Jennifer Wilbanks has voluntarily checked herself into a hospital. According to a church statement, she is seeking treatment for physical and mental issues, which she believes played a major role in her disappearance last month.

The statement does not disclose how long she will be in treatment.

The local DA is still trying to decide whether to charge the 32-year-old with making false statements.

Court records have indicated this is not Wilbanks' first run-in with the law.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Monday that Wilbanks faced a felony charge in 1996 for allegedly shoplifting $1,700 worth of merchandise from a mall. Records show the prosecutor in that case dropped the charge after Wilbanks completed a program of community service and restitution. That prosecutor is now serving as Wilbanks' attorney.

In a separate case, court records show Wilbanks served two weekends in jail after pleading guilty to another shoplifting charge. A judge sentenced her to probation, a $400 fine and community service.