Deaths in Custody
Executed

Robert Burgunder

died August 9, 1940 · Arizona State Prison, Pinal County, Arizona

Robert Burgunder was executed in the gas chamber at Arizona State Prison in Florence on August 9, 1940, according to the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry. He was held in the custody of the state prison at the time of his death. The department is the source of the record of his execution.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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