Deaths in Custody
Executed

Roy Dunwood

died May 12, 1926 · Florida

Roy Dunwood, a Black man, was executed in the electric chair by the State of Florida on May 12, 1926, according to the Florida Department of Corrections execution list. The state's record classifies the death as a homicide and names the Department of Corrections as the source of that claim.

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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