Deaths in Custody
Executed

Henry Hayes

27 years old · died August 24, 1945 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

Henry Hayes was 27 years old when he died. The Georgia Department of Corrections records that the State of Georgia executed him in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on August 24, 1945. The department lists the cause of death as execution by electric chair.

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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