Pete Russell Murders Tanjala Brewer In Texas

Pete Russell was sentenced to death by the State of Texas for the murder of Tanjala Brewer

According to court documents Pete Russell was sentenced to ten years in prison for a drug case and was given time to get his affairs in order before he went to prison. Russell blamed Tanjala Brewer for his conviction and instead of getting his affairs in order would murder the woman

Pete Russell would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death

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NameRussell, Pete Jr.
TDCJ Number999443
Date of Birth05/02/1973
Date Received02/26/2003
Age (when Received)29
Education Level (Highest Grade Completed)9
Date of Offense08/13/2001
 Age (at the time of Offense)27
 CountyHarris
 RaceBlack
 GenderMale
 Hair ColorBlack
 Height (in Feet and Inches)6′ 3″
 Weight (in Pounds)188
 Eye ColorBrown
 Native CountyHarris
 Native StateTexas

Pete Russell Case

Jurors have decided that a man who viciously killed his police informant girlfriend because her tip led to his arrest on a drug charge should die for his crime.

The jury last week convicted Pete Russell Jr. of capital murder. Jurors deliberated about four hours Monday before deciding that Russell, 29, was a future threat and there were no mitigating circumstances to spare his life.

Russell, enraged by the betrayal that had led to his arrest, posted bail and stabbed, slashed and stomped Tanjala Brewer, 40, to death in her home on Aug. 13, 2001.

Testimony showed that after placing candles around her body, Russell used her blood to scrawl “She is the devil. I am God” across her double-door bedroom closet.

“This is a shocking crime,” prosecutor Terrance Windham told jurors in state District Judge Mike Anderson’s court. “It deserves a shocking punishment.

Co-prosecutor Renee Magee told jurors that Russell deliberately and brutally killed Brewer, wounding her 23 times as he chased her around her home.

She said Russell had spent eight years in prison for trying to kill a man and threatening another when awaiting trial on the original charge.

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