Death Row Information

Offender Information

	Name	Galloway, Billy John
	TDCJ Number	999349
	Date of Birth	03/22/1969
	Date Received	03/27/2000
	Age (when Received)	31
	Education Level (Highest Grade Completed)	6
	Date of Offense	09/08/1998
	Age (at the time of Offense)	29
	County	Hunt
	Race	White
	Gender	Male
	Hair Color	Brown
	Height	5' 11"
	Weight	175
	Eye Color	Blue
	Native County	Onondaga
	Native State	New York

Prior Occupation
Laborer

Prior Prison Record
South Dakota Department of Corrections #26628, 12/13/90, 8 year split sentence (4 years to serve, 4 years suspended) for 1 count of Grand Theft; paroled on 2/12/ 93; 4/14/93 returned as a parole violator; paroled 1995; #32021 5 year sentence for 1 count of Attempted Robbery First Degree 10/16/96; paroled 6/6/98

Summary of Incident
On 09/08/98 in Greenville, Galloway and three co-defendants met a 40 year old white male at his motel room. They left the motel in the victim's rented vehicle and traveled 3 blocks from the motel and turned into a parking lot. As the victim left the vehicle Galloway hit him several times with a hammer and one of the co-defendants hit him several times with a log. Two other co-defendants moved the body behind a building and took his wallet. All the assailants fled in the victim's rented vehicle. They were arrested after a routine traffic stop in San Antonio.

Co-Defendants
Bayless, Deannee Ann
Anderson, Venue Joy
Varga, Kevin Scott

Race and Gender of Victim
White male