PHONY ROCKERFELLER CHARGED IN BRUTAL CALI SLAY

KILLER?

A MYSTERY man who fooled hundreds of people, including his wife into believing he was an heir to the Rockerfeller fortune, has now been charged with murder. 
Christian Gerhartsreite who calls himself Clark Rockerfeller used multiple aliases to move in wealthy circles in Boston, New York and Los Angeles, claimed at various times to be a physicist, an art collector, a ship captain and a financial adviser who renegotiated debt for small countries.
But the oddball, who's life was made into a TV movie 2009 he was convicted in the kidnapping of his 7-year-old daughter and sentenced to a four to five year sentence. 
Now however, he has been charged with murder of a Southern California man more than 25 years ago, the Los Angeles District
Attorney's office said.
Along with his wife Linda, John Sohus, 27, disappeared from San Marino, CA in 1985, but his body wasn't found until 11 years later. 
Gerhartsreite, who used several aliases, including Christopher Chichester during his time in the town, was living with Sohus's mother at the time and vanished shortly after they went missing.
 Now the German national has been named as a person of interest in the disappearance and presumed slayings of the Sohus couple after his 2008 arrest.
District Attorney's spokeswoman Jane Robinson said he has been tied to the disposal of a pickup truck owned by the Sohus couple, but she wouldn't say whether new evidence had been uncovered leading prosecutors to file the charge.
Gerhartsreiter's attorney said he was surprised by the development.
Jeffrey Denner said: "Based on all the information that I have, I believe in his innocence. I'm very interested in seeing what new evidence that the government has come up with that prompted them to the point of actually charging him."
Gerhartsreite faces 26-years if charged.