oakback
01-14-2009, 09:46 AM
This is a hoot, what a great series of events!
As he flew over Alabama, a pilot reported turbulence and later said the windshield had blown into the aircraft and that he was bleeding profusely, ...Santa Rosa County, where the plane hit the ground in a swampy area.
However, deputies who located the wreckage did not find blood at the crash site and the aircraft's door was ajar.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. They followed it until it crashed in a bayou surrounded by homes.The pilot said "that his windshield had imploded and that he was bleeding profusely and that he was requesting all emergency personnel to assist,"A careful review of the radar data, coupled with other information we received from other sources, indicate that it appears that he may have exited the aircraft at some point in the flight.The pilot, identified as Marc Schrenker, was taken to a hotel in Childersburg, Ala., by a police officer after the 38-year-old man told officials he'd been in a canoeing accident.
They returned later and found that Schrenker had checked in under a false name, paid for his hotel room in cash and then ran into nearby woods.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 in reality, 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.Investigators have been probing Schrenker's financial management businesses for possible securities violations, and searched his home and offices in the days before Sunday's crash. His wife also filed for divorce, and a judge in Maryland entered a half-million-dollar judgment against him."We've learned over time that he's a pathological liar — you don't believe a single word that comes out of his mouth," said Charles Kinney, a 49-year-old airline pilot from Atlanta who went to regulators on behalf of his parents, who invested $900,000 of their life savings with him.Neighbor Tom Britt said he received the 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.
Britt quoted Schrenker as saying, "By the time you read this I'll be gone."
Authorities learned that Schrenker stored a Yamaha motorcycle in Harpersville, Ala., on Saturday before he vanished. He told the manager of the storage unit that he'd be back on Monday to pick it up.
But when U.S. Marshals went Monday evening to search the storage unit, the bike was gone."He could be anywhere at all. Within 10 hours he could be in New Orleans, halfway to Houston, in Atlanta, anywhere," Latimer said. "I believe he's out of the U.S. ... He's shown a total disregard for human life. I think he'd do anything to get away."The North Florida Regional Task Force of the U.S. Marshals Office got information earlier this evening that Marcus Schrenker was in KOA campground in Gadsden County.
"About 7:30 p.m. we did in fact locate him in a tent in the campground," said Frank Chiumento, Assistant Chief of U.S. Marshals Northern District of Florida. "He had inflicted some wounds on himself and he was taken by helicopter to a local hospital."
"He did have a motorcycle (at the campground)."According to Frank Chiumento, Assistant Chief of U.S. Marshals Northern District of Florida, Marcus Schrenker is in care at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. He was in serious condition after he was found at the KOA campground in Chattahoochee with self-inflicted wounds (sliced his wrists).BRILLIANT!
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/CRIME/01/14/missing.pilot.found/art.missing.pilot.atgeist.jpg
As he flew over Alabama, a pilot reported turbulence and later said the windshield had blown into the aircraft and that he was bleeding profusely, ...Santa Rosa County, where the plane hit the ground in a swampy area.
However, deputies who located the wreckage did not find blood at the crash site and the aircraft's door was ajar.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. They followed it until it crashed in a bayou surrounded by homes.The pilot said "that his windshield had imploded and that he was bleeding profusely and that he was requesting all emergency personnel to assist,"A careful review of the radar data, coupled with other information we received from other sources, indicate that it appears that he may have exited the aircraft at some point in the flight.The pilot, identified as Marc Schrenker, was taken to a hotel in Childersburg, Ala., by a police officer after the 38-year-old man told officials he'd been in a canoeing accident.
They returned later and found that Schrenker had checked in under a false name, paid for his hotel room in cash and then ran into nearby woods.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 in reality, 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.Investigators have been probing Schrenker's financial management businesses for possible securities violations, and searched his home and offices in the days before Sunday's crash. His wife also filed for divorce, and a judge in Maryland entered a half-million-dollar judgment against him."We've learned over time that he's a pathological liar — you don't believe a single word that comes out of his mouth," said Charles Kinney, a 49-year-old airline pilot from Atlanta who went to regulators on behalf of his parents, who invested $900,000 of their life savings with him.Neighbor Tom Britt said he received the 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.
Britt quoted Schrenker as saying, "By the time you read this I'll be gone."
Authorities learned that Schrenker stored a Yamaha motorcycle in Harpersville, Ala., on Saturday before he vanished. He told the manager of the storage unit that he'd be back on Monday to pick it up.
But when U.S. Marshals went Monday evening to search the storage unit, the bike was gone."He could be anywhere at all. Within 10 hours he could be in New Orleans, halfway to Houston, in Atlanta, anywhere," Latimer said. "I believe he's out of the U.S. ... He's shown a total disregard for human life. I think he'd do anything to get away."The North Florida Regional Task Force of the U.S. Marshals Office got information earlier this evening that Marcus Schrenker was in KOA campground in Gadsden County.
"About 7:30 p.m. we did in fact locate him in a tent in the campground," said Frank Chiumento, Assistant Chief of U.S. Marshals Northern District of Florida. "He had inflicted some wounds on himself and he was taken by helicopter to a local hospital."
"He did have a motorcycle (at the campground)."According to Frank Chiumento, Assistant Chief of U.S. Marshals Northern District of Florida, Marcus Schrenker is in care at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. He was in serious condition after he was found at the KOA campground in Chattahoochee with self-inflicted wounds (sliced his wrists).BRILLIANT!
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/CRIME/01/14/missing.pilot.found/art.missing.pilot.atgeist.jpg