No Pulitzer for murderer who impersonated Katrina victim
Two Chronicle reporters note that escaped murderer Charles Victor Thompson impersonated a Katrina victim while on the run:
Former escapee and condemned murderer Charles Victor Thompson posed as a Hurricane Katrina victim to get donations while on the run in Louisiana, an official familiar with the case said Wednesday.
"Some people up there in Shreveport, in retrospect, remembered who he was, having seen him and talked to him about him being a Katrina victim," said the official who asked not to be identified because he was not authorized to speak publicly about the case.
He said Thompson was able to get a small amount of money and clothes while he was in northwest Louisiana, but the official did not have details about who may have provided the donations.
No charges have been filed against anyone for aiding the fugitive.
"They didn't do anything major for him," the official said, "just little piddly handouts. Nothing that would really advance him anywhere or anything like that."
If Thompson had been a Chronicle reporter instead, at least one Chronicle editor might have called the deception responsible first-person journalism! Alas, there will be no Pulitzer for Mr. Thompson.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 11/10/05 10:45 PM | Print |
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