TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Name:  Roach, Tony

TDCJ Number:  999323

Date of Birth:  11/09/1976

Date Received:  08/18/1999

Age (when Received):  22

Education Level (Highest Grade Completed):  10

Date of Offense:  06/08/1998

Age (at the time of offense):  21

County:  Potter

Race:  White

Gender:  Male

Hair Color:  Brown

Height (in Feet and Inches):  5′ 8″

Weight (in Pounds):  169

Eye Color:  Brown

Native County:  Greenville

Native State:  South Carolina

Prior Occupation:  Laborer

Prior Prison Record:  South Carolina Department of Corrections on a 6-year sentence for Armed Robbery and Assault and Battery (subject robbed an adult white male of his vehicle, using a .45 caliber pistol to strike the victim causing minor injuries); released on Parole in 1998.

Summary of Incident:  On 06/08/98, in Amarillo, Texas, Roach fatally strangled a 29-year old white female after burglarizing her residence. Roach knocked on the victim's apartment door and when he did not receive an answer, he pried open a window and gained entry. Roach saw the victim sitting in the living room. Roach hid in the bathroom and when the victim walked down the hallway, he confronted her. The victim struggled with Roach. He placed a belt around her neck and strangled her. When the victim was dead, Roach sexually assaulted the body. Roach set fire to the residence prior to leaving.

Co-Defendants:  None

Race and Gender of Victim:  White Female