Executed
Wayne Eugene Ritter
Wayne Eugene Ritter died on August 28, 1987, at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Escambia County, Alabama, where he was held in state custody. The Alabama Department of Corrections records his death as an execution carried out in the electric chair. Under the state's sentence, the execution was the cause of death, as stated by the department.
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.