Deaths in Custody
Executed

Will Vaughn

died August 28, 1928 · Florida

Will Vaughn, a Black man, was put to death in the electric chair by the State of Florida on August 28, 1928, according to the Florida Department of Corrections' execution list. The state's record gives his manner of death as homicide and names no age, family, or work. The Department of Corrections is the only source for the execution, and it lists no objections to it.

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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