TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICEDeath Row Inmate Information
Name: Whitaker, Thomas
TDCJ Number: 999522
Date of Birth: 12/31/1979
Date Received: 03/23/2007
Age (when Received): 27
Education Level (Highest Grade Completed): 12th grade
Date of Offense: 12/10/2003
Age (at the time of Offense): 23
County: Fort Bend
Race: White
Gender: Male
Hair Color: Brown
Height (in Feet and Inches): 5′ 9″
Weight (in Pounds): 183 lbs
Eye Color: Hazel
Native County: Harris
Native State: Texas
Prior Occupation: None
Prior Prison Record: None
Summary of Incident: On the evening of December 10, 2003 in Fort Bend County, the subject and the victims, a 56 year-old white male, a 53 year-old white female and a 19 year-old white male returned home from dinner. When they arrived at the residence, Chris Brachere shot the three victims each one time with a 9 millimeter pistol, killing the female and the 19 year-old white male. The 56 year-old white male sustained a gunshot wound to the chest, but survived.
The subject conspired with two codefendants to kill the subject's family so that he would receive a $1,500,000 inheritance.
Co-Defendants: Chris Brachere, Steven Champagne
Race and Gender of Victim: White male and white female
