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[h=1]Pilot presumed dead has been found alive 4 years later, family says[/h]
http://myfox8.com/2017/09/05/pilot-presumed-dead-has-been-found-alive-4-years-later-family-says/MINNEAPOLIS Four years ago, a missionary pilot from Minnesota disappeared during a flight from South Africa to Mali and was never heard from again.
Though no wreckage of the Beechcraft 1900C was ever found, South African authorities declared two months later that Jerry Krause had crashed and died.
Now his family says new evidence has caused the South African government to remove their official report and that Krause is actually alive and has been seen, CBS Minnesota reports.
The family even says the US government knows Krauses whereabouts but the Department of Defense doesnt have authorization to act on the information. According to the familys Find Jerry Facebook page, their understanding is that President Trump or Vice President Pence would need to approve any rescue attempt.
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2017/09/01/missing-mn-missionary-alive/Krauses youngest daughter, Jessica, looked back on the day her life changed course from her home in Indianapolis.
Its a routine flight hes done multiple times, Jessica said. I thought, Just give it some time and its all going to be OK. Now its been close to four-and-a-half years.
Krause served as a missionary pilot in Africa since 1989, where he raised his three kids with his wife, Gina.
On April 7, 2013, Krause planned to fly a new plane from South Africa to Mali. His last communication came from the island of Sao Tome where he stopped to re-fuel.
We had airplanes doing searches, we had boat searches, we had a reward on the island for any information, Jessica said.
Two months later, no plane debris, no black box and no answers.