Trampas Gooding

Trampas Gooding has been with the Texas Department of Public Safety since 1998 and as a Texas Ranger since 2004.  During his career as a Texas Ranger, he has investigated and assisted numerous active and cold case homicide and sexual assault investigations and has assisted in multiple skeletal remains excavations.

He has assisted Texas Rangers and other agencies with case and crime scene review, evidential review and prioritization, DNA and analyses review, and consultation for further investigative strategies.  In 2020, he was selected as a Staff Lieutenant and assigned to Texas Ranger HQ to assist and coordinate a federal grant called Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI), which furthers cold case investigations involving unsolved sexual assaults and sexually related homicides by utilizing advanced DNA testing and genetic genealogy methods.  In 2024, Lt. Gooding became the first-line supervisor for the Texas Rangers Unsolved Crimes Investigation Program (UCIP) to help coordinate and investigate unsolved crimes across the state.