SEX OFFENDER KILLS HOMELESS MAN TO FAKE DEATH

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A CONVICTED sex offender killed a homeless man to fake his own death and evade rape charges cops say.
Michael A. Gilbert, 42, is accused of shooting the man who he thought resembled him, stuffing him in the trunk of his car and then setting it on fire.
Although he'd left his license in the car, dental records proved the dead man was not Gilbert, but officers in Fort Worth, TX, are still baffled as to who the man is.
   
There were two outstanding warrants for Gilbert's arrest. One is for a sexual assault with a minor under 17 and the other is failure to register a change of address, Fort Worth Police Officer Sharron Neal said.
In 1987, he was convicted of raping a 12-year-old girl.
"The fire department always checks the hood and the trunk and so when they popped the trunk, that's when they discovered a body," she said.

"The autopsy did reveal that the victim had a gunshot wound to the head."
It's not the first time Gilbert has attempted to fake his death.
Using the alias "Michael Brown," he called authorities in Biloxi, Miss., in 2002 and said that his cousin was drowning.
Gilbert was faking his own death to avoid returning to jail over a parole violation, police said and he was charged with sending false distress signals and sentenced to six months in jail.
No body was ever found, police said.
"We're still searching for more evidence and pursuing capital murder charges," Neal said. Gilbert has spent the past two decades in and out of jail.