TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICEDeath Row Inmate Information
Name: Yowell, Michael J.
TDCJ Number: 999334
Date of Birth: 01/25/1970
Date Received: 11/23/1999
Age (when Received): 29
Education Level (Highest Grade Completed): 12
Date of Offense: 05/09/1998
Age (at the time of Offense): 28
County: Lubbock
Race: White
Gender: Male
Hair Color: Brown
Height (in Feet and Inches): 5′ 9″
Weight (in Pounds): 188
Eye Color: Hazel
Native County: Lubbock
Native State: Texas
Prior Occupation: Steel Fabrication, Cook, Laborer
Prior Prison Record: #505775, 8-year sentence for 1 count of Possession of a Controlled Substance; 06/16/89 released on Pre-Parole; 09/19/89 release on Parole; 02/22/97 received Clemency Discharge.
Summary of Incident: On 05/19/98 in Lubbock, Texas, Yowell shot his father, strangled his mother with a cord, and set fire to their house. The victim's grandmother died several days later from injuries sustained because she was disabled and unable to get out of the house.
Co-Defendants: None
Race and Gender of Victim: White male and 2 white females
