Deaths in Custody
Executed

Chester F. Dyer

20 years old · died October 31, 1955 · Florida

Chester F. Dyer was 20 years old when the State of Florida executed him in the electric chair on October 31, 1955, according to the Florida Department of Corrections. The department records the manner of death as homicide. Dyer was in the custody of the state when he died.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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