Charles Victor Thompson

Charles Victor Thompson (born 16 June 1970) is an American criminal. Sentenced to death for the murder of his ex-girlfriend and her lover in 1998, Thompson made headlines in 2005 by escaping from Harris County Jail in Houston, Texas after a parole meeting using a forged ID badge, claiming to be with the Attorney General's office. He was captured three days later outside a liquor store in Shreveport, Louisiana where he was using a pay phone while intoxicated. He was able to get food and clothing, he told investigators, posing as a Hurricane Katrina evacuee. He also got money from Good Samaritans in Shreveport.

External links

• Texas Department of Criminal Justice: Charles Victor Thompson
• CNN report on his escape and re-capture
• Thompson's victims memorial page as well as trial information

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Name	Thompson, Charles Victor
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Date of birth	16 June 1970
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