Deaths in Custody
Executed

Richard McCain

died October 3, 1947 · Central Prison, Wake County, North Carolina

Richard McCain was executed by the State of North Carolina in the gas chamber at Central Prison in Raleigh on October 3, 1947.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

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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