Deaths in Custody
Executed

Tom Mix

37 years old · died December 28, 1944 · Florida

Tom Mix, a 37-year-old man, was executed in the electric chair by the State of Florida on December 28, 1944. He was in state custody at the time of his death. The Florida Department of Corrections lists the cause of death as execution in the electric chair and the manner as homicide. No family statements or other accounts of who he was are recorded for him.

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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