List of People Who Were Beheaded - United States

United States

For beheadings before 1776, see the European New World colonies section above
  • At least 21 insurgent black slaves executed (1811) after the German Coast Uprising near New Orleans, Louisiana. Their heads were displayed on pikes and gates as a warning
  • Isaac N. Ebey (1857) – Washington state pioneer murdered by Haida Indians
  • Pearl Bryan (1896) – Murdered in Fort Thomas, Kentucky
  • Tom Ketchum (1901) – accidentally decapitated in New Mexico Territory in botched hanging for train robbery
  • Some victims of Danny Rolling
  • Victims of Jeffrey Dahmer (1978–1991)
  • Helmuth Koinigg (1974) – decapitated in racing car crash
  • Boris Sagal (1981) – decapitated by helicopter
  • Adam Walsh (1981) – decapitated by murderer
  • Vic Morrow (1982) – decapitated by crashing helicopter
  • Russell Phillips (1995) – decapitated in racing car crash
  • Robert Lees (2004) – decapitated by murderer
  • Aasiya Zubair (2009) – decapitated in New York state by murderer/husband Muzzammil Hassan

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