TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICEDeath Row Inmate Information
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Name: Brooks, Charlie Jr.
TDCJ Number: 592
Date of Birth: 9/1/1942
Date Received: 4/25/1978
Age (when Received): 35
Education Level (Highest Grade Completed): 12
Date of Offense: 12/14/1976
Age (at the time of Offense): 34
County: Tarrant
Race: Black
Gender: Male
Hair Color: Black
Height (in Feet and Inches): 5′ 9″
Weight (in Pounds): 150
Eye Color: mar (according to DPS records)
Native County: Tarrant
Native State: Texas
Prior Occupation: Laborer
Prior Prison Record: Federal Prison, Leavenworth, Illegal Possession of Firearms, Discharged 1968 TDCJ #214019, Discharged in 1975
Summary of Incident: Brooks went to a car lot under the pretense of wanting to test drive a car. A mechanic accompanied him on the drive. Brooks stopped to pick up a co-defendant. The mechanic was put in the trunk of the car. Brooks and his co-defendant went to a motel. The mechanic was brought out of the trunk and taken into a motel room. The mechanic was bound with coat hangers, gagged with adhesive tape, and shot in the head, causing his death. Brooks and the co-defendant fled the scene.
Co-Defendants: Woody Loudres
Race and Gender of Victim: White Male
