TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICEDeath Row Inmate Information
Name: McWilliams, Frederick Patrick
TDCJ Number: 999242
Date of Birth: 12/1/73
Date Received: 10/1/97
Age (when Received): 23
Education Level (Highest Grade Completed): 11
Date of Offense: 9/28/96
Age (at the time of offense): 22
County: Harris
Race: Black
Gender: Male
Hair Color: Black
Height (in Feet and Inches): 5′ 7″
Weight (in Pounds): 201
Eye Color: Brown
Native County: Harris
Native State: Texas
Prior Occupation: Warehouse Worker
Prior Prison Record: McWilliams is also serving a life sentence for aggravated robbery from Harris County.
Summary of Incident: On September 28, 1996 in Houston, McWilliams murdered an Hispanic male during a robbery. McWilliams and his accomplices were driving around Houston looking for a car to steal for use in robberies when they happened upon the victim asleep inside his parked car. Shaking him from his sleep, McWilliams and his accomplices attempted to put the victim in the trunk of his car. When he resisted, McWilliams shot him once in the head at point-blank range. The killing occurred in the middle of a crime spree by McWilliams and accomplices in Waller and Harris counties.
Co-Defendants: Kenneth Adams, Richard Hawkins, James Patrick Tanner
Race and Gender of Victim: Hispanic Male
