Died in jail or a lockup
Dana Yarbrough McLaughlin
Dana Yarbrough McLaughlin was 51 years old. She was brought to the Lauderdale County Detention Center in Florence, Alabama, on Christmas Eve 2024, and around 2 a.m. on Christmas morning she was found unresponsive in her cell; a nurse determined she had already died. The sheriff's office first called it a medical episode. A state bureau then took over the investigation and ordered an autopsy.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office first described the death as a medical episode, and a state bureau is investigating and will conduct an autopsy.
Reported by: Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held her); state bureau investigating the death.