Runnels attended Dallas public schools and Cameron State Agricultural College (now Cemeron University) in Lawton, Oklahoma. He was employed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington, D.C., in 1942.
Runnels attended public schools in Dallas and attended college at Cameron State Agricultural College (now known as Cemeron University) in Lawton, Oklahoma. He was employed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington, D.C., in 1942.