Deaths in Custody
Executed

LeRoy Williams

37 years old · died November 8, 1954 · Florida

LeRoy Williams, 37, was executed in the electric chair by the State of Florida on November 8, 1954. The Florida Department of Corrections records the cause as execution in the electric chair and classifies the death as a homicide. The record gives no details of his family, work, or the circumstances of his final days.

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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