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Missing Bride
I dont know how many of you have seen this....
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/28/wilbanks/index.html
Quote:
Police widen search area for missing fiancee
Atlanta-area woman disappeared days before scheduled wedding
Thursday, April 28, 2005 Posted: 2:15 PM EDT (1815 GMT)
DULUTH, Georgia (CNN) -- The area being searched for a bride-to-be who disappeared after she went out for a run, police said Thursday, has been widened because the woman is a marathon runner.
Officials extended the search area after they found out Jennifer Wilbanks, 32, was trying to increase her training distance, Duluth Police Chief Randy Belcher said.
Wilbanks was last seen Tuesday at 8:30 p.m., police said. She was planning to get married Saturday.
About 100 law enforcement officers and bloodhounds will search several areas -- some for the second time -- Thursday in their effort to find Wilbanks.
"Our goal is still to look for her or gather any evidence or information," Belcher said.
Police have no suspects or solid leads, he said. Authorities were checking into about five registered sex offenders living in the Atlanta suburb. They are also examining friends, past boyfriends and co-workers, he said.
Wilbanks' family members are being "very cooperative," Belcher said.
"We have nothing," he said. "This is just a case where a lady went jogging and didn't come back."
Earlier Thursday, police said the search had been classified as a criminal investigation, but did not say what prompted the change. Belcher said there was no indication a crime had been committed.
"At this point, we're not sure what we have. We're just doing the investigation," he said.
Wednesday evening, a massive volunteer search ended with no clues to the whereabouts of Wilbanks.
Her family released a statement Thursday morning thanking the searchers, media and community.
"At this time our family remains hopeful that Jennifer will be brought home safely," the statement said. "We beg anyone who has any knowledge of the circumstances surrounding Jennifer's disappearance to contact the police.
"The family is devastated at this time and is praying, begging and pleading for information," it said, ending with "Jennifer, we love you and will bring you home!"
Although K-9s were used in Wednesday's search, bloodhounds are more efficient at tracking people, Belcher said.
One problem, he said, was that Wilbanks apparently did not have a usual jogging route, although her fiance, also a runner, had some idea of her different paths.
"We don't really know how far to search out," Belcher said.
The banks of the Chattahoochee River, north and south of Duluth, were also searched Wednesday, he said.
A clump of hair was taken into evidence during the search, but Duluth Police Maj. Don Woodruff emphasized it could belong to anyone, and may not be related to Wilbanks' disappearance.
Belcher said police had received tips from as far away as California from people who claim to have seen her. None of those sightings, he said, had been confirmed, and the FBI is investigating the out-of-state information.
Wilbanks has been engaged since August to John Mason, who the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported is a member of a prominent family in the city. Mason said Wednesday he doesn't believe she got cold feet over their upcoming marriage because "she left her car, her money, her phone, her keys, her diamond ring."
Belcher, however, said Thursday the possibility that Wilbanks might have experienced cold feet has not been ruled out. "That's a very good possibility. ... I mean, how many husbands have gone out to get a pack of cigarettes and never come home?" he said.
Police said Mason told them his fiancee went jogging Tuesday night and she said she would return in about 40 minutes.
The fiance told police that after an hour he went looking for her on foot and then began checking hospitals.
When he found no trace, police said, he called them.
Woodruff told CNN that authorities immediately treated the situation as a missing person case and took search dogs to the residential area where Wilbanks was last seen Tuesday night. The dogs were unable to pick up a scent because it was too windy, he said.
The parents of Wilbanks' fiance said her disappearance is out of character.
Wilbanks was described by police as 5 feet, 8 inches tall, 120 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. She was wearing a gray sweat shirt, blue sweat pants, and blue New Balance running shoes the night she went running, police said.
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but I thought I would pass it along so people can keep her in their thoughts.
She was having a huge wedding 500-600 guests with 16 bridesmaids.
This is really close to home....the command center that the Duluth police have set up is about 2-3 miles from my house.
What I dont get.....if its not the fiance...why wouldnt he agree to the polygraph test today? Why wait and tell the police that he will tell them tomorrow if he will take it or not.
Dave said while we were watching the news conference.....if it were you missing....I'd have already taken the damn thing
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I want the diabetic plan that comes with rollover carbs. I dont like the unused one expiring at midnite!!
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