TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICEDeath Row 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
