Missing Bride to be wasn't abducted...got cold feet, made it up

[PhillyGirl]

And found perfectly fine in New Mexico.  http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/30/wilbanks.found/index.html

The terror she must have put her family, her fiance and her future in-laws family (and even the neighbors of all involved), is unbelievable.

She needs to be prosecuted and put in jail for the wasted money, time, tears and effort she cost her town, her families and the people who worked so hard to find her.

What a terrible person. I'm happy she is alive, but she deserves to be in jail. Her fiance was being accused of killing her a la Scott Peterson. He was the prime suspect, given a lie detector test, etc.

So disgusting. This whole thing makes me so sick.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Damn. I caught it briefly on the news at work last night and they said she'd been abducted and had her hair cut up.

Now this comes out?

Just like that girl in Wisconsin a few months ago that faked being abducted. They prosecuted her and were seeking reimbursement for the money spent looking for her ass.

They should do the same with this chick.

Got cold feet? Say so! Don't hop a bus to New Mexico! Jeez.

[Diomedes]

She needs to be prosecuted and put in jail....What a terrible person.

Wow.  Jail?  I think that's a little much.  Terrible person?  Get a grip, PG.  Have a little sympathy.  I agree she needs to accept responsibility for her actions..take $50 bucks from her monthly wages until the expense is paid off...and move on.  This is a happy ending, not a bad ending.  Lighten up, folks.

[PhillyGirl]

Yes, Jail.

Sympathy? Her fiance was treated as if he were a killer by people.

He was given lie detector tests, probably looked at the wrong way by a lot of people. And all the while, he was scared to death for his fiancee.

She is such a selfish and stupid woman. If you have cold feet, say it. Don't scare the living crap out of your entire family and whatnot.

I mean, she OBVIOUSLY knew the big to-do being made about the "abduction" online, on TV, in the papers. It was EVERYWHERE. She sees her family crying, her FIANCE BEING GIVEN A LIE DETECTOR TEST, etc...and she couldn't come clean then?

[Diomedes]

You're right, burn the bitch at the stake.   Clearly she intended all of this.  Clearly, she meant to impugn her fiance, scare the whole country, and upset PhillyGirl.

Do you know this woman?  Do you know the story?   Maybe..just maybe..she's not all that well?  A bit of mental trouble, maybe a comulsive liar, perhaps some drug addiction or something like that going on?  Gets spooked, runs from the wedding.  Stays holed away somewhere, loaded, doesn't read the papers.  Just trying to ignore what she's just done.  Eventually realizes the magnitude, and comes forward.  Scared, makes up a story about abduction to try to deflect some heat.   I don't know.  Seems possible to me.

I wouldn't want her baby sitting my nephew, but I stop somewhere well short of "terrible person" and jail.   And with that, I'll stop talking to you about this because clearly, you just want to revile the woman.  Enjoy the self righteous buzz while it lasts...

[Zanshin]

Wow, she's got a case of the crazy-eyes in the pic.  Fiance should have seen that coming.

[PhillyGirl]

You're right, burn the bitch at the stake.   Clearly she intended all of this.  Clearly, she meant to impugn her fiance, scare the whole country, and upset PhillyGirl.

Do you know this woman?  Do you know the story?   Maybe..just maybe..she's not all that well?  A bit of mental trouble, maybe a comulsive liar, perhaps some drug addiction or something like that going on?  Gets spooked, runs from the wedding.  Stays holed away somewhere, loaded, doesn't read the papers.  Just trying to ignore what she's just done.  Eventually realizes the magnitude, and comes forward.  Scared, makes up a story about abduction to try to deflect some heat.   I don't know.  Seems possible to me.

I wouldn't want her baby sitting my nephew, but I stop somewhere well short of "terrible person" and jail.   And with that, I'll stop talking to you about this because clearly, you just want to revile the woman.  Enjoy the self righteous buzz while it lasts...

Its really funny how absolutely hypocritical you are.

[Butchers Bill]

This is going to sound painfully Dio-like but here she goes...

I don't blame her as much as the pathetic media we have in the US today.  Pretty white girl goes "missing" and all the networks are creaming themselves because they think they have another Laci Peterson.  The woman surely didn't plan all this...no way she knew that the national whore media would pick up on this and run with it.

Fines?  Yes.  Jail?  No.

[Sgt PSN]

Jail may be a bit harsh.  She should definately recieve some sort of punishment/fine for wasting tax dollars but that's about it.  And like Dio said, we don't know the whole story.  Who knows, maybe she was in an abusive relationship or something.  In which case, would you agree that she still needs to go to jail PG? 

As far as all the trouble she caused with her family, fiance, friends, etc....well it's not a crime to run away from your wedding or anything like that.  People up and move every day leaving friends and family left wondering what happened to them.  It sucks and may not be the most courtious thing to do but it's far from a crime.  I say fine her for the amount spent looking for her dumb ass and make her pay how ever much was lost in wedding costs. 

Also, I don't think jail would be a fitting punishment for her anyway.  In jail she's eventually going to become someone's wife via prison marriage.  I say leave her ass to roam the streets by herself because she's never going to get a date with anyone ever again after pulling this stunt.  By not sending her to jail would be a lifetime sentence to solitary confinement. 

[Sgt PSN]

This is going to sound painfully Dio-like ....

WOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOO!!

Hell just froze over which means the Eagles are on deck to win the Super Bowl! 

[Wingspan]

And found perfectly fine in New Mexico.  http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/30/wilbanks.found/index.html

The terror she must have put her family, her fiance and her future in-laws family (and even the neighbors of all involved), is unbelievable.

She needs to be prosecuted and put in jail for the wasted money, time, tears and effort she cost her town, her families and the people who worked so hard to find her.

What a terrible person. I'm happy she is alive, but she deserves to be in jail. Her fiance was being accused of killing her a la Scott Peterson. He was the prime suspect, given a lie detector test, etc.

So disgusting. This whole thing makes me so sick.

from the article

Her disappearance quickly drew national media attention, including talk show speculation sometimes comparing the story to that of Laci Peterson
....
Wilbanks' fiance said he tried not to get upset about the media comparisons to the Peterson case since he knew her family had faith in him.

"I never worried that they were going to point their fingers at me," Mason said.

yeah, talk show speculation...thats valid.  big difference in media speculations and what the police were actually doing 

she chickened out. but in no way should be put in prison for it. it was nothing more than the media drumming up some hype on a missing pretty white girl.

600 guests at a wedding? jeez...thats a little excessive. and 28 member bridal party

[SD_Eagle5]

There's clearly something 'missing' with her

[Father Demon]

I'm siding with Dio on this.  What she did appears outwardly wrong, but she doesn't deserve jail time.  Try her, find her guilty of something, give her probabtion and service, and make her repay the money wasted while looking for her.  But jail appears to be overkill.

[rjs246]

There's clearly something 'missing' with her

I think its a vagina.

[Yeti]

When somebody goes missing a lot of people kick into action.  Searches are conducted.  People go into places like marches and swamps looking for the person.  If I was on a search party and the chick was like "sorry, just kidding" I'd be pretty jerked.  There should be a harsh punishment so other knuckleheads don't pull the same stunt.