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His thoughts should have been with the missing woman rather than clearing himself and taking a practice polygraph and getting lawyered up lest he be blamed for foul play. This performance reflects badly on the boys character and accounts for the bride running for the hills lest she be stuck in a marriage with a control freak.

I think clearing himself from some suspicion was a good idea--that way the folks doing the investigating could focus on what really happened to her. He didn't do anything wrong other than have a dingbat for a fiancee.

He was probably astute enough to know that if there was a 20% false positive rate for a polygraph - and if he had never taken a polygraph before - that it would be prudent to make sure that he wasn't one of the few who display physiological reactions that skew polygraph results. I've never taken one - but I once witnessed an individual taking one - and their physical reactions to the stress of taking the test were rather amazing. The polygraph indicated this individual was lying and later police investigation proved that.

He was willing to take the test and took steps in that direction - which would have helped to refocus police resources away from him. Show me something he did which was inconsistent with his concern for her.

As for your insight into his character - I think there is not a great deal of information on which to make that projection. There's a lot more information on which to make the assumption that she may be mentally ill, in which case he dodged a bullet.

And, BTW, the prevalence of mental illnesses in women is one of those things that are not politically correct for discussion - as a consequence you see commentators like the "expert" from Seattle on CNN this morning - explaining away this woman's actions.

Anyone has a right to change their mind in anticipation of a wedding - they do not have the privilege of wasting a lot of law enforcement resources on a wild goose chase.