see that (nuts) as a related symptom.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Sounds like the wedding is back on. All the pertinent relatives are already in town.

[Howlin]

The wackos that kidnapped her are on I-40 on their way to CA.

What's the story on that? Has that been released to the public?

[tina07]

Just listened to the husband-to-be, sounds like a great guy. We've got Scott Peterson and Mark Hacking on the brain, unfortunate for the innocent few. He didn't act like a Scott Peterson to his credit, no fake tears or lies, etc.