TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICEDeath Row Inmate Information
Name: Reginald Perkins
TDCJ Number: 999407
Date of Birth: 04/29/1955
Date Received: 03/22/2002
Age (when Received): 46
Education Level (Highest Grade Completed): 7
Date of Offense: 12/04/2000
Age (at the time of Offense): 45
County: Tarrant
Race: Black
Gender: Male
Hair Color: Black
Height (in Feet and Inches): 6′ 2″
Weight (in Pounds): 190
Eye Color: Brown
Native County: Woodruff
Native State: Arkansas
Prior Occupation: truck driver, plumber, laborer
Prior Prison Record: Ohio Department of Corrections on a life sentence for one count of rape; released on parole in 1986; returned from parole in 1994, released on parole on 02/08/2000.
Summary of Incident: on 12/04/2000 in Fort Worth, Perkins strangled his 64 year old black female step-mother, resulting in her death. Her body was found in the trunk of her vehicle in a parking garage.
Co-Defendants: None
Race and Gender of Victim: Black female
