Where is this guy?

harleygirl · Jan 13, 2009

http://www.wral.com/news/national_world/national/story/4300729/

INDIANAPOLIS — Federal marshals on Tuesday pressed their search for an investment manager who they believe faked a distress call before parachuting from his plane over Alabama, leaving the aircraft to crash more than 200 miles away in Florida.
The only sign of Indiana businessman Marcus Schrenker, 38, came in an e-mail to a neighbor that said the situation was a misunderstanding and added: "I embarrassed my family for the last time."
Schrenker disappeared into the woods southeast of Birmingham, Ala., after jumping from his single-engine Piper Malibu, which continued on auto pilot until it crashed in a swampy area near homes in the Florida panhandle.
U.S. Marshals spokesman Michael Richards in Birmingham said the agency was actively searching for Schrenker, although he declined to detail where agents are looking or how the search is being conducted.
Investigators in Florida said Schrenker faces a host of possible charges if it turns out he deliberately abandoned the plane.
"You just can't let an unmanned aircraft just maliciously fly into a residential area without facing any consequences," said Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office spokesman Scott Haines.
Schrenker lived a high-flying life as an experienced recreational pilot with the nerves to pull off aerial stunts and an investment manager.
He bought luxury automobiles, two airplanes and a $4 million house in an upscale neighborhood known as "Cocktail Cove," where affluent boaters often socialize with cocktails in hand.
But Schrenker's life appeared to be spiraling downward: He lost a half-million-dollar judgment against one of his companies, and his wife filed for divorce. Investigators probed his businesses for possible securities violations.
The crash investigation began Sunday night, when Schrenker's plane went down en route to Destin, Fla., from Anderson, Ind. Schrenker had reported that the windshield imploded and that he was bleeding profusely, according to the Santa Rosa County sheriff's office.
After he stopped responding to air traffic controllers, military jets tried to intercept the plane. They noticed the door was open and the cockpit was dark, following it until it crashed in a bayou surrounded by homes.
When investigators found the plane, its door was ajar and the wreckage showed no signs of blood or the blown windshield. The sheriff's office said Schrenker appeared to have intentionally abandoned his plane.
Neighbor Tom Britt said he received an e-mail Monday night from Schrenker claiming the crash was an accident and saying he wanted the companies under investigation to succeed. Britt believes the e-mail that alludes to suicide is real, but its authenticity hasn't been verified.
The U.S. Marshals declined to say if they believed the e-mail was authentic. Britt said authorities asked him not to make it public.
Britt quoted Schrenker as saying, "By the time you read this I'll be gone." He turned the e-mail over to authorities, fearing it was a suicide note.
In the e-mail, Britt is asked to set the record straight and Schrenker says he's stunned after reading coverage of the case on the Internet. According to the e-mail, the accident was caused when the window on the pilot side imploded, spraying him with glass and reducing cabin pressure.
"Hypoxia can cause people to make terrible decisions and I simply put on my parachute and survival gear and bailed out," the e-mail reads.
Earlier Monday morning, the man with Schrenker's license told police in Childersburg, Ala. - about 225 miles from where the plane crashed - that he'd been in a canoe accident with friends. He was wet from the knees down.
The officers, unaware of the plane crash, took him to a hotel. He was gone by the time they returned. They learned he paid for his room in cash before putting on a black cap and running into the woods next to the hotel.
Authorities in Indiana have said little about the investigation into Schrenker's businesses - Heritage Wealth Management Inc., Heritage Insurance Services Inc. and Icon Wealth Management - wealth management companies that provide financial advice.
Jim Gavin, a spokesman for Indiana's secretary of state, said investigators are looking at possible securities violations. Officers who searched Schrenker's home Dec. 31 were looking for computers, notes, photos and other documents related to those companies.
Court records show his wife, Michelle, filed for divorce a day before the searches.
Gavin said the Indiana Securities Division obtained a temporary restraining order Monday freezing Marcus and Michelle Schrenker's personal assets, and the assets of the three companies.
On Friday, two days before the crash, a federal judge in Maryland issued a $533,500 judgment against Heritage Wealth Management Inc., and in favor of OM Financial Life Insurance Co. The OM lawsuit contended Heritage Wealth Management should return more than $230,000 in commissions because of problems with insurance or annuity plans it sold.
Schrenker is an accomplished pilot with a background in aerobatics, said Ron Smith, an interim manager at Anderson Municipal Airport. He usually flies out of the airport about once a week, making regular trips to Florida, he said.
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Associated Press writer Melissa Nelson in Milton, Fla., contributed to this story.

Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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turtlepits · Jan 13, 2009

a wanna be D.Cooper..........he'll be found soon enough

harleygirl · Jan 13, 2009

turtlepits said: ↑

a wanna be D.Cooper..........he'll be found soon enough
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Yeah, on an island somewhere with $$$ stashed away for a rainy day?

peppercorns · Jan 13, 2009

ok All you single women the search is on....

find a single guy - with no kids or ex wife - since he changed his identity- a pile o'money and is obviously athletic....hmmmmm

bandmom · Jan 13, 2009

peppercorns said: ↑

ok All you single women the search is on....

find a single guy - with no kids or ex wife - since he changed his identity- a pile o'money and is obviously athletic....hmmmmm
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Update:be on the lookout for a red motorcycle:

Investigators discovered that Schrenker stashed a red motorcycle at a storage unit, and now, the bike is gone and his clothes were left behind in a storage bin.

seabee · Jan 13, 2009

bandmom said: ↑

Update:be on the lookout for a red motorcycle:

Investigators discovered that Schrenker stashed a red motorcycle at a storage unit, and now, the bike is gone and his clothes were left behind in a storage bin.
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Shhhhhhhh!!!!! don't say anything.:jester:

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