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Gerald Thompson

Name:: Gerald Thompson
Record Type:: Documented
Espy File Record:: true
Espy File ID:: 170301
State:: Illinois
Date Execution:: 1935-10-15
Date Crime:: 1935-06-16
Age:: 25
Gender Assigned:: Male
Race:: White
Crime Convicted of:: Rape-Murder
Enslaved:: false
Compensation Case:: false
Execution Method:: Electrocution
Jurisdiction:: State
County:: Peoria
County FIPS Code:: 17143
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