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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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.
Indiana businessman Marcus Schrenker, 38, disappeared into the woods southeast of Birmingham, Ala., after jumping from his single-engine Piper Malibu, which continued on auto pilot until it crashed Sunday night near a residential area in the Florida panhandle.
The only sign of Schrenker came in an e-mail to a neighbor calling the situation a misunderstanding.
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.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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.
Indiana businessman Marcus Schrenker, 38, disappeared into the woods southeast of Birmingham, Ala., after jumping from his single-engine Piper Malibu, which continued on auto pilot until it crashed Sunday night near a residential area in the Florida panhandle.
The only sign of Schrenker came in an e-mail to a neighbor calling the situation a misunderstanding.
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.
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