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Old 04-05-2011, 11:17 AM
 
Location: Twin Lakes /Taconic / Salisbury
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I was thinking the opposite. How do you get that he lost all of his money from being spotted at a hotel halfway across the country? If he lost all their money, how would he be able to afford gas, car and hotel expenses?

Sounds to me like it's a personal issue between him and his wife - his job likely has nothing to do with it.
No no.... what I was meaning there was that it probally was not foul play and that he left his wife etc... on his own accord.
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Old 04-05-2011, 04:29 PM
 
Location: CT
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I have to say I agree with those that say people that do crap like this should be made to pay for the expenses incurred searching for them. Very selfish!
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Old 04-06-2011, 10:10 AM
 
Location: Tennessee
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Well, I'm glad to hear the guy isn't dead or that he scammed anyone, but it's ridiculous that he ran away. Given that he needed medical treatment, I'd assume he has severe mental issues in which case I don't mind taxes being used for cops to do their job and to find someone in distress. However, if we find out this guy had a mistress and/or spent time planning this, I'm all for the government forcing him to pay the cost of the search.
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Old 04-06-2011, 10:14 AM
 
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I'm all for the government forcing him to pay the cost of the search.
Not me. What ever happened to personal freedom? It's great that the cops searched for him, but if the guy wants to go, he has every right to.
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Old 04-06-2011, 10:28 AM
 
Location: Tennessee
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Not me. What ever happened to personal freedom? It's great that the cops searched for him, but if the guy wants to go, he has every right to.
Well, sure, he can do whatever he wants but he had to have known lots of money would be spent searching for him after he created a ruse by saying his car was faulty. No problem on the money side if he has mental problems, but if he knew exactly what he was doing he could have written a note saying "I'm not coming home again. Don't look for me" or he could have said something along those lines to his wife in 5 seconds and then hung up. If the guy's sane (and he may not be) then he should be held liable for consciously costing the state a lot of money to search for him.
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Old 04-06-2011, 10:29 AM
 
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Well, sure, he can do whatever he wants but he had to have known lots of money would be spent searching for him after he created a ruse by saying his car was faulty. No problem on the money side if he has mental problems, but if he knew exactly what he was doing he could have written a note saying "I'm not coming home again. Don't look for me" or he could have said something along those lines to his wife in 5 seconds and then hung up. If the guy's sane (and he may not be) then he should be held liable for consciously costing the state a lot of money to search for him.
He can't be held liable - he didn't break a law.
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Old 04-06-2011, 10:35 AM
 
Location: Tennessee
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He can't be held liable - he didn't break a law.
I quickly searched for people reporting false abductions and what happened. It appears that in many cases the person who lied and ran away must pay restitution and/or do community service. If the cops can prove he lied to his wife about the car to make it seem like he was in danger rather than just missing, there may be a case. I'm not quite sure what the grounds would be, but the cops could come up with something.
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Old 04-06-2011, 10:39 AM
 
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I quickly searched for people reporting false abductions and what happened. It appears that in many cases the person who lied and ran away must pay restitution and/or do community service. If the cops can prove he lied to his wife about the car to make it seem like he was in danger rather than just missing, there may be a case. I'm not quite sure what the grounds would be, but the cops could come up with something.
Eh - this is where the law gets gray. He wasn't arrested when he was found. Simply telling a lie to your loved one is not against the law.

Also, why should he pay "restitution" when the detectives were simply doing their job? That's paid in taxes.
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Old 04-06-2011, 04:56 PM
 
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He planned all this, first it was the lie to his wife, then he purposely avoided using credit cards, atm cards, debit cards....etc, during his get away, because authorities were trying to track his financial transactions to locate him when he was missing and he didn't make any. So, he must have withdrawn a lot of cash to survive those 14 days, gas, food... etc. prior to running away.

You just don't do these things out of the blue, it was all planned. Now, why he did it? I don't know. And no crime was committed, it's not a crime to run away, hell, he could have told the authorities to get lost when they found him.
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Old 04-06-2011, 09:15 PM
 
Location: Connecticut
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How do we know the wife is not lying? She could have done this to get back at him for leaving her. You do not know what really happened between them.

As for making them pay, would you charge the parent of that little girl in Orange who disappeared last week for a few days and was found hiding out in an abandoned farm stand? The entire town was out looking for her. Jay
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