Offender Information

	Name	Diaz, Arturo Eleazar
	TDCJ Number	999345
	Date of Birth	12/27/1975
	Date Received	2/20/2000
	Age (when Received)	24
	Education Level (Highest Grade Completed)	7
	Date of Offense	04/03/1999
	Age (at the time of Offense)	23
	County	Hidalgo
	Race	Hispanic
	Gender	Male
	Hair Color	Black
	Height	5' 8"
	Weight	200
	Eye Color	Brown
	Native County	Hidalgo
	Native State	Texas

Prior Occupation
Laborer

Prior Prison Record
#706353 on a 7-year sentence for Criminal Mischief and Theft; on 11/24/97 released on Mandatory Supervision.

Summary of Incident
On 04/03/99, in the nighttime, in McAllen, Texas, Diaz and one co-defendant, murdered one male by stabbing him 94 times in the upper chest with a knife at the victim's apartment and stabbed another male, who was also at the apartment, two times in the face. Diaz and the co-defendant went to the apartment trying looking for drugs and also intended to rob the victim. Diaz and the co-defendant robbed the victim of an unknown amount of money and fled the scene by vehicle.

Co-Defendants
Cardova, Jose Luis

Race and Gender of Victim
(Race unknown) male