Wed, 14 Jan 2009

Parachuting investor fled divorce, investigations

Well, I can't really put this one in 'Hunor', even though in some sense it belongs there - but it's just too damn strange not to blog....

He may be a "daredevil", but he's a pretty stupid one. He got caught this morning in Florida, not all that far from the crash site. Why did he radio in a trouble report? Why not just set the autopilot to carry the aircraft out over the Gulf? Why email his buddy with a fake suicide note - that's a dead giveaway you're not serious! Leave one secreted somewhere before taking off, and then make sure it's found days later. And stashing your own motorcycle in the woods? Gimme a break: if I'd been plotting this I would've made sure I had enough cash to buy a new motorcycle - with my fake driver's license! Good grief!

It's kinda funny - I used to deliver eggs in his old Geist neighborhood, and would wonder to myself what sort of criminal activity could land some of the folks up there so much money at such a young age. Now I know.

AP - With his personal and financial worlds crumbling around him, investment adviser Marcus Schrenker opted for a bailout. In a feat reminiscent of a James Bond movie, the 38-year-old businessman and amateur daredevil pilot apparently tried to fake his death in a plane crash, secretly parachuting to the ground and speeding away on a motorcycle he had stashed away in the pine barrens of central Alabama.

(link) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]

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