Deaths in Custody
Executed

Walter Fowler

22 years old · died March 2, 1945 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

Walter Fowler, 22, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville on March 2, 1945, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The state's record lists the manner of death as homicide by judicial execution, and the record provides no further details about his life, family, or the circumstances of his case. No other accounts of his death were available to add to this record.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Georgia 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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