Rockefeller impostor on murder charge

Thu Mar 17, 2011

BBC News

A German man who claimed to be a descendant of US oil tycoon John D Rockefeller has been charged with murder over the disappearance of a man from California more than 25 years ago.

Lawyers filed the charge against Christian Gerhartsreiter, 49, who has taken on many identities in the past.

Gerhartsreiter had previously been considered a person of interest in the 1985 killing of John Sohus.

He is currently in prison for kidnapping his seven-year-old daughter.

Read More: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12762496

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