Marcus Schrenker was the man who had everything: beautiful wife, tons of money, chiseled physique. Unfortunately, he was victimized by the global financial crisis and his own greed and he got in trouble with the feds for fraud. Plus, his wife was divorcing him and somebody keyed his Lexus.
What's a charming daredevil to do? Head for the hills, of course. And luckily, he had a brilliant plan - he would fake his own death in a fake plane crash, and get away scott free. What could possibly go wrong?
Plenty - let's catalog the stupidity.
1. He alerted the aviation authorities that his plane was in trouble. Why is alerting the authorities part of your get-away plan? Why not crash (or land) the plane in the wilderness give yourself a couple of days for the getaway?
2. He bailed out of the plane too early. His best shot was to dump his plane in the Gulf of Mexico, which may have been his plan. If so, why jump out in Harpersville, AL, 250 miles from the sea? His plane didn't make it to the sea, it crashed in the FL panhandle so everybody could see he didn't really die.
3. He hitched a ride to his getaway with the cops. Apparently, he stumbled out of the swamp and flagged down a cop to give him a ride to his getaway motorcycle. Come on man, are you trying to get caught?
4. When you're on the lam, don't contact friends to complain of negative press. That's how they caught him, he sent an email from a public library terminal. Apparently they can track emails now, who knew?
5. If you're gonna kill yourself, do it like you mean it. He attempted to kill himself by slashing his wrist in a public campground. Maybe it was just a plea for help.
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