TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Name:  Galloway, Billy John

TDCJ Number:  999349

Date of Birth:  03/22/1969

Date Received:  03/27/2000

Age (when Received):  31

Education Level (Highest Grade Completed):  6

Date of Offense:  09/08/1998

Age (at the time of Offense):  29

County:  Hunt

Race:  White

Gender:  Male

Hair Color:  Brown

Height (in Feet and Inches):  5′ 11″

Weight (in Pounds):  175

Eye Color:  Blue

Native County:  Onondaga

Native State:  New York

Prior Occupation:  Laborer

Prior Prison Record:  South Dakota Department of Corrections #26628, 12/13/90, 8 year split sentence (4 years to serve, 4 years suspended) for 1 count of Grand Theft; paroled on 2/12/93; 4/14/93 returned as a parole violator; paroled 1995; #32021 5 year sentence for 1 count of Attempted Robbery First Degree 10/16/96; paroled 6/6/98

Summary of Incident:  On 09/08/98 in Greenville, Galloway and three co-defendants met a 40 year old white male at his motel room. They left the motel in the victim's rented vehicle and traveled 3 blocks from the motel and turned into a parking lot. As the victim left the vehicle Galloway hit him several times with a hammer and one of the co-defendants hit him several times with a log. Two other co-defendants moved the body behind a building and took his wallet. All the assailants fled in the victim's rented vehicle. They were arrested after a routine traffic stop in San Antonio.

Co-Defendants:  Bayless, Deannee Ann; Anderson, Venue Joy; Varga, Kevin Scott

Race and Gender of Victim:  White male