Deaths in Custody
Executed

Connie Ray Evans

died July 8, 1987 · Mississippi State Penitentiary, Sunflower County, Mississippi

Connie Ray Evans was held in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, Sunflower County. On July 8, 1987, the State of Mississippi executed him in the gas chamber there, according to the Department of Corrections. No objections to the execution are recorded in this account.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Mississippi 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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