Deaths in Custody
Executed

Robert W. Davis

26 years old · died August 7, 1961 · Florida

Robert W. Davis, 26, was executed in the electric chair by the State of Florida on August 7, 1961, according to the Florida Department of Corrections, which lists the execution by that method on that date. The Department's record gives his manner of death as homicide, and does not name the facility, city or county where he was held. No other account of his life, family, or the events leading to his execution is available in this record, and no objections to the execution are reported in it.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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