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Rayford Clayton Piver

45 years old · died October 25, 1988 · North Carolina

Rayford Clayton Piver, 45, died in jail while under a death sentence by suicide on October 25, 1988, 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.

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