An investment adviser who apparently staged an elaborate plot to escape allegations of financial fraud was in police custody Tuesday night in Florida. Marcus Schrenker, of McCordsville, Ind., may have sought to fake his own death to escape legal troubles, a plan that began with a solo flight from Indiana Sunday in a six-seater aircraft, investigators said.
"It looks like he wanted authorities to believe he died in a crash so that he could assume an alias and avoid the charges he faces in Indiana," said John Beeman, a deputy U.S. Marshal in the Southern District of Indiana, which had been spearheading the search.
Mr. Schrenker, 38 years old, placed a distress call to air-traffic controllers as he flew southwest of Birmingham, Ala., police said. He lost radio contact and two military jets were sent to intercept the aircraft, Pilots saw the aircraft flying unmanned, with the cockpit door ajar. The plane later crashed in the Florida Panhandle.
Mr. Schrenker showed up late Sunday at a house in Childersburg, Ala. He reportedly said he had been in a canoe accident. The resident gave him a ride into town, where he checked into a hotel. Local police had contact with Mr. Schrenker and confirmed his identity through his pilot's license. They were unaware he had gone missing.
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i predict that Marcus Schrenker's life will be turned into an indy film within the next year (starring Gerard Butler of course since they look so much alike)
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