German ‘Rockefeller’ sentenced by US court
16 Aug 2013 5:56 AM IST
A German impostor who tried to pass as a Rockefeller family heir and was found guilty of murdering his landlord faces sentencing Thursday.
Christian Gerhartsreiter, 52, will hear his fate in a Los Angeles federal court after he lost a bid last month to delay the process.
He could end up getting life behind bars.Gerhartsreiter who went missing in February 1985 together with his wife Linda. His remains were found nine years later in the backyard of his home in an upscale Los Angeles neighbourhood. Prosecutors believe the German also killed Linda Sohus, but he was only charged with one murder. When the couple vanished, Gerhartsreiter was living in a guest house owned by the victim’s mother.
After the alleged crime, Gerhartsreiter moved to the East Coast state of Connecticut and changed his name a number of times, eventually becoming Clark Rockefeller and getting married, fooling even his wife for 12 years.
Gerhartsreiter -- who also pretended to be a Hollywood producer and an English aristocrat during his years evading arrest after the killing - came to the US more than three decades ago.
Christian Gerhartsreiter, 52, will hear his fate in a Los Angeles federal court after he lost a bid last month to delay the process.
He could end up getting life behind bars.Gerhartsreiter who went missing in February 1985 together with his wife Linda. His remains were found nine years later in the backyard of his home in an upscale Los Angeles neighbourhood. Prosecutors believe the German also killed Linda Sohus, but he was only charged with one murder. When the couple vanished, Gerhartsreiter was living in a guest house owned by the victim’s mother.
After the alleged crime, Gerhartsreiter moved to the East Coast state of Connecticut and changed his name a number of times, eventually becoming Clark Rockefeller and getting married, fooling even his wife for 12 years.
Gerhartsreiter -- who also pretended to be a Hollywood producer and an English aristocrat during his years evading arrest after the killing - came to the US more than three decades ago.
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