DID GOD MURDER HER TOO ??????????
Hey, we can't interfere with someone's free will to be MURDERED by god .....
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/28/wilbanks/index.html
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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