Executed
Earl Van Denton
Earl Van Denton, 53, was executed by the State of Arkansas on January 8, 1997. The Arkansas Department of Corrections, which recorded the death, classified its manner as homicide and listed the cause as execution. According to the department's executions records, the execution took place at a state prison in Arkansas.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Arkansas Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.