Deaths in Custody
Executed

Edgar Jenkins

22 years old · died January 16, 1931 · Georgia State Prison, Baldwin County, Georgia

Edgar Jenkins was 22 years old when he died. According to the Georgia Department of Corrections, the State of Georgia executed him in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Milledgeville on January 16, 1931. The department's record classifies the death as a homicide, which is how it lists judicial executions.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Georgia 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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