Deaths in Custody
Executed

Frizell McLaren

34 years old · died October 6, 1941 · Florida

Frizell McLaren, a 34-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair by the State of Florida on October 6, 1941, according to the Florida Department of Corrections, which lists the death in its execution records. The Department classifies the manner of death as homicide, a judicial execution. The available source gives no information about his family, work, or the circumstances of his case beyond the execution itself, and it records no objections to the execution.

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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