Fact Sheet: Info About Jennifer Wilbanks

POSTED: 11:17 am CDT June 2, 2005

PLEA DEAL

  • Wilbanks has made a plea deal.
  • She's been sentenced to probation, community service and fines.
  • In exchange, prosecutors dropped a misdemeanor charge of filing a false police report.
  • Wilbanks pleaded no contest to a felony charge of making a false statement to police.
  • She was sentenced to 2 years probation and 120 hours community service.
  • Wilbanks must pay the local sheriff's office $2,550.
  • The judge has ordered her to continue mental health treatment.
  • If she successfully completes treatment, the felony will be erased from her record.

    REIMBURSEMENT

  • Wilbanks agreed to pay $13,250 to the city of Duluth, Ga.
  • That's for overtime the city paid during a search for her.

    ORIGINAL CHARGES

  • Wilbanks was charged with making a false statement and making a false police report.
  • She could have faced six years in prison and $11,000 in fines if convicted of both charges.

    BIO

  • Jennifer Wilbanks is 32 years old.
  • Wilbanks is a nurse.
  • She is a former high school cheerleader and track runner.

    THE WEDDING

  • Was set for Saturday April 30.
  • Some 600 guests were invited.
  • There were 14 bridesmaids and 14 groomsmen.

    DISAPPEARANCE

  • Wilbanks' fiance, John Mason, reported her missing April 26.
  • Police, family and friends launched a largescale search for her.
  • Meanwhile, Wilbanks had taken a bus to Las Vegas and then Albuquerque, N.M.
  • She initially claimed she'd been kidnapped but she later recanted.
  • Wilbanks said she fled because of unspecified personal issues before the wedding.