TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICEDeath Row Inmate Information
Name: Runnels, Travis Trevino
TDCJ Number: 999505
Date of Birth: 12/17/1972
Date Received: 11/18/2005
Age (when Received): 32
Education Level (Highest Grade Completed): 11
Date of Offense: 01/29/2003
Age (at the time of Offense): 30
County: Potter
Race: Black
Gender: Male
Hair Color: Black
Height (in Feet and Inches): 6′ 0″
Weight (in Pounds): 208
Eye Color: Brown
Native County: Dallas
Native State: Texas
Prior Occupation: Laborer
Prior Prison Record: TDCJ# 081244 on a five-year sentence for burglary of a building from Dallas County; TDCJ# 782388 on a 70-year sentence for aggravated robbery from Dallas County.
Summary of Incident: On January 29, 2003, in Potter County, while incarcerated in the TDCJ Clements Unit, Runnels fatally stabbed a 40-year-old white male who was working in the unit boot factory.
Co-Defendants: None
Race and Gender of Victim: White male
