TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICEDeath Row Inmate Information
Name: Austin, Perry Allen
TDCJ Number: 999410
Date of Birth: 06/23/1959
Date Received: 04/25/2002
Age (when Received): 42
Education Level (Highest Grade Completed): 9
Date of Offense: 8/19/1992
Age (at the time of Offense): 20
County: Harris
Race: White
Gender: Male
Hair Color: Black
Height (in Feet and Inches): 5′ 9″
Weight (in Pounds): 163
Eye Color: Brown
Native County: Harris
Native State: Texas
Prior Occupation: Laborer
Prior Prison Record: #292744, received on 6/7/1979 on a 30 year sentence from Dallas County for 2 counts of aggravated rape, 1 count of attempted aggravated rape, and 1 count of aggravated robbery; released on mandatory supervision on 7/24/1991.
Summary of Incident: On 8/19/1992, Austin went to the Harris County home of the victim (a 9-year-old white male), looking for the victim's older brother. The victim got in the car with Austin and left, presumably to look for the older brother. The skeletal remains of the victim were found on 4/23/1993 in a landfill located in Harris County.
Co-Defendants: None
Race and Gender of Victim: White male
