Deaths in Custody
Executed

Mark Dunn

Buchanan County, Missouri

Mark Dunn was held in the jail at St. Joseph, Missouri, under a sentence of death. According to The Starkville News, he was ill with pneumonia at the time. After a death watch had been set, he got out of the jail for a short time and was recaptured two days later at his brother-in-law's home. He was executed by the state.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

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