Deaths in Custody
Executed

Percy Armbrister

25 years old · died February 20, 1956 · Florida

Percy Armbrister was 25 years old when the State of Florida executed him in the electric chair on February 20, 1956. The Florida Department of Corrections records his death as an execution by electric chair. The department's record lists the manner of death as homicide.

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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