Deaths in Custody
Executed

Wilson Autrey

died August 10, 1931 · Central Prison, Wake County, North Carolina

Wilson Autrey was executed by the State of North Carolina in the electric chair at Central Prison in Raleigh on August 10, 1931.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: North Carolina Department of Adult Correction (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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