Executed
Ricky Ray Rector
Ricky Ray Rector, a Black man who was 40 years old, was executed by the State of Arkansas on January 24, 1992. The Arkansas Department of Corrections, which carried out the execution, records the cause of death as execution while he was held in state custody. Official records list the death as a homicide by execution.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Arkansas Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.