William Emmett LeCroy
William Emmett LeCroy, 50, was executed by lethal injection at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, in September 2020, according to a Department of Justice announcement reported by Oxygen. He had joined the Army at 17 but was discharged for going AWOL shortly after. His lawyers argued through appeals that his trial attorneys had not adequately presented evidence about his upbringing and mental health, but the article reports that all of those appeals were unsuccessful.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. His lawyers argued that his trial lawyers did not adequately present evidence of his upbringing and mental health.
Reported by: U.S. Department of Justice (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.