Deaths in Custody
Executed

Doyle Skillern

49 years old · died January 16, 1985 · Huntsville Prison, Walker County, Texas

Doyle Skillern, 49, was executed by the State of Texas by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville on January 16, 1985.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Texas Department of Criminal Justice (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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