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Kesey was arrested for possession of marijuana in 1965. In an attempt to mislead police, he faked suicide by having friends leave his truck on a cliffside road near Eureka, along with an elaborate suicide note, written by the Pranksters on drugs. Kesey fled to Mexico in the back of a friend's car. When he returned to the United States eight months later, Kesey was arrested and sent to the San Mateo County jail in Redwood City, California, for five months. On his release, he moved back to the family farm in Pleasant Hill, Oregon, in the Willamette Valley, where he spent the rest of his life.[citation needed] He wrote many articles, books (mostly collections of his articles), and short stories during that time.
On January 10, Schrenker traveled to Harpersville, Alabama, in a pickup truck carrying a red Yamaha motorcycle with saddlebags containing money and supplies.[10][17] He returned to Indiana after placing the motorcycle in a storage facility, telling the owner he would return and retrieve the motorcycle the following Monday.[10]On January 11, 2009, Schrenker departed in his single-engine Piper Meridian from an airfield in Anderson, Indiana, scheduled to fly to Destin, Florida.[18] Near Birmingham, Alabama, he made a distress call, telling air traffic controllers that his windshield had imploded and he was "bleeding profusely."[3][6] He then set the plane to autopilot and parachuted out. The plane flew on, crossing Alabama before ultimately crashing in Santa Rosa County, Florida. Military jets that had been dispatched to intercept Schrenker's plane discovered it in flight, with its door open and cockpit empty.[6] They followed the plane until it crashed just north of Milton, Florida at about 9:20pm.[6][19] The plane had flown 200 miles (320 km) on autopilot and crashed 50 to 75 yards from a residential area.[3][19] Upon inspecting the crash site, police discovered a United States atlas and a national campground directory, both of which had the Florida and Alabama sections torn out.[20]After parachuting to the ground, Schrenker made his way to a private residence in Childersburg, Alabama, arriving around 2:30am on January 12.[5] Appearing wet from the knees down,[5][10] he told the resident he had been in a canoeing accident. He received a ride into town, where he made contact with the local police station. Not yet linking Schrenker to the crash, the police brought him to a hotel in Harpersville, where he checked in under a false name and paid for his room with cash.[5] When police returned later that morning, he had fled on foot into nearby woods.[3] Schrenker then traveled to the storage facility where he had earlier located his motorcycle,[17][21] and then rode the vehicle to a KOA Campground in Quincy, Florida.[20][22] Without offering his name, he told the owners of the grounds that he was traveling cross country with friends, using cash to purchase a one-night tent site, firewood, and a six pack of Bud Light Lime.[20] He was also given access to the campground's wireless internet.[20]On January 12, Schrenker emailed neighbor and friend Tom Britt, stating the crash was "a misunderstanding" and that he had checked into the motel because he was "embarrassed and scared" of returning home.[21] He also said that he would likely "be gone" by the time Britt read the email.[23] The same day, a Hamilton County Superior Court judge froze the assets of both Schrenker and his estranged wife.[9]
In 1993, Sessarego faked his own death claiming he was killed by a car bomb in Croatia. He was seen on television around 2001 under the name Tom Carew. He lived with his family near Stirling Lines at Hereford.
Notable faked deaths * John Stonehouse, a British politician who faked his own suicide by drowning in order to escape financial difficulties and live with his mistress. He was discovered in Australia - where police initially thought he might be Lord Lucan - and jailed.[citation needed] * "Lord" Timothy Dexter, an eccentric 18th century New England businessman who faked his own death in order to see how people would react. His wife did not shed any tears at the wake, and as a result he caned her for not being sufficiently saddened at his passing.[1] * Graham Cardwell, a Lincolnshire dockmaster who disappeared in September 1998 and was assumed drowned. Eight months later he was discovered living in secret in the West Midlands. He claimed he had thought he was suffering from cancer (though had not sought medical attention) and wanted to spare his family the trauma of it. He was not prosecuted.[citation needed] * Alan Kirk Wolford, an American funeral home director who forged his own death certificate in order to evade significant debts.[2] * Steven Chin Leung, who faked his death in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in order to evade a charge of passport fraud.[3] * Dorothy Johnson, an American woman who allegedly faked her death in the September 11 attacks in order to collect on insurance claims allegedly filed by her daughter, Twila McKee. Johnson and McKee were charged in 2003 with insurance fraud.[4][broken citation] * Ken Kesey, an American author who in 1966 faked his death and fled to Mexico in an unsuccessful attempt to avoid imprisonment on marijuana charges.[5] * John Darwin, a Briton who disappeared in March 2002 whilst canoeing and was assumed drowned until his discovery and arrest five years later and his trial and conviction the year after.[citation needed] * Ace Baker, an American composer and 9/11 conspiracy theorist, faked suicide by gunfire while on a live radio show with Jim Fetzer. Baker later admitted the stunt on his blog, calling it a work of performance art, citing his frustration with the rest of the 9/11 Truth Movement.[citation needed] * Marcus Schrenker[citation needed]. * Samuel Israel III an American hedge fund manager who was facing twenty years in prison for fraud left his car and a suicide note on the Bear Mountain Bridge in an attempted fake suicide in 2008. A year later he surrendered himself to authorities after tiring of life as a fugitive.It should be noted that it was always suspected that his suicide was faked since, among other things, passerby reported that a car had picked someone up on the bridge from near Israel's abandoned car.
* "Lord" Timothy Dexter, an eccentric 18th century New England businessman who faked his own death in order to see how people would react. His wife did not shed any tears at the wake, and as a result he caned her for not being sufficiently saddened at his passing.[1]
Faked his death to see who attendedAmir Vehabovic a 45-year-old, faked his own death to see how many people attended his funeralNotified their loved ones and friends for their "fake" death and invited a total of 45 people to attend his funeral in the town of Gradiska, Bosnia. The Lord Vehabovic, hid behind a bush to avoid being seen. To his surprise, only his mom was the only person to attend his "funeral".Angered by the results, sent cards, "Thank you" to others saying that 44 guests had paid big money to get a false death certificate and bribe people to bring an empty coffin to the place - a task difiícil -."I thought more of you, who say they call my" friends ". I thought it would come to show respect and say goodbye. I realized who can be counted. "- Said Mr Vehabovic in March 2007.
I think it´s a very good idea.Most of the cases I see there is to avoid prison or to get money, what seems to be the only reasons where faking one´s death is a criminal offense. In parallelo with cases of previous faked death I´d like to know if someone knows this for a fact, or some research on how much of criminal offence is in faking one´s death.Quote* "Lord" Timothy Dexter, an eccentric 18th century New England businessman who faked his own death in order to see how people would react. His wife did not shed any tears at the wake, and as a result he caned her for not being sufficiently saddened at his passing.[1]Very good one :lol:
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