Why Do I Get A Lori Hacking Vibe?

Looks like another jogger has left the entire contents of her purse behind and disappeared.

DULUTH, Ga. -- The fiancé of a missing Georgia woman was to decide whether to take a polygraph test Friday as the search for his bride-to-be continued.
John Mason was set to marry Jennifer Wilbanks on Saturday, but he said she disappeared Tuesday on her nightly jog in their Atlanta suburb.
Authorities are treating the case as a criminal investigation.
Duluth Police Chief Randy Belcher told FOX News on Friday that authorities were investigating clothing found during searches. "We found a pair of blue sweatpants, a gray sweatshirt" and the items are being analyzed, Belcher said.
Also Friday, police were inspecting two computers seized from the home Mason and Wilbanks shared to see if the bride-to-be had made contact with people on the Internet.
Her keys, cash, credit cards and identification were found in her home. Mason said she left with only her radio and the clothes she had on.
Mason, who had just returned from a run himself, said Wilbanks prefers to run by herself, but "she doesn't just go and run and hide."
Police gave mixed signals about whether they believe Wilbanks, a hospital nurse, may have gotten cold feet four days before her wedding.
Maj. Don Woodruff said authorities did not believe Wilbanks was a runaway bride. But under questioning from reporters, Belcher later said: "It's a very real possibility she did get cold feet. I mean, how many husbands have gone out for a pack of cigarettes and not come back?"
Belcher told FOX News in an interview Thursday that Mason was the only person who has told them that Wilbanks went jogging.
Before she left, "she talked to her mom ... about the different wedding stuff they had to get done for today," Mason said Wednesday night during an interview on FOX News' "On the Record With Greta Van Susteren."
Mason and Wilbanks were to be married Saturday in what was expected to be a big bash, with 600 invitations sent out and 14 bridesmaids and 14 groomsmen, said Mason's mother, Vicki.
"She was so in love. The wedding is huge. It's the talk of the town. Everybody knows her and was so excited," said Killie McCauley, who went to high school with Wilbanks and joined the search.

For those of you who've hung around here awhile, you've noticed that I tend to follow things like this. The BTK Killer, Laci Peterson, Lori Hacking, Jessica Lunsford. I dunno' why. Ever since I saw "The Silence of the Lambs" way back when and learned the first thing about forensics and pathology, I've been hooked. I watch all the shows on Discovery, TLC and A&E. Sue me. Someone's got to solve crime. It might as well be me.

First things first. Fair or not, you ALWAYS look at the fiance, boyfriend, lover, poolboy, whatever FIRST, 'kay? Always. This girl is not a runaway bride. NOT. No woman planning a wedding for 600 people would just bolt. With all the deposits paid and the chance to be Cinderella in view if 1200 adoring eyes? Are you kidding me?!

Reports have trickled out that the police are also analyzing a "clump of hair" found on the jogging path... That looks like it was coaxed out by something other than a hairbrush.

And ol' fiance-boy just happened to have returned from a jog himself? Riiiiight. Are they analyzing his clothing? The grit underneath his fingernails? Searching his arms and hands for scratches? They'd better. In order to, if nothing else, rule him out.

UPDATE:
Looks like the search has been called off, pending further evidence. Apparently, the fiance (John Mason) has passed a private lie-detector test and is now faced with the question of whether he will submit to another, administered by either the FBI or Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Mason's lawyer has stipulated that if Mason does take the test, he doesn't want it videotaped. Videotaping is general standard operating procedure (one presumes to gauge body language as well as vitals in order for analysis to be as complete as possible).

And the clump of hair that was found is similar in type and color to Jennifer Willbanks', although reports that it was pulled out were false -- the hair seems to have been cut.

Wilbanks' uncle is offering a $100,000 reward for the capture of anyone connected to her disappearance. Anyone who thinks they may have seen Wilbanks is asked to call the Duluth Police Department at (770) 476-4151.