TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICEDeath Row Inmate Information
Name: Speer, William
TDCJ Number: 999398
Date of Birth: 09/29/1974
Date Received: 10/30/2001
Age (when Received): 27
Education Level (Highest Grade Completed): 8
Date of Offense: 07/11/1997
Age (at the time of Offense): 23
County: Bowie
Race: White
Gender: Male
Hair Color: Black
Height (in Feet and Inches): 6′ 0″
Weight (in Pounds): 215
Eye Color: Brown
Native County: Harris
Native State: Texas
Prior Occupation: Laborer
Prior Prison Record: #668485 - life sentence from Harris County for 1 count of capital murder with a deadly weapon
Summary of Incident: On 7/11/1997 at the Telford Unit in Bowie County, Speer strangled to death a 47 year old white inmate in the victim's cell.
Co-Defendants: Anibal Canales
Race and Gender of Victim: White male
