Wednesday, January 14, 2009

NYT: investment adviser attempting suicide

New York Times U.S.
Authorities Say Missing Pilot in Custody
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: January 14, 2009

HARPERSVILLE, Ala. (AP) -- With his world crumbling around him, investment adviser Marcus Schrenker opted for a bailout. However, his plan to escape personal turmoil was short-lived.

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.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/article?a=300825

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