Death Row Inmate Information

Name: Russell, Pete Jr.
TDCJ Number: 999443
Date of Birth: 05/02/1973
Date Received: 02/26/2003
Age (when Received): 29
Education Level (Highest Grade Completed): 9
Date of Offense: 08/13/2001
Age (at the time of Offense): 27
County: Harris
Race: Black
Gender: Male
Hair Color: Black
Height (in Feet and Inches): 6′ 3″
Weight (in Pounds): 188
Eye Color: Brown
Native County: Harris
Native State: Texas
Prior Occupation: clerk, welder, laborer
Prior Prison Record: #643435 on an eight year sentence from Harris County for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and aggravated robbery; 11/02/1999 discharged upon expiration of sentence
Summary of Incident: On 08/13/2001, in Houston, Texas, Russell fatally stabbed a 40 year old black female. Russell believed that the victim had set him up on a delivery of cocaine charge. Russell was sentenced to ten year on the cocaine charge, and committed this offense while on bond from the court to get his personal affairs in order before serving his sentence.
Co-Defendants: None
Race and Gender of Victim: black female
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