Death Row Information

Inmate Information

	Name	Anibal Canales, Jr.
	TDCJ Number	999366
	Date of Birth	12/1/1964
	Date Received	11/1/2000
	Age (when Received)	35
	Education Level (Highest Grade Completed)	10
	Date of Offense	7/11/1997
	Age (at the time of Offense)	32
	County	Bowie
	Race	Hispanic
	Gender	Male
	Hair Color	Black
	Height (in Feet and Inches)	6′ 5″
	Weight (in Pounds)	280
	Eye Color	Brown
	Native County	Lake County
	Native State	Illinois

Prior Occupation
sound engineer, laborer

Prior Prison Record
Federal Correctional Institution on a 5 year sentence for 1 count of possession of stolen mail. Confined 6 months, released to Federal probation during 1983. June 1984, returned as a Federal probation violator. 8/17/1984 released on bench warrant to Texas detainer. TDCJ-ID on a 15 year sentence from Bexar County for 1 count of sexual assault. 6/25/1990 released on parole to "hold" from US Marshall Office. 12/17/1993 returned as a parole violator from Bexar County. 2/17/1995 released on mandatory supervision to a "hold" from Bexar County Sheriff's Office. 2/3/1995 returned from mandatory supervision on a 15 year sentence for 1 count of aggravated sexual assault.

Summary of Incident
On 7/11/1997 at the Telford Unit in Bowie County, Canales strangled to death a 47 year old white inmate in the victim's cell.

Co-Defendants
William Speer

Race and Gender of Victim
White male