around and met him, and they had a fight. jay is pressed with his back against the driver s side door. and manages to kick the carjacking into his face and out the passenger side door. the carjacker, obviously injured drops the gun and gets away. the carjacker drops the gun and gets away. that crime remained unsolved until pictures of thompson appeared in the paper for the murder of ray liuzza. when thompson s phot photo appeared, all three lagarde children identified john thompson as their attacker. thompson went on trial for the carjacking first. prosecutors knew a conviction would make him more likely to receive the death penalty for the liuzza murder. this is in keeping with harry connick sr. s reputation, his father of the famous musician, harry connick jr. his nearly three decade tenure,