Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry (2010–…): Season 1, Episode 5 - Leap of Faith - full transcript

MICHELLE SCHRENKER
MARRIED A HIGH-FLYING HUSBAND

WITH THE MIDAS TOUCH.

HE JUST TOOK MY BREATH AWAY.

I NEVER MET ANYONE
LIKE HIM BEFORE.

THEY WERE THE COUPLE
THAT EVERYBODY WANTED TO BE.

IT WAS AN IDEAL LIFE

UNTIL MICHELLE'S HUSBAND
DID THE UNTHINKABLE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GREEDY,

AND THEY DON'T CARE
WHO THEY HURT TO GET IT.

THE NEWS WAS SAYING
THAT HE HAD FAKED HIS OWN DEATH.

MICHELLE'S HUSBAND
WAS NOW A WANTED MAN



AND THEIR MARRIAGE
FRONT-PAGE NEWS.

THE STORY IN ITSELF
IS JUST SO FASCINATING.

I WAS JUST LIKE,

"I AM IN SOME SORT OF...
SICK DREAM."

WHEN IT COMES
TO LOVE AND MARRIAGE,

THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS
AS THEY SEEM.

MICHELLE SCHRENKER
IS AS PRETTY AS THEY COME.

GROWING UP IN INDIANA,

EVERYONE KNEW THAT, SOMEDAY,
SHE'D MAKE A BEAUTIFUL BRIDE.

BEING RAISED
IN A CATHOLIC FAMILY,

YOU JUST DIDN'T GET DIVORCED.

I MEAN, WHEN YOU WERE
IN A MARRIAGE,

YOU WERE IN IT FOR GOOD.

SO I WAS GETTING MARRIED ONCE,
AND THAT WAS GOING TO BE IT.



MICHELLE NEVER
EXPECTED TO MEET HER MATCH

WHEN SHE WAS
JUST OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.

BUT IN THE SUMMER OF 1993,

A CHANCE ENCOUNTER
AT A LOCAL HANGOUT

CHANGED HER LIFE FOREVER.

MARCUS WAS WITH A FRIEND
THAT I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH,

AND HE WAS VERY ATTRACTIVE.

HE JUST KIND OF CAUGHT MY EYE
AS I WAS STANDING THERE,

AND APPARENTLY
I STARTED STARING AT HIM,

NOT KNOWING IT.

FOR MICHELLE,
IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.

AND MARCUS, A COLLEGE STUDENT,
SEEMED TO FEEL THE SAME.

HE LITERALLY
SWEPT MICHELLE OFF HER FEET.

MY FIRST DATE,
HE TOOK ME FLYING.

I REALLY DON'T EVEN LIKE TO FLY,

BUT I LIKED HIM SO MUCH
THAT I JUST WENT FOR IT.

IT WAS A REALLY EXCITING
FIRST DATE.

MARCUS, AN AVID PILOT,

WAS DETERMINED
TO IMPRESS MICHELLE.

AND IT WORKED.

TWO YEARS LATER,
SHE BECAME HIS WIFE.

I DIDN'T HAVE
ANY WEDDING JITTERS,

YOU KNOW,
LIKE GIRLS SOMETIMES DO.

I KNEW THIS WAS THE MAN
I WAS MEANT TO BE WITH.

MICHELLE
WAS ALWAYS VERY, VERY DEVOTED.

SHE WOULD JUST PUT HIM ON A
PEDESTAL AND REALLY ADMIRED HIM.

HE WAS THE LOVE OF MY LIFE,

AND I JUST FELT
SO AT PEACE ABOUT IT.

ONCE THEY WERE MARRIED,

MARCUS AND MICHELLE
LIVED LIFE IN THE FAST LANE.

MARCUS LANDED A GOOD JOB

AS A FINANCIAL ADVISER
AT AN INVESTMENT FIRM.

DURING HIS FREE TIME,
HE FLEW IN AIR SHOWS,

PERFORMING DEATH-DEFYING STUNTS.

I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY
HE'S A RISK-TAKER.

THAT'S WHY I THINK
WE BALANCE EACH OTHER OUT.

I'M MORE OF, YOU KNOW,

THE ONE THAT KIND OF SETTLES HIM
A BIT AND GROUNDS HIM MORE.

BY THE LATE 1990s,

THE COUPLE
SEEMED TO HAVE IT ALL.

MARCUS STARTED HIS OWN COMPANY,

MANAGING
MILLION-DOLLAR PENSION FUNDS.

MICHELLE WAS HAPPY
AS A STAY-AT-HOME MOM

WITH THEIR THREE KIDS IN AN
AFFLUENT INDIANAPOLIS SUBURB

KNOWN AS COCKTAIL COVE.

COCKTAIL COVE

WAS TYPICALLY
WHERE THE BOATERS ON THE LAKE

TEND TO TIE UP ON THE WEEKENDS
AND PARTY.

THEY HAD A GORGEOUS HOUSE.

IT WAS A McMANSION, I GUESS,
IS HOW THEY REFER TO IT.

IT HAD NICE BEDROOMS, FINISHED
BASEMENT, MOVIE THEATER.

IT WAS A REALLY BEAUTIFUL HOUSE.

IN A PLACE WHERE
APPEARANCES MEANT EVERYTHING,

THE SCHRENKERS
SEEMED JUST ABOUT PERFECT.

BUT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS,
IT WAS A DIFFERENT STORY.

HE HAD A BIT OF A TEMPER.

IT WAS A BIT LIKE
WALKING ON EGGSHELLS.

I NEVER QUITE KNEW WHO WAS
COMING THROUGH THE DOOR AT 5:00,

SO YOU JUST HAD TO BE PREPARED
FOR IT.

EVEN THE SCHRENKERS' NANNY

COULDN'T HELP BUT NOTICE
MARCUS' MOOD SWINGS.

HE'D BE HAPPY ONE MINUTE,
AND THEN THE NEXT,

HE'D BE UPSET
ABOUT THE LITTLEST THING.

YOU KNOW, HE'D BE TRYING
TO CLEAN THE GARAGE.

IF THE KIDS WEREN'T
RIGHT OUT THERE RIGHT AWAY,

HE'D GET UPSET
AND START YELLING.

EVER THE LOYAL WIFE,

MICHELLE DID WHAT SHE COULD
TO KEEP THE PEACE AT HOME.

BUT 10 YEARS
INTO THEIR MARRIAGE,

PUTTING A SMILE ON MARCUS' FACE
WASN'T SO EASY ANYMORE.

HE HAD TO BE PERFECT,
HAD TO HAVE PERFECT CLOTHES.

SHE HAD TO BE PERFECT.

I THINK IT WAS
A LOT OF PRESSURE FOR HER.

I MEAN, YOU'VE SEEN HER.
SHE'S BEAUTIFUL.

AND HE WOULD TELL HER
THAT SHE WAS HEAVY, OVERWEIGHT.

THERE SEEMED TO BE
NO PLEASING MARCUS,

WHO, BY NOW, WAS SPENDING
LITTLE TIME AT HOME.

YOU KNOW, HE WOULD SAY HE WAS
GOING ONE PLACE AND GO ANOTHER.

I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG.

I COULD TELL
SHE WAS GETTING STRESSED.

SHE KIND OF PUT ON
THE FAKE SMILE,

AND SHE WAS LIKE, "I'M OKAY.
EVERYTHING'S GOOD."

BUT I COULD TELL
THAT IT WAS GETTING TO HER.

BY JANUARY OF 2009,

THE SCHRENKERS' MARRIAGE
WAS ALREADY IN TROUBLE

WHEN MARCUS ANNOUNCED

HE WAS TAKING A LAST-MINUTE
OUT-OF-TOWN TRIP.

HE HAD COME HOME SUNDAY

AND SAID HE WAS GOING TO VISIT
HIS FATHER DOWN IN FLORIDA,

WHICH WASN'T UNUSUAL.

IT WAS KIND OF LIKE, "OKAY.
IF THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GOING.

OKAY.
SEE YOU LATER."

BUT THIS TRIP
WOULD BE UNLIKE ANY OTHER.

ON JANUARY 11, 2009,

MARCUS TOOK OFF AT 6:45 IN THE
EVENING FROM AN INDIANA AIRPORT,

HEADED FOR DESTIN, FLORIDA.

BY 9:00,
MICHELLE LEARNED THAT MARCUS

NEVER MADE IT
TO HIS DESTINATION.

I GOT A CALL
FROM A CONTROL TOWER...

I BELIEVE IT WAS IN ALABAMA...
ASKING FOR HIS CELL NUMBER.

THEY SAID THEY HAD LOST CONTACT.

I DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON
TO LOSE CONTACT.

BUT LATER THAT NIGHT,

MICHELLE'S PHONE RANG
A SECOND TIME.

ABOUT 12:30,

I GOT ANOTHER CALL
FROM THE AIR FORCE.

THAT'S WHEN I KNEW
SOMETHING WAS REALLY WRONG.

MARCUS' PLANE
WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.

AND THAT WAS JUST THE BEGINNING
OF A BIZARRE STORY,

ONE THAT WOULD SOON MAKE
THE SCHRENKERS HOUSEHOLD NAMES.

IN DECEMBER OF 2007,

A YEAR BEFORE MARCUS SCHRENKER'S
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE,

HIS WIFE, MICHELLE,

HAD A SNEAKING SUSPICION
HE WAS UP TO NO GOOD.

HE WAS SPENDING
SO MUCH TIME AWAY FROM HOME

THAT MICHELLE BEGAN TO WONDER
IF THERE WAS ANOTHER WOMAN.

SOMETHING IN MY GUT
JUST SAID, "THIS ISN'T RIGHT.

JUST SOMETHING'S
NOT RIGHT ABOUT IT."

AND THAT'S WHEN I STARTED
CHECKING THE PHONE BILLS.

I STARTED LOOKING IN JUST TO SEE
IF I COULD FIND A SIMILAR NUMBER

THAT WAS CALLED
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

AND I HAPPENED TO FIND ONE
THAT WAS CALLED EVERY DAY

ABOUT THE SAME TIME
EVERY MORNING

AND ABOUT THE SAME TIME
EVERY NIGHT.

THE PHONE NUMBER BELONGED
TO A WOMAN WHO WORKED AT THE AIRPORT

WHERE THE SCHRENKERS STORED
THEIR PRIVATE PLANE.

WHEN I CONFRONTED HIM,
HE SAID SHE WAS JUST A FRIEND.

NOBODY TALKS TO A FRIEND

FOR TWO MONTHS,
FIVE TIMES A DAY,

EVERY MORNING, EVERY NIGHT.

MICHELLE WAS DETERMINED
TO PROVE THAT MARCUS WAS CHEATING,

SO SHE ENLISTED HER NANNY,
RACHEL, TO HELP HER DO IT.

THE OTHER WOMAN LIVED IN
RACHEL'S APARTMENT BUILDING.

THERE WERE NIGHTS WHEN
HE WOULD NOT SHOW UP AT HOME,

SO I WOULD ASK RACHEL IF SHE
WOULD LOOK OUTSIDE HER WINDOW

TO SEE IF SHE COULD SEE HIS CAR.

IT WAS DARK, SO I
COULDN'T REALLY SEE ANYTHING,

SO I GOT IN MY CAR
AND I DROVE PAST,

AND I SAW HIS CAR,
SO I DROVE BY A SECOND TIME,

AND THEN I DROVE BY A THIRD TIME
JUST TO MAKE SURE,

'CAUSE IT WAS A VERY OBVIOUS CAR
THAT I KNEW WAS HIS.

IT LOOKED LIKE MARCUS
WAS A CHEATER.

BUT MICHELLE, A DEVOUT CATHOLIC,

BELIEVED IN
"FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE."

DETERMINED
TO KEEP HER MARRIAGE GOING,

SHE DEMANDED MARCUS
END HIS AFFAIR.

HE SAID
HE WOULDN'T TALK TO HER ANYMORE.

I MADE HIM MAKE THE CALL
IN FRONT ME.

AND THEN...

...HE STILL CONTINUED
TO TALK TO HER.

HE WOULD MOVE OUT
FOR A DAY OR TWO,

AND THEN HE'D MOVE BACK IN,

AND THEN, FOR A COUPLE WEEKS,
IT WOULD BE OKAY,

AND THEN IT WOULD BLOW UP AGAIN.

AFTER SHARING HER HUSBAND
WITH ANOTHER WOMAN FOR OVER A YEAR,

MICHELLE FINALLY HAD ENOUGH.

SHE FILED FOR DIVORCE
ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2008.

I TOLD HIM
I WOULD ONLY DO THIS SO LONG,

AND I GAVE HIM A YEAR.

I WAS NOT STARTING A NEW YEAR
WITH HER IN IT.

BUT THE VERY NEXT DAY,

MICHELLE WOULD LEARN THAT MARCUS
WAS MUCH MORE THAN A CHEATER.

IT WAS NEW YEAR'S EVE,
AND I WAS STILL IN BED,

AND MY 6-YEAR-OLD
WAS WATCHING CARTOONS.

AND HE CAME UP
TO GET ME AND SAID,

"THERE'S A POLICEMAN DOWNSTAIRS
THAT WANTS TO TALK TO YOU."

WHEN I GOT DOWN THERE,

I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE
THIS POLICE OFFICER

AND SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE
BEHIND HIM.

WHILE MICHELLE'S HUSBAND

WAS ON A TROPICAL GETAWAY
WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND,

INDIANA AUTHORITIES RAIDED
THEIR HOME AND MARCUS' OFFICE.

THEY TOOK ALL OF OUR COMPUTERS,

A LOT OF OLD BOXES

THAT HAD FILES
MARCUS HAD KEPT IN HIS OFFICE.

MARCUS,
THE FINANCIAL GOLDEN BOY,

WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION
FOR BILKING HIS CLIENTS

OUT OF HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS,

HE HAD CREATED
A PHONY INVESTMENT SCHEME

CALLED THE EURO FUND.

I SAID, "I DON'T EVEN
KNOW WHAT A EURO FUND IS.

JUST, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME
WHAT A EURO FUND IS?"

AND SHE SAID,

"IT'S WHAT YOUR HUSBAND
HAD CLIENTS INVEST IN,

"AND IT DOESN'T EXIST,

AND NOW THEY'RE LOOKING
FOR THEIR MONEY."

WE LOST AROUND $150,000.

WE WERE SHOCKED
BECAUSE WE HAD TRUSTED HIM.

TRUSTED HIM TOTALLY.

ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS,

AT LEAST EIGHT LAWSUITS
WERE PENDING AGAINST MARCUS.

IF CONVICTED,
HE COULD SPEND YEARS IN PRISON.

I HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON.

THE FIRST PERSON YOU WANT THERE
IS YOUR HUSBAND

TO FIX IT

AND TO TELL YOU
WHAT'S GOING ON...

WHEN MARCUS FINALLY SHOWED
UP, HE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY.

HE JUST KEPT SAYING,
"EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE.

IT'S A MISTAKE.
I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT."

BUT FIRST, MARCUS INSISTED

HE HAD TO FLY DOWN TO FLORIDA

FOR A LAST-MINUTE TRIP
TO SEE HIS DAD.

HE DUMPED IT IN HER LAP
AND TRIED TO TAKE OFF

AND LEAVE IT TO HER
TO CLEAN UP THE MESS.

AT 6:45 P.M.,
ON JANUARY 11, 2009,

MARCUS TOOK OFF
FROM A LOCAL AIRPORT.

LATER THAT SAME NIGHT,

MICHELLE RECEIVED
STARTLING NEWS.

THE PLANE HE WAS PILOTING
WAS MISSING.

HE TOOK OFF
FROM ANDERSON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT,

WHICH IS JUST NORTH
OF INDIANAPOLIS.

HE MADE A DISTRESS CALL
SOMEWHERE OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA

TO THE F.A.A.,

SAID HIS WINDSHIELD
HAD IMPLODED.

IN RESPONSE
TO THE DISTRESS CALL,

THE AIR FORCE SENT FIGHTER JETS
TO SEARCH FOR THE PLANE.

AND WHAT THEY SAW INSIDE
WAS MIND-BOGGLING.

THEY LOOKED AND DID NOT SEE
ANYBODY IN THE COCKPIT.

A PLANE
THAT APPEARED TO HAVE NO PILOT.

I WAS LIKE, "WHERE DID HE GO?

HOW DID HE
GET OUT OF THE PLANE?"

WHERE IN THE WORLD
WAS MARCUS SCHRENKER?

JUST TWO DAYS AFTER HE
WAS ACCUSED OF INVESTMENT FRAUD,

MICHELLE SCHRENKER'S
ESTRANGED HUSBAND

DISAPPEARED INTO THIN AIR.

AND THE MYSTERY SURROUNDING HIS
MISSING PLANE ONLY DEEPENED

WHEN INVESTIGATORS SHOWED UP
AT MICHELLE'S DOOR

AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING.

THEY CAME INSIDE AND SAID
THEY NEEDED TO TALK TO ME.

THEY TOLD ME HIS PLANE
HAD GONE DOWN

BUT THAT THEY WERE OUT
LOOKING FOR HIM

'CAUSE THERE WAS NOBODY
IN THE PLANE,

WHICH I JUST FOUND
A LITTLE PUZZLING

BUT A LITTLE RELIEF THAT THERE
WAS STILL HOPE THAT HE WAS OKAY.

INVESTIGATORS HAD
DISCOVERED MARCUS' EMPTY PLANE

CRASHED IN A SWAMP
IN MILTON, FLORIDA.

AT FIRST, I WAS THINKING,
"WELL, MAYBE HE DID HIT HIS HEAD

AND HE'S WANDERING AROUND
IN THE SWAMP,

CONFUSED OR HURT OR SOMETHING."

BUT WHAT INVESTIGATORS
FOUND NEXT

TOLD A MUCH DIFFERENT STORY.

WHEN HE RADIOED THE F.A.A.,

HE SAID THAT HIS WINDSHIELD
HAD IMPLODED,

AND WHEN THEY LATER FOUND
THE WRECKAGE,

THEY FOUND THE WINDSHIELD
OF THE PLANE TO BE INTACT.

SO THAT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT
THAT WAS A FAKE DISTRESS CALL.

INVESTIGATORS WERE NO
LONGER CONVINCED THIS WAS AN ACCIDENT.

THEY BEGAN TO WONDER
IF THE DAREDEVIL PILOT

HAD JUMPED OUT OF THE PLANE
IN MID FLIGHT,

LEAVING THE AIRPLANE
TO CRASH ON ITS OWN.

I WAS JUST LIKE,

"I AM IN SOME SORT OF...

"SICK DREAM OF SOMETHING.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN
PARACHUTED OUT?"

THERE WERE
A LOT OF THINGS IN HIS LIFE

THAT KIND OF ALL CAME DOWN
AT THE SAME TIME,

AND THAT SUGGESTS, I GUESS,
FROM A PSYCHOLOGICAL STANDPOINT,

WHAT WOULD BE HIS MOTIVATION
FOR BAILING OUT OF THIS PLANE.

COULD IT BE TRUE?

HAD THE EMBATTLED
FINANCIAL INVESTOR

TRIED TO FAKE HIS OWN DEATH

SO HE COULD ESCAPE MOUNTING
LEGAL TROUBLES BACK HOME?

I THINK THAT HE THOUGHT
THAT HE WAS SMART ENOUGH

TO AUTOPILOT THAT PLANE
RIGHT INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO.

HE HAD ALREADY RADIOED IN THAT
THE WINDSHIELD HAD IMPLODED

AND HE WAS BLEEDING PROFUSELY.

SO IF THE PLANE GOES DOWN
IN THE OCEAN,

THEY CAN'T FIND HIM,
THEY CAN'T FIND THE PLANE...

I DEFINITELY THINK HE THOUGHT
HE WAS GONNA GET AWAY WITH IT.

BUT THAT'S NOT
HOW IT PLAYED OUT.

MARCUS SCHRENKER WAS NOW AT THE
CENTER OF A NATIONWIDE MANHUNT.

I KNOW HIS WORLD
WAS CAVING IN ON HIM,

BUT THERE'S NO WAY
TO GET AWAY WITH ALL OF THIS.

THERE'S NOWHERE TO RUN.

IT'S ALL GONNA
CATCH UP WITH YOU.

YOU CAN'T LEAVE THREE KIDS
BEHIND AND YOUR FAMILY.

MARCUS WAS IN BIG TROUBLE

AND TAKING HIS FAMILY DOWN
WITH HIM.

AS SOON AS WORD GOT OUT
THAT MARCUS HAD DISAPPEARED,

THE SCHRENKERS' FINANCIAL ASSETS
WERE FROZEN.

MEANWHILE, RUMORS WERE FLYING
AROUND COCKTAIL COVE.

EVERYONE WANTED TO KNOW
IF THE WOMAN

WHO LIVED IN ONE OF
THE BIGGEST HOUSES ON THE BLOCK

KNEW WHAT HER HUSBAND WAS UP TO.

I THINK THE GUT REACTION
WITH MICHELLE AND MARCUS

IS THAT THEY'RE BOTH
INVOLVED SOMEHOW.

THE IMAGE OF THIS WEALTHY,
BEAUTIFUL COUPLE

LIVING IN A MANSION-LIKE HOME...
YOU JUST...

YOU KIND OF ASSUME THAT
THEY COME AS A PACKAGE DEAL.

AFTER ALL, THE STAY-AT-HOME MOM

WAS EVEN LISTED AS C.F.O.
OF HER HUSBAND'S COMPANY.

I SIMPLY WROTE OUT THE CHECKS.
THAT'S IT.

WRITING OUT CHECKS

DOESN'T MEAN I KNOW EVERYTHING
ABOUT WHAT HE WAS DOING.

I WASN'T TURNING A BLIND EYE.

I WASN'T DOING ANYTHING.
I TRUSTED HIM.

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO TRUST
YOUR HUSBAND.

AND EVEN THOUGH
SHE LOST $150,000,

GOOD FRIEND CATHY BOONE
STOOD BY MICHELLE.

SHE PAID THE BILLS,
AND SHE RAISED HER CHILDREN,

SO IT WASN'T LIKE
SHE HAD HANDS ON.

SHE WAS CAUGHT OFF GUARD
AS MUCH AS WE WERE.

SHE WAS ANGRY AT HIM
THAT THIS WAS GOING ON,

BUT SHE WAS ALSO WORRIED
FOR HIS SAFETY, TOO,

BECAUSE HE IS THE FATHER
OF HER CHILDREN.

MICHELLE HAD EVERY REASON

TO WORRY ABOUT HER HUSBAND.

THINGS WERE ABOUT TO GET
EVEN WORSE.

AND I JUST KEPT SAYING,

"IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM LIKE
SOMETHING HE WOULD DO.

ARE YOU SURE IT'S HIM?"

ON JANUARY 12, 2009,

THE SEARCH WAS STILL ON

FOR MICHELLE SCHRENKER'S
MISSING HUSBAND.

IT APPEARED THAT MARCUS
TRIED TO FAKE HIS OWN DEATH

BY PARACHUTING OUT OF HIS PLANE
IN MIDAIR.

WHO IMAGINES, IN TWO WEEKS,
YOU'RE FILING FOR A DIVORCE,

YOUR HOUSE IS BEING,
YOU KNOW, SEARCHED,

AND THEN, WITHIN ANOTHER WEEK,

YOUR HUSBAND'S
GONNA CRASH A PLANE?

NO ONE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND

CAN ANTICIPATE SOMETHING
LIKE THIS HAPPENING.

SHE WAS EXHAUSTED.

SHE WASN'T SLEEPING 'CAUSE SHE
HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON.

BUT SHE WAS TRYING TO HOLD IT
TOGETHER AS BEST SHE COULD

FOR THE KIDS 'CAUSE SHE DIDN'T
WANT THEM TO KNOW.

FINALLY, THE HUNT
FOR MARCUS ENDED ON JANUARY 13th

WHEN THE EMBATTLED
FINANCIAL INVESTOR

WAS DISCOVERED
AT A LOCAL FLORIDA CAMPGROUND.

WE HAD THE TV ON,

AND THEY SAID THEY HAD FOUND HIM
WITH HIS WRISTS CUT IN THE TENT.

HE HAD SLIT HIS WRISTS
IN AN APPARENT SUICIDE ATTEMPT,

AND THEY BASICALLY FOUND HIM
IN A POOL OF HIS OWN BLOOD

AND TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL.

IT JUST SEEMED SO SAD AND...

PATHETIC AND...

JUST... SO LONELY.

MARCUS RECOVERED
FROM HIS INJURIES.

ON JUNE 5, 2009,

HE PLED GUILTY TO DESTRUCTION
OF AN AIRCRAFT

AND MAKING A FALSE DISTRESS CALL
TO THE COAST GUARD.

IT WAS SAD, TO ME,
WHAT HE HAD BECOME

AND WHERE HE WAS.

I JUST WISH
HE WOULD HAVE ASKED FOR HELP.

I THINK HE WAS JUST
WAY TOO FAR IN OVER HIS HEAD,

AND I THINK,
PUSHED AGAINST A WALL,

HE WASN'T GONNA LIVE LIKE THAT.

IN AUGUST OF 2009,

MARCUS SCHRENKER WAS SENTENCED
TO FOUR YEARS IN PRISON.

AND HIS TROUBLES
ARE FAR FROM OVER.

HE STILL FACES NINE COUNTS
OF SECURITIES FRAUD.

YOU GET AWAY WITH THINGS
FOR SO LONG

AND THERE BECOMES A SENSE
OF POWER THAT...

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE INVINCIBLE,

AND FOR A LONG TIME, WAS ABLE
TO GET AWAY WITH A LOT.

HE TOOK PEOPLE'S MONEY

AND FOOLED A LOT OF PEOPLE
IN THE PROCESS.

NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE SAYS,

MARCUS MAINTAINS HE'S INNOCENT

AND PLANS TO FIGHT THE CHARGES
IN COURT.

EVER SINCE HER HUSBAND TURNED

THEIR ONCE-PICTURE-PERFECT LIFE
UPSIDE DOWN,

MICHELLE SCHRENKER HAS STRUGGLED
TO COME TO GRIPS WITH IT ALL.

SHE'S NOW A WORKING MOM,

TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
HOW TO MAKE ENDS MEET.

I KNOW I CAN'T CARRY
THIS ANGER FOREVER FOR HIM,

FOR WHAT HE DID,

AND I KNOW I'LL HAVE TO
FORGIVE HIM SOMEDAY

'CAUSE I CAN'T CARRY THIS
FOR ME OR MY KIDS.

BUT IT'S HARD
TO LEAVE THE PAST BEHIND

WHEN SO MANY STILL THINK
YOU'RE IN ON IT.

PEOPLE WHO SAID
THEY WERE FRIENDS

OF MICHELLE'S AND MARCUS'
STOPPED TALKING TO HER.

THEY THOUGHT,
"WELL, SHE HAD TO HAVE KNOWN

BECAUSE THAT'S HER HUSBAND."

WELL, YOU DEFINITELY
LEARN WHO YOUR FRIENDS ARE

WHEN SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS,

AND THAT DEFINITELY RINGS TRUE
IN MY LIFE,

IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD.

I DON'T THINK...

ANYTHING BIGGER THAN THIS
CAN HAPPEN.