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Giving good men a bad rap

Apr 29, 2005 9:44PM PDT

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Question for the men
Apr 29, 2005 9:59PM PDT

If you were the groom to be in this case, do you stay with her?

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if you loved her and wanted to marry her
Apr 29, 2005 10:13PM PDT

you cant just turn your back on her, thats just my opinion

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No
Apr 30, 2005 1:46AM PDT

it is a little thing called honesty, integrity and trust compounded by an obviously extreme selfishness.

I for one would not have any desire to be associated with nor responsible for any of her future activities.

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They said on Fox and Friends
Apr 30, 2005 1:59AM PDT

that she bought that bus ticket THE WEEK BEFORE. If true, that alone screams "run away from this dizzy witch as fast as possible!"

DE

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Wow!
Apr 30, 2005 10:01PM PDT

I missed that part. So she didn't "flip" if this is true and I hope she is ordered to pay restitution for all the public resources she diverted from real criminal investigations with her selfish stunt Sad

Evie Happy

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I don't think there is any widespread ...
Apr 29, 2005 10:07PM PDT

... rush to give "good men" bad raps here. Folks (myself included) are going to speculate. If he had nothing to hide, he should have taken the stinkin' polygraph, like Jennifer Lunsford's Dad did first off. It's common practice in missing person's cases and would have prevented the logical train of speculation. His reputation hasn't suffered any damage, he probably has the collective country's sympathy for being put through this. Something still smells funny here. She goes for a run, leaving everything behind but has enough cash on her person to hop a bus from GA to NM. Her initial story to the cops was that she was abducted. She certainly seems to have done enough planning for it to seem that way. What a cruel, cruel hoax Sad.

Evie Happy

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Hubby says ...
Apr 29, 2005 10:11PM PDT

... rhymes with duck NO! If she pulled this stunt now, what would she do the next time when married life got tough.

Evie Happy

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(NT) (NT) oops -- this was a reply to duckman's query
Apr 29, 2005 10:13PM PDT
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I wouldn't take the test
Apr 29, 2005 10:36PM PDT

This poor guy was already being compared to Scott Peterson

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That's a bit harsh ...
Apr 29, 2005 10:46PM PDT

... as one that mentioned Scott, I think you are stretching to say I compared the two. The "talking heads in the know" DID say that the videotape request was very odd indeed, and highly unusual. I only speculated that IF he was involved, he probably learned a lot from the mistakes that were made by Scott. It would be grossly irresponsible for the cops NOT to focus on the significant other in such cases -- the stats on such things being that the vast majority of murders are not random. That's why folks like John Walsh counsel that the first/best thing an innocent family member can do is eliminate themselves from consideration so the cops can focus on search.

Evie Happy

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Didn't say you campared him
Apr 30, 2005 10:57AM PDT

to Peterson, but of course, all of the worthless 24 hour news networks had to mention it.

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Well, I only watch FNC ...
Apr 30, 2005 9:58PM PDT

... and I only heard a few "side speculations". In this case it was a natural speculation. I have a sinking suspicion the fiance knew all along that she was OK. I know weddings are stressful things, but you don't get to 32 y.o.a. and then pull such an "out of character" stunt. If she REALLY flipped, she belongs in a mental institution this morning.

Evie Happy