Executed

Walter McDonald

21 years old · died January 8, 1951 · Florida

Walter McDonald, a 21-year-old Black man, was executed by the State of Florida in the electric chair on January 8, 1951. The Florida Department of Corrections records the death as an execution and classes its manner as homicide.

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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