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A Texas man is facing execution for fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend
Charles Victor Thompson became the first U.S. execution of 2026 after the Texas Board of Pardons denied clemency; his case involved disputed cause of victim's death.
- On Wednesday, Charles Victor Thompson was scheduled to receive a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for the 1998 killings of Glenda Dennise Hayslip and Darren Keith Cain.
- Prosecutors say Thompson and Hayslip had been romantically involved for a year but split after Thompson became increasingly possessive, jealous and abusive, and court records show he argued with Cain around 3 a.m. before police told him to leave.
- Defense lawyers contend Hayslip died from medical care complications, but juries rejected malpractice claims in 2002 and again sentenced Thompson to death in the November 2005 punishment trial.
- The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles on Monday denied Thompson's request to commute his death sentence, while Thompson's attorneys asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay his execution and prosecutors noted the Hayslip and Cain families have waited over twenty-five years for justice.
- Shortly after being resentenced, Thompson escaped from Harris County Jail in Houston by walking out virtually unchallenged and was arrested Sunday in Shreveport, Louisiana, 200 miles away, while trying to wire money to Canada.
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Texas Executes Killer of 2
A Texas man who once escaped custody and spent three days on the run after being sentenced to death for fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend was put to death Wednesday, becoming the first person executed in the US this year. Charles Victor Thompson, 55, was pronounced dead...
·Miami, United States
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At the end of the 1990s, Charles Victor Thompson had killed two people. His last appeal was rejected an hour before his execution.
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Double murderer who fled jail begs for forgiveness — before he's given jab on death row - The Mirror
Charles Victor Thompson was given the lethal injection today at a prison in Huntsville, Texas, nearly 30 years after murdering Glenda Dennise Hayslip and Darren Keith Cain
·London, United Kingdom
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