Christian Longo fled to Mexico after killing his wife and three children in Oregon. While in Mexico, he impersonated Michael Finkel a former New York Times reporter. Finkel ended up establishing a relationship with Longo and believed him to be innocent until he took the stand. Finkel wrote a book about the relationship which was developed into a movie.
He is currently on death row in Oregon.
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