Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter (born February 21, 1961) is a German impostor who is currently serving a sentence of 27 years to life in the United States for murder. In his late teens Gerhartsreiter moved to the U.S., where he lived under a succession of aliases while variously claiming to be an art collector, a physicist, a ship's captain, a negotiator of international debt agreements, and an English aristocrat. He was quite plausible, and at one point was hired to work in a brokerage firm. In 1995 while using the assumed identity Clark Rockefeller, he married a successful businesswoman. The couple had one child, a daughter. Gerhartsreiter lived a prosperous lifestyle solely on his wife's income. She became dissatisfied with his secretive, controlling behavior, and sought a divorce. Inquiries on her behalf revealed he had fabricated his name and family background. The couple divorced and Gerhartsreiter agreed to limited access to his daughter on supervised visits. Gerhartsreiter was arrested in 2008, six days after he abducted his daughter while she was on a visit. He was subsequently convicted of the custodial kidnapping of his daughter. Aside from Clark Rockefeller, other aliases used by Gerhartsreiter included: Chris C. Crowe, Chris Chichester, Charles Smith, and Chip Smith, among others. Gerhartsreiter's true identity was discovered after his arrest. Police had been seeking him since the 1980s as a suspect in the disappearance of a married couple. He was subsequently convicted of the 1985 murder of a man in California, and is now serving 27 years to life in California prison.. }
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- Christian_Gerhartsreiter abstract "Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter (born February 21, 1961) is a German impostor who is currently serving a sentence of 27 years to life in the United States for murder. In his late teens Gerhartsreiter moved to the U.S., where he lived under a succession of aliases while variously claiming to be an art collector, a physicist, a ship's captain, a negotiator of international debt agreements, and an English aristocrat. He was quite plausible, and at one point was hired to work in a brokerage firm. In 1995 while using the assumed identity Clark Rockefeller, he married a successful businesswoman. The couple had one child, a daughter. Gerhartsreiter lived a prosperous lifestyle solely on his wife's income. She became dissatisfied with his secretive, controlling behavior, and sought a divorce. Inquiries on her behalf revealed he had fabricated his name and family background. The couple divorced and Gerhartsreiter agreed to limited access to his daughter on supervised visits. Gerhartsreiter was arrested in 2008, six days after he abducted his daughter while she was on a visit. He was subsequently convicted of the custodial kidnapping of his daughter. Aside from Clark Rockefeller, other aliases used by Gerhartsreiter included: Chris C. Crowe, Chris Chichester, Charles Smith, and Chip Smith, among others. Gerhartsreiter's true identity was discovered after his arrest. Police had been seeking him since the 1980s as a suspect in the disappearance of a married couple. He was subsequently convicted of the 1985 murder of a man in California, and is now serving 27 years to life in California prison.".