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Texas killer asks victims’ families for forgiveness before becoming first execution of 2026
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A Texas man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend died by lethal injection Wednesday evening, marking the first U.S. execution of the year.
Charles Victor Thompson, 55, was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. local time after receiving the injection at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s Huntsville Unit. He was found guilty in the April 1998 shooting deaths of his ex-girlfriend, Glenda Dennise Hayslip, 39, and her new boyfriend, Darren Keith Cain, 30, at the woman’s Houston-area apartment.
Before the lethal dose was administered, Thompson asked the families of his victims for forgiveness, adding that he hoped “you can begin to heal and move past this.”
“There are no winners in this situation,” he said after a spiritual adviser prayed over him, adding that his execution “creates more victims and traumatizes more people 28 years later.”
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Texas executed Charles Victor Thompson, the first person put to death in the U.S. this year. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP)
“I’m sorry for what I did. I’m sorry for what happened, and I want to tell all of y’all, I love you and that … keep Jesus in your life, keep Jesus first,” he said in his final words.
Thompson gasped loudly as the injection began taking effect, according to The Associated Press, before taking about a dozen breaths that turned into snoring sounds. He then stopped moving and was pronounced dead about 22 minutes later.
After witnessing the execution, Dennis Cain, whose son was killed by Thompson, said, “He’s in hell.”
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Charles Victor Thompson was executed in Texas for the 1998 killings of his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP)
Harris County District Attorney Sean Tear, whose office prosecuted the case, said, “This chapter is closed.”
“It was justice a long time coming,” he added.
On the night of the murders, Thompson visited Hayslip’s apartment at 3 a.m. and got into an argument with Cain, according to court records. Thompson was told to leave the complex after police were called, but returned three hours later and shot the couple.
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An execution chamber in a Texas prison. (AP)
Cain died at the scene, while Hayslip died one week later.
Thompson’s original death sentence was later overturned, but a jury again sentenced him to die by lethal injection following a new punishment trial in November 2005.
Not long after being resentenced, Thompson escaped from the Harris County Jail in Houston and spent three days on the run before being caught.
He was arrested in Louisiana while trying to set up overseas wire transfers in an apparent attempt to flee to Canada.
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About an hour before the scheduled execution, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a brief order rejecting a final appeal from Thompson. Earlier this week, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles denied Thompson’s request to commute his death sentence to a lesser penalty.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Those comfortable Fourth of July temperatures will come to an end this week as Southern California braces for more summer-like conditions and a heat advisory.
“Definitely going to be a tough week in front of us as finally we see a shift in the weather pattern,” KTLA meteorologist Henry DiCarlo said Monday. “We are going to see temperatures for the inland valleys making a run toward 100 degrees, more so tomorrow and through the rest of the week.”
The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory from 10 a.m. Tuesday through 8 p.m. Thursday as highs in the inland valleys reach between 90 and 100 degrees. Temperatures of 104 degrees or higher will be possible over portions of the Antelope Valley.
Residents are urged to stay out of the sun, wear light-colored clothing, drink plenty of water and never leave pets inside a hot car.
“We also have some fire concerns as we’re going to get some gusty winds going,” Henry said.
Temperatures are expected to cool slightly after Thursday, according to the Weather Service.
“We do get a moderate pullback for the upcoming weekend, but still warm and still above average,” Henry said.
One person is dead and multiple people were injured in a four-car crash near the Tarzana-Encino border Sunday.
The Los Angeles Fire Department responded to the crash on the 6400 block of Lindley Avenue at 6:02 p.m.
One person was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, firefighters said. A woman in her 30s was taken to the hospital for unknown injuries.
A power pole was brought down by the crash, causing telephone lines to fall into the street. Images of the crash appear to show the power pole lying across the hood of a black sedan in the area.
No other details are available at this time.
Drivers and residents in Huntington Park are being urged to plan ahead Sunday as street closures go into effect ahead of Mexico’s FIFA World Cup Round of 16 match. According to a traffic advisory shared by the Huntington Park Neighborhood Watch, road closures will begin at 4:30 p.m. Sunday in anticipation of the Mexico match. […]
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