Jennifer Wilbanks

Jennifer Carol Wilbanks, C.M.A. (a.k.a. "The Runaway Bride") (born August 25, 1973) is an American who ran away from home on April 26, 2005, in an effort to avoid her wedding with John Mason on April 30. Her disappearance from Duluth, Georgia, sparked a nationwide search and intensive media coverage. On April 29, she called Mason, her fiancé, from Albuquerque, New Mexico, and claimed falsely that she had been kidnapped and sexually assaulted by a hispanic male and white woman.

External links

• Albuquerque police report - April 30, 2005
• Mugshot
• "Wilbanks gets 2 years' probation, plus community service" - CNN article, June 3, 2005