You know, I’m glad this woman is ok…..but I’d like to know what really happened. I don’t believe she was kidnapped. Not for a minute. I think she went somewhere on her own. I think someone at this blog may have figured it out. There’s a link there to a video interview with her parents and husband while she was still missing, and some great commentary on it. I’m sure we’ll never know, but if she wasn’t kidnapped, it’s a crime she put the people of Kyrgzstan through the whole investigation. But as always, our military had her out of there immediately upon her reappearance, so the Kyrgyzstans will never know what happened. Nor will we…….

Sept. 12, 2006 - Investigators are examining what may be inconsistencies in the story of an Air Force major who reappeared after disappearing while shopping at a mall in Kyrgyzstan, ABC News has learned.

Air Force Maj. Jill Metzger disappeared while shopping at a Kyrgyzstan mall on Sept. 5.

She surfaced three days later when she knocked on the door of a family’s home 22 miles from the shopping mall.

Her disappearance sparked a massive manhunt.

Metzger, a newlywed, was preparing to return home to the United States for her honeymoon when she vanished, and her new husband, Air Force Capt. Josh Mayo, made an emotional plea at the time of her disappearance.

“Just be strong. Don’t worry about whatever’s happened to you,” he said. “Just come on home, all right. We’re here for you. Be strong, sweetie.”

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