Dolls a runaway hit
Published 9:00 pm Monday, March 6, 2006
DULUTH, Ga. – Runaway Bride bobblehead dolls disappeared quickly during a sports promotion in her hometown.
The disappearance of Duluth resident Jennifer Wilbanks, dubbed “the runaway bride” by the media, last April just days before her scheduled 600-guest wedding prompted a national search.
The dolls, given to the first 1,000 people through the doors at the Gwinnett Gladiators ice hockey game Sunday, were gone in about 10 minutes.
People lined up more than three hours before the gates opened.
The minor league team named the trinket the “Runaway Bride Any Similarity to Actual Persons is Unintended and Purely Coincidental” Bobblehead Doll.
The bobblehead features a generic woman’s face, with a veil over her head, a sweat shirt that says “I (heart) Duluth,” a pair of running shoes labeled “Adios” instead of Adidas and a picture of the state of Georgia on the back.
Wilbanks turned up in Albuquerque, N.M., initially claiming to have been abducted and raped. Wilbanks recanted her story, saying she fled because of “certain fears” controlling her life.
Wilbanks was ordered to perform community service for lying to police.
