Charles Victor Thompson was executed for the 1998 murders of his ex-girlfriend Glenda Dennise Hayslip and her new boyfriend Darren Keith Cain.

Texas on Wednesday evening conducted the United States' first execution of the year, putting a 55-year-old man to death for the 1998 double murder of his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend.

Charles Thompson, who was convicted of murdering of his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend in 1999, was the person executed in Texas this year.

Charles Victor Thompson was condemned for the April 1998 shooting deaths of his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend at her apartment in the Houston suburb of Tomball.

Charles Thompson, who once briefly escaped custody after being sentenced to death, is scheduled to be executed Wednesday ...

Charles Victor Thompson was sentenced to death for killing his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend in 1998.

A Texas death row inmate who gained notoriety after a brazen escape from jail has been executed for the double murder of his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend in 1998. Charles Victor Thompson, 55, ...

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