TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICEDeath Row Inmate Information
Name: Hernandez, Jesse Joe
TDCJ Number: 999425
Date of Birth: 06/08/1964
Date Received: 08/08/2002
Age (when Received): 38
Education Level (Highest Grade Completed): 10
Date of Offense: 04/11/2001
Age (at the time of Offense): 36
County: Dallas
Race: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Hair Color: Black
Height (in Feet and Inches): 5′ 3″
Weight (in Pounds): 145
Eye Color: Brown
Native County: Dallas
Native State: Texas
Prior Occupation: Laborer
Prior Prison Record: X/TDCJ-ID #705762, on a 3 year sentence from Dallas County for 1 count each of indecency with a child and possession of a controlled substance cocaine, 07/11/1997 returned from mandatory supervision, 07/14/1998 released on mandatory supervision in absentia, 12/11/1998 received mandatory supervision discharge.
Summary of Incident: On 04/11/2001, in Dallas, Texas, Hernandez struck an 11 month old Hispanic male and his sister in the head with a flashlight. The children had been left in the care of Hernandez when the incident took place. The sister survived her injuries, but the 11 month old did not.
Co-Defendants: N/A
Race and Gender of Victim: Hispanic male, Hispanic female
