Jennifer Wilkins, missing bride
Look, I am with the family’s pastor on one thing, I am glad this girl is alive. When I heard about her missing, I thought of that case in Utah, Lori Hacking, where her husband reported her missing and made a big deal and it turns out he killed her, dumped her body into a trash bin and cried wolf. And we all know about the Laci Petersen thing. So I first thought that the husband killed her, wrong, I know, because a better person would have assumed she was murdered by a complete stranger, not her husband. And let’s be honest, we all thought she was abducted and killed, an unfortunate result of the world we live in. But as we all know, after a long and intensive search, Jennifer Wilkins resurfaced in New Mexico after getting artic feet and ran away. Her pastor said (not verbatim, but close)
“We are embarrassed but are happy she is alive. She needs our prayers, she needs help, and she needs our forgiveness.”
Well, she also needs to pay back the county or town or whatever municipal group funded the massive search. And she needs to offer up a huge apology for all those people who volunteered, those people who were worried sick and those who started to lock their doors and look at each other with suspicion after everyone assumed something bad happened. Good Lord what was she thinking? Most people, sane people, would hide out at a girlfriend’s place, maybe run off to a parent’s house or favorite aunt, but to go out for a run, and drop off the face of the earth? What a lunatic.
I remember once when I was little I sat in my father’s car in the driveway and talked to truckers on his CB. I made stupid crap up like “Need assistance, my canoe is taking on water as is 2 feet deep. I am a midget and might drown” or “Trucker, trucker, any info on the vending machine at LIE rest stop 40-B, not sure if I have nickels.”. Stupid stuff. But I felt guilty as anything when someone actually responded and asked if I needed assistance. They were sincere. They assumed I needed some help. Well, this idiot in Georgia cried wolf in the worst way possible and I wish she took that rainbow colored quilt off her head so I could see what stupid looks like.