Deaths in Custody
Executed

Johnie Michael Cox

42 years old · died February 16, 1999 · Arkansas

Johnie Michael Cox, 42, was executed by the State of Arkansas on February 16, 1999, according to the Arkansas Department of Correction, which lists the death as an execution. He was in the custody of the state at the time of his death. The Department of Correction's record classifies the death as a homicide, a classification it applies to executions.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Arkansas 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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