Sure you’ve read these reports already:

The Atlanta Journal and Constitution reported:

The cost of the search for runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks is likely to be substantial, authorities said Sunday.

The number of local, state and federal agencies participating in the four-day effort to find the 32-year-old woman may make an exact accounting difficult, but police in Duluth said Sunday they have begun calculating the hours of overtime and expenses. Most of the Gwinnett city’s 47 uniformed officers and all four of the city’s detectives worked overtime to find Wilbanks, Maj. Don Woodruff said.

And then this:

Gwinnett County District Attorney Danny Porter said Sunday he may file criminal charges against Wilbanks if he determines she misled local authorities by saying she had been kidnapped. Wilbanks could be charged for reporting her kidnapping story over the phone to Belcher, Porter said.

Here’s the problem…maybe… Technically there should not be much that any Georgia agency can do about the initial search for her, as the family had the search initiated, and not her. Initially she was simply missing, and she left no “clues” that it was an abduction.

Later in the investigation, the hair and clothes were found, but was this part of her plan or just a mistake? The purchased ticket to Las Vegas a week before is a bit incriminating, but that’s not against the law. Neither is cutting your hair and leaving your clothes on the side of the road, well maybe littering.

Don’t get me wrong, I think she should pay but the question is how will they make her legally responsible. Now, the authorities in Albuquerque have a case as she filed a false report and submitted a false statement ( I beleive those are the correct terms). It’s doubtful Albuquerque will do anything, as it would just add to their costs and they really aren’t out all that much.

If the authorities in Georgia are able to press charges; her lawyer(s) may not have much to work wish as the insanity plea is out. I don’t think 1 week of planning could be used sucessfully in that sort of plea, or could it? Perhaps she has some previous incidients that would qualify.

Anyway, all very interesting and I’m glad I didn’t fall for it.

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