Deaths in Custody
Executed

Emmett C. Blake

36 years old · died May 12, 1964 · Florida

Emmett C. Blake, a 36-year-old man, was executed in the electric chair by the State of Florida on May 12, 1964, according to the Florida Department of Corrections execution list. He was in the custody of the state prison system when he died. The only source for his death is that department's list, which gives the method and date and nothing more about him.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Florida 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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