Wreck of missing pilot is discovered


October 2, 2008 · Updated 9:32 AM 

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A hunter found wreckage containing the body of a Snoqualmie man Sept. 5 from a plane that had been missing for several months. George Trupp, 53, disappeared May 22 while piloting a small plane near Yakima.

Trupp was due in Pierce County Superior Court May 30 to face a charge of indecent liberties by forcible compulsion. He allegedly had groped a 20-year-old baby sitter against her will.

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