TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICEDeath Row Inmate Information
Name: Hinojosa, Richard
TDCJ Number: 999246
Date of Birth: 11/17/61
Date Received: 12/9/97
Age (when received): 36
Education Level (Highest Grade Completed): 5 years
Date of Offense: 5/10/94
Age (at the time of offense): 32
County: Bexar
Race: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Hair Color: Black
Height (in Feet and Inches): 5′ 10″
Weight (in Pounds): 224
Eye Color: Green
Native County: Bexar
Native State: Texas
Prior Occupation: Construction Worker
Prior Prison Record: TDCJ #437560, received 11/26/86, Bexar County, 8 years, voluntary manslaughter and robbery by threats, released on mandatory supervision to Bexar County on 12/1/88. Discharged from sentence 11/3/94.
Summary of Incident: On May 10, 1994 in San Antonio Hinojosa kidnapped, robbed, sexually assaulted, and murdered a 19 year old white female. The victim found Hinojosa burglarizing her residence. She was driven in her own car to an isolated location where she was robbed, sexually assaulted and stabbed to death with what was believed to have been a screwdriver. DNA testing linked Hinojosa to the killing.
Co-Defendants: None.
Race and Gender of Victim: White Female
