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Mark Loveless

63 years old · died May 20, 2026 · DeKalb County Jail, DeKalb County, Alabama

Mark Loveless was 63 and from Somerset, Kentucky. On May 20, 2026, officers at the DeKalb County Detention Center found him unresponsive, and he was taken to DeKalb Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. The sheriff's office said the state would investigate and an autopsy was ordered; no cause was reported.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: DeKalb County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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