Police officer faked suicide to escape to mexico
'12.05.2017'
Source: Tjournal
The most inept escape occurred in the United States, in Austin, Texas. Moreover, the policeman became the participant of the whole story, writes Tjournal.
Police officer Coleman Martin left the 25 home of April for a walk. He told his wife that he was overcome by depression and he needed to “air his head”. For a whole day, his wife did not know where he was, and late in the evening she received a photo of a handwritten note. The text of the note said that Martin intends to drown himself in a lake near the US border with Mexico. Later, during a search of the house, police officers, Coleman's colleagues, found another note in which it was written: "I need time to spend it on myself."
Since the body was not found, Martin was put on the list of the missing and was put on a wanted car. After the police began an investigation and checked the surveillance cameras, they doubted Coleman’s honesty.
It turns out that an hour after leaving the house, Martin, not particularly hiding from the video cameras, removed $ 300 from the bank card, tucked the car in and went to the sports shop, where he bought an inflatable raft. Then he had lunch at a bistro and drove into another store, where he bought a rope and concrete blocks. In all the places where Martin stayed, he was captured by video cameras and witnesses saw who later helped restore the entire chronology of events.
Austin investigators later learned from colleagues at the Texas Department of Public Safety that Coleman was stopped that evening on a road near the town of Uvalde for routine ID checks. Martin confessed to the policeman who stopped him that he was going to Mexico, but not for suicide, but on vacation. The officer did not attach any importance to the bags in the back seat of the car: “there was no sign that Martin was in crisis”.
On the morning of April 26, the police found Martin's car left near Amistad Lake on the territory of the Texas National Park. Outwardly, everything indicated that Coleman still committed suicide.
A suicide note was attached to the front seat of the car, in the most conspicuous place. It repeated the message that the wife of the police officer received the day before.
Inflatable raft found on the shore, a few kilometers from the car. A note with Martin's name, date of birth and date of death (25 on April 2017 of the year), as well as the initials of his wife was carefully attached to the board. Traces left on the raft of concrete blocks, supposedly pushed into the water, were obvious. At the edge of the boat was a religious cross painted in mud.
In addition to the raft box and a few personal items, an empty wallet was found in the car. Identity documents, passports or other documents were not found by the investigators.
Almost a day after the disappearance of Martin, the police found that someone had access to the personal mail of the missing person. According to the IP address, the police figured out that the signal was coming from Mexico, after which they received an order to investigate the phone bill data and the missing information from the mail.
It turned out that on the day of the escape, Martin bought an equipped Wi-Fi tablet company HP in one of the city Best Buy. At the same time, the fugitive purchased the gadget using the corporate card of the store on which his name was inscribed. Find tablet failed.
Details of Martin's escape emerged from a conversation with a girl who, according to the investigation, was in “close relationship” with the wanted person. The woman stated that the officer faked his death. As evidence, she reported on a letter from Martin: in it he talked about a successful “suicide” and a plan for further action.
As follows from the letter, Martin threw the car at the lake and took the bike, which drove about 13 kilometers. At a roadside shop, he threw the vehicle into a garbage can and drove to the border by taxi. In Mexico, he took a bus. Police accused Martin of false alarm because of the falsification of his death. In his search involved aviation, staff on the water and accessible ground brigades. As a punishment, the officer was threatened with a fine of $ 3,5 thousand.
Martin's 4 may have been detained at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport, which is located in Texas. It turned out that the officer who had left the USA returned from Colombia. What he did in this country and for what reason he returned to Texas - the police did not specify. Martin is arrested and is awaiting investigation.
