British tabloid claims Steve Fossett may have faked his own death

Earlier on this blog, I discussed Steve Fossett’s disappearance and his wife’s petition to declare him legally dead.  On February 15, 2008, he was declared legally dead.

However, because no one has found his body or wreckage of his plan, insurance investigators and Lieutenant Colonel Cynthia Ryan of the US Civil Air Patrol believe that it is possible that Mr. Fossett may have faked his death.

Here is the evidence as reported by Douglas Wight & Graeme Massie, Did Steve Fossett fake his own death?, News of the World, July 27, 2008:

• SECRET MISTRESSES: Fossett cheated on his wife with TWO lovers in an amazing double life.
• BAFFLING CHOICE OF PLANE: Fossett chose a light stunt aircraft which could be easily dismantled and hidden, a type he did NOT like.
• NO EMERGENCY KIT: Despite a lifetime’s experience he supposedly set off on the three-hour flight in just T-shirt and shorts with no parachute or his regular global positioning system watch.
• TAKE-OFF PUZZLE: The only witness who says he saw Fossett fly off has never been quizzed by the authorities.
• TRACKER RIDDLE: The plane was fitted with a satellite rescue beacon to pinpoint its position for rescuers but no signal was ever received.