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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 Idaho 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.
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.
