Deaths in Custody
Executed

Velma Barfield

died November 2, 1984 · Central Prison, Wake County, North Carolina

Velma Barfield was executed by the State of North Carolina by lethal injection at Central Prison in Raleigh on November 2, 1984.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: North Carolina Department of Adult Correction (the agency that held her). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held her.

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