All thinking runaways will cover their tracks.
Heck yeah, she should be arrested & prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. 32 years old is old enough to take responsibility. All she had to do before she took off, was leave a note saying she needed time to herself. Problem solved.
15 years is old enough to leave a note too, but plenty of adolescents split. And the search for them is also costly. Do you let any of them off the hook?
When a 15 year old runs away, there are likely issues at home causing it. 15 year olds are still too immature to think things out. When found, an investigation should be undertaken to determine what caused the running away.
When a 32 year old educated woman (she was a nurse), disappears a couple of days before her wedding - what does she think that people are going to think?????
Believe me, there have been times in my life - when I've been driving & I've seriously thought about just driving on & not going home & going somewhere where no one knows me & starting all over. But what stopped me was envisioning my mother & father, crying & praying that I was OK. My husband's anguish at not knowing if I was alive or not.
I pray to God that if I ever turn up missing, that the police & my community will launch a huge search to find me, just like these people in Georgia did.
Also, I think to be shacking up for a year & a half - then going through all the motions of a big fairy tale wedding - along with the enthusiastic blessings of their preacher......to already have set up housekeeping & then invite all these people to give them big lavish gifts.....when they both have good jobs & can afford to buy their own household items.....to make people have to take time off from work to have to come & "share in their joy"....THIS IS SICKENING. Every friend I had that put their families through this obscene waste of money - every single one of their marriages ended in divorce.
Too much selfishness in the world today......