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Death Row killer escapes Texas jail with fake ID

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HOUSTON - A Death Row inmate escaped from a county jail after he obtained civilian clothing and a fake ID badge, authorities said.

Charles Victor Thompson got into civilian clothing and "apparently he fooled somebody into thinking he had some reason for being there, and they let him out," Harris County sheriff's Lt. John Martin was quoted as saying in the Friday editions of the Houston Chronicle.

Thompson, 35, of Tomball was being held Thursday in the Harris County Jail after he was resentenced last week in the 1998 shooting deaths of his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend.

"He had changed out of the orange jumpsuit that inmates ordinarily wear," Martin said. "He may have been taken out of the cell block and put in the attorney booth in the guise of having an attorney visit."

Thompson had an ID card suggesting he worked for the Texas Attorney General's office.

?It was convincing enough?
"It was convincing enough that the deputy let him out of the facility," Martin said.

Authorities and witnesses characterized Thompson as a narcissistic sociopath who turns violent under stress, according to the Chronicle. He was also linked with the white supremacist group Aryan Brotherhood while in prison, the newspaper said.

Thompson remained at large Friday and investigators were questioning jail employees. Martin said Thompson, who is white, 6 feet tall, and weighs about 230 pounds, is considered extremely dangerous and should not be approached if spotted.

Thompson was to be returned to the state prison system within 45 days, according to Department of Criminal Justice spokeswoman Michelle Lyons.

Martin said Thompson was convicted of capital murder in the April 1998 shooting deaths of Dennise Hayslip and Darren Cain, and had been sentenced to death. He was being held in the Harris County Jail after a jury last week resentenced him to death.

"This is something that's just unfathomable to me," Hayslip's brother, Mike Donaghy, 45, of Tomball told the Chronicle. "How can a convicted murderer get away like that?"

?My heart died?
Hayslip's mother, Wynona Donaghy, 62, said she thought people were joking when they called her Tomball antique shop to tell her the news after seeing it on television.

"I said, 'That's the sickest joke you've ever played on me,'" she said. "They said, 'Charles Victor Thompson ? he's loose.' My heart died."

The Houston Chronicle reported that Thompson was sentenced Oct. 28 in the killings of his ex-girlfriend, Hayslip, 39, of Tomball, and her new love interest, Cain, 30, of Spring, after a jury concluded his troubled background did not warrant a life sentence.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals had ordered the new sentencing hearing. A new jury sentenced Thompson Oct. 28 to death.
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Why are they so stupid?? :shock: now there is a killer on the loose somewhere in texas
 
Social Engineering and a little elbow grease can pretty much get you anywhere or anything you want. you can have all the security and technology in the world but its completely irrelevant because the biggest weakness, the human factor can always be exploited.
 
Another one of those 'Only in America' stories.
 
Hahaha, I live in Harris County. But with the quality of the Police around here, I doubt he will be caught for a very long time.

O well, I am not worried. Harris County is a big area with a lot of people(I believe more than 1 million).
 
No we don't. Not unless they start something first.

We get more pleasure puttin em on death row. I believe at one point(dunno if its still true) Texas had more people on death row than all other states cobined.
 
why put them there? why not straight to the table?
 
there's a line :lol:
besides thats just how the system is. We all know that it doesnt work. Actually, it does in a way because there are quite a few people who are proven innocent while on their time on DR. Either because of new evidence or new technology(DNA testing)
 
I was working not 6 blocks from that prison the night he escaped :|
Cops were everywhere downtown so I wasn't worried about getting killed to death. And the building I work you need codes to enter anything other than the lobby. Plus it's the CSI building so there's always cops. :)
 
flyingfridge said:
Another one of those 'Only in America' stories.
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wow, you're not very smart are you? People have escaped from many places across the globe with barely more than some clever words. It's called social engineering, and it happens everywhere. Albert Spaggiari escaped French interrogation just by jumping out the window and grabbing a motorcycle, how simple is that? While not an example of social engineering itself it illustrates how simple ideas can get you out of situations anywhere.
 
Re: Death Row killer escapes Texas jail with fake ID

bartboy9891 said:
Why are they so stupid?? :shock: now there is a killer on the loose somewhere in texas
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:shock: Only one?
 
Re: Death Row killer escapes Texas jail with fake ID

bihus said:
bartboy9891 said:
Why are they so stupid?? :shock: now there is a killer on the loose somewhere in texas
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:shock: Only one?
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:lol:

Just the laugh I need at 2am! :)
 
My 'Stupid Escape' favourite actually comes from France.

Prisoner in maximum security prison has an accomplice outside the gaol. Accomplice sends a fax to the prison warden, with the symbol/letterhead of the French Ministry of Justice on the top of it. It basically said "Prisoner X is to be released immediately, by order of Minister Y"

The prison guards let him out.

NTM
 
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