TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICEDeath Row Inmate Information
Name: Garcia, Joseph Christopher
TDCJ Number: 999441
Date of Birth: 11/06/1971
Date Received: 02/14/2003
Age (when Received): 31
Education Level (Highest Grade Completed): 12
Date of Offense: 12/24/2000
Age (at the time of Offense): 29
County: Dallas
Race: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Hair Color: Black
Height (in Feet and Inches): 5′ 9″
Weight (in Pounds): 202
Eye Color: Brown
Native County: Bexar
Native State: Texas
Prior Occupation: maintenance, laborer
Prior Prison Record: #774391 on a 50 year sentence from Bexar County for murder with a deadly weapon; 12/13/2000 escaped from custody
Summary of Incident: On 12/24/2000, in Irving, Texas, Garcia and six co-defendants fatally shot a 31 year old white male police officer while on escape from the TDCJ Connally Unit.
Co-Defendants: Patrick Murphy, George Rivas, Randy Halprin, Larry Harper, Michael Rodriguez, Donald Newbury
Race and Gender of Victim: white male
