Deaths in Custody
Executed

John William Rook

died September 19, 1986 · Central Prison, Wake County, North Carolina

John William Rook was executed by the State of North Carolina by lethal injection at Central Prison in Raleigh on September 19, 1986.

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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