Escapee from Texas death row captured in Louisiana

Associated Press
Published November 7, 2005

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HOUSTON - A death row inmate who slipped out of a Texas jail last week wearing street clothes was captured Sunday as he talked on a pay phone in Shreveport, La., authorities said.

Charles Victor Thompson had a bicycle with him when Shreveport police, acting on a tip relayed by the U.S. Marshals Service, approached him late Sunday, Harris County sheriff's Lt. John Martin said. Martin wouldn't discuss the tip that lead to Thompson's arrest.

A $10,000 reward had been offered for information leading to his capture.