Deaths in Custody
Executed

Ed Hester

died March 20, 1936 · Central Prison, Wake County, North Carolina

Ed Hester was executed by the State of North Carolina at Central Prison in Raleigh on March 20, 1936.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: North Carolina Department of Adult Correction (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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