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Updated: 4:58 p.m. Monday, May 28, 2007 | Posted: 2:17 p.m. Monday, May 28, 2007

Missing Pilot Had Been Charged With Indecent Liberties



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YAKIMA, Wash. —

The pilot of a small plane that vanished from radar over the Cascade Range was awaiting trial in an indecent liberties case in Tacoma, records show.

An aerial search has failed to produce any trace of the rented Cessna 177 flown by George E. Trupp, 53, of Snoqualmie, since it disappeared on March 22, said Thomas M. Peterson, state aviation emergency coordinator.

The search was suspended Sunday because of windy weather and turbulence over the rugged terrain, Peterson said.

Trupp pleaded guilty in 1994 to communication with a minor for immoral purposes, a misdemeanor, and is scheduled for arraignment on an indecent liberties charge this Wednesday in Pierce County Superior Court, records show.

Prosecutors say Trupp is accused of groping a 20-year-old babysitter at a home in Puyallup. Trial is set for June 20.

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