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| US businessman 'fakes own death' | US businessman 'fakes own death' |
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| A US businessman facing financial problems has apparently faked his own death by bailing out of his plane and letting it crash in a Florida swamp. | A US businessman facing financial problems has apparently faked his own death by bailing out of his plane and letting it crash in a Florida swamp. |
| A rescue operation was launched when Marcus Schrenker made a distress call saying his plane's windscreen had imploded and he was bleeding. | A rescue operation was launched when Marcus Schrenker made a distress call saying his plane's windscreen had imploded and he was bleeding. |
| Mr Schrenker, 38, is still missing, but thought to be alive and well. | Mr Schrenker, 38, is still missing, but thought to be alive and well. |
| His financial management companies are reportedly under investigation and he owes $500,000 to an insurance company. | His financial management companies are reportedly under investigation and he owes $500,000 to an insurance company. |
| Police think the financial adviser may have parachuted from the plane before it crashed. | Police think the financial adviser may have parachuted from the plane before it crashed. |
| Running for the woods | Running for the woods |
| Mr Schrenker was the only person aboard the single engine Piper plane that took off for Florida on Sunday from Anderson, Indiana. | Mr Schrenker was the only person aboard the single engine Piper plane that took off for Florida on Sunday from Anderson, Indiana. |
| When the authorities received a distress call from the pilot as he flew over Alabama, a rescue operation was launched. | When the authorities received a distress call from the pilot as he flew over Alabama, a rescue operation was launched. |
| Two military planes were scrambled and they found Mr Schrenker's plane flying on autopilot, with its door open and no sign of the pilot. | Two military planes were scrambled and they found Mr Schrenker's plane flying on autopilot, with its door open and no sign of the pilot. |
| The plane then crashed in a swampy area near Milton, Florida, close to several homes. | The plane then crashed in a swampy area near Milton, Florida, close to several homes. |
| But investigators said the wreckage showed no signs of blood or a smashed windshield. | But investigators said the wreckage showed no signs of blood or a smashed windshield. |
| The sheriff's office in Santa Rosa County - where the plane crashed - said the pilot appeared to have intentionally abandoned his plane. | The sheriff's office in Santa Rosa County - where the plane crashed - said the pilot appeared to have intentionally abandoned his plane. |
| A man with Mr Schrenker's identification apparently checked into a hotel in Alabama after the crash, telling police he had been in a canoeing accident, before being seen running away into some nearby woods. |