Deaths in Custody
Executed

David McGuire

died May 24, 1940 · Kilby Prison, Montgomery County, Alabama

David McGuire, a Black man, was executed by the State of Alabama in the electric chair at Kilby Prison in Montgomery on May 24, 1940, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections. The record gives no details about his family, work, or life before his death.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Alabama 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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