TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Name:  Bustamante, Samuel

TDCJ Number:  999380

Date of Birth:  12/11/1969

Date Received:  3/16/2001

Age (when Received):  31

Education Level (Highest Grade Completed):  10

Date of Offense:  1/18/1998

Age (at the time of Offense):  28

County:  Fort Bend

Race:  Hispanic

Gender:  Male

Hair Color:  Black

Height (in Feet and Inches):  5′ 7″

Weight (in Pounds):  264

Eye Color:  Brown

Native County:  Wharton

Native State:  Texas

Prior Occupation:  Laborer

Prior Prison Record:  North Carolina Department of Corrections on a one year sentence for Forgery, confined 6 months, released on parole; #503412 on a 5 year sentence from Wharton County for one count of Burglary of a Building, released on parole to Dallas County; returned from parole with a four year sentence for one count of possession of a prohibited weapon, released on parole on 2/16/1991.

Summary of Incident:  On 1/18/1998, Bustamante gave a 27 year old Hispanic male a ride. Then he stabbed him 10 times with a knife, resulting in the victim's death. Bustamante committed the offenses along with three other co-defendants.

Co-Defendants:  Diedrick Depriest, Aurthur Escamilla, Walter Escamilla

Race and Gender of Victim:  hispanic male