Died in prison
Randy Joe Payne
Randy Joe Payne died in prison, after leaving North Carolina's death row, by suicide on August 28, 1998, according to the department.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. North Carolina Department of Adult Correction recorded the manner of death as suicide.
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.