Charles Victor Thompson

Charles Victor Thompson (born 13 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.

In 2008, a book authored by Roger Rodriguez was released titled The Grass Beneath His Feet: The Charles Victor Thompson Story. In it, Rodriguez highlights the intimate details regarding the design of Charle's escape. The book does not reveal how Charles received a handcuff key. Charles remains on death row in Livingston, Texas at the Polunsky Unit.

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