Deaths in Custody
Executed

Waddie Cosey

died May 15, 1936 · Kilby Prison, Montgomery County, Alabama

Waddie Cosey, a Black man, was held at Kilby Prison in Montgomery, Alabama, and was executed in the electric chair there on May 15, 1936. The Alabama Department of Corrections records his death as an execution by the state. The available record gives no further details about his life, family, or the circumstances of his case.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Alabama 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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