Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Death row inmate Charles Victor Thompson provides details on Dec. 15, 2005, of his short-lived escape from a Harris County jail.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Texas death row inmate who gained notoriety after a brazen escape from jail has been executed for the double murder of his ...

A Texas man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend died by lethal injection Wednesday evening, marking the first US execution of the year. Charles Victor Thompson, 55, was ...

A scorned ex-boyfriend who gunned down his former flame and her new beau in a fit of jealous rage shared chilling final words as he was put to death. Charles Victor Thompson, 55, died by lethal ...

The Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville, or Huntsville Unit, opened in 1849 and houses Texas' execution chamber. Texas is set to carry out its first execution of the year Wednesday. Charles Victor ...

India, Jan. 29 -- A Texas man who had previously escaped custody after being sentenced to death was executed by lethal injection, becoming the first person put to death in the United States this year.

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Texas inmate Charles Victor Thompson, convicted of a 1998 double murder, was put to death Wednesday, becoming the first person executed in the U.S. this year, the Associated Press ...

A Texas man died after being given a lethal injection on Wednesday ... becoming the first person to be executed in the United States in 2026. Charles Victor Thompson was pronounced dead at 6:50 PM ...