Putting my conspiracy cap on for a moment, if Fossett wanted to stage his own death, couldn’t he have parachuted out of the plane and let it crash, minus him? Keeps a stash of money on him, has hidden bank accounts in other countries, and just disappears? I wonder if his passport is missing. Then again, he’s probably deader than a doornail. But if he just wanted to get away from it all, .... well, perhaps we’ll soon know if they find any remains.
He could be living with D.B. Cooper on some Carribean island right now.
My question is why did he drop all of that money and leave his I.D.s.?
Um, no.
If he wanted to fake his own death, I can’t imagine very many more worse places to bail out in parachute than the Sierra high country.
Come visit sometime and I’ll show you areas a short drive from my own house where he’d have had no chance trying such a thing.
They might not find a body, but where is the clothing? Animals may have found the crash site, but his clothing or some of it would remain at or near the site. This has not been reported or asked in the media yet.
“Get away from it all”? Why not just lock the gate to the estate and not answer the phone?
“But if he just wanted to get away from it all”
There’s precedent - Elvis, don’cha know...
Colonel, USAFR
The investigators can tell from the wreckage if the plane was occupied or not at the time if impact.
The critters don’t usually eat the instrument panel.