TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Name:  Hernandez, Ramon Torres

TDCJ Number:  999431

Date of Birth:  11/08/1971

Date Received:  10/21/2002

Age (when Received):  30

Education Level (Highest Grade Completed):  9

Date of Offense:  03/31/2001

Age (at the time of Offense):  29

County:  Bexar

Race:  Hispanic

Gender:  Male

Hair Color:  Black

Height (in Feet and Inches):  5′ 9″

Weight (in Pounds):  163

Eye Color:  Hazel

Native County:  Bexar

Native State:  Texas

Prior Occupation:  construction, food service, laborer

Prior Prison Record:  #581951 on an 18-year sentence for 3 counts of Burglary of a Habitation with Intent to Commit Theft (One occasion involves Hernandez entering a residence and forcing a 21-year old Hispanic female into intercourse, injuries involved.); Released to Parole on 06/11/1993.

Summary of Incident:  On 03/31/2002, in San Antonio, Texas, Hernandez and 2 co-defendants abducted, robbed, sexually assaulted, and murdered a 37-year old Hispanic female, later transporting her body to a wooded area and burying her in a shallow grave. Hernandez asked one co-defendant to purchase the shovel used to dig the grave while the victim was still alive and being assaulted.

Co-Defendants:  Santos Minjarez, Asel Abdygapparova

Race and Gender of Victim:  Hispanic female