‘There is no way I’m getting out of here?’ Kalamazoo County inmate asked parents before suicide
Updated Feb 12, 2021;
Posted Feb 12, 2021
Chase David Dalton Lovell, 29, died by suicide in the Kalamazoo County Jail on Dec. 17, 2020. He was arraigned in Kalamazoo County District Court one day prior on a charge of first-degree arson for allegedly starting a fire in the psychiatric ward of Ascension Borgess Hospital. (Courtesy photo | Shannon Welihan)
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KALAMAZOO, MI The family of a 29-year-old man who died by suicide in the Kalamazoo County Jail on Dec. 17 continues to search for answers.
Chase David Dalton Lovell, of Galesburg, was taken into custody on Dec. 15 after allegedly starting a fire in his room at Ascension Borgess Hospital earlier that day. Lovell was arraigned in Kalamazoo County District Court on Dec. 16 on a charge of first-degree arson. His bond was set at $100,000 cash or surety.
2020 was a year of protests, police and change in Kalamazoo
Updated Dec 30, 2020;
Posted Dec 30, 2020
2020 in Kalamazoo was a year marked with protests, change and deeper looks at race, policy and those who lead. (Joel Bissell | MLive)
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KALAMAZOO, MI Kalamazoo in 2020 mirrored much of what was going on across the nation.
The varying affects of the coronavirus pandemic. Protests. A deeper look at racism in America. Contention in the political sphere. And changes in leadership.
After a relatively quiet start to the year, and almost eerie silence on the streets brought on by two months of COVID-driven shutdowns, things changed drastically again after George Floyd was killed May 25 by a Minneapolis police officer as two fellow officers stood by.
Man charged with arson in Kalamazoo hospital fire found dead in county jail
Updated Dec 27, 2020;
Posted Dec 24, 2020
Chase David Dalton Lovell, 29, was charged with first-degree arson for allegedly starting a fire Dec. 15, 2020 at Ascension Borgess Hospital. Lovell died two days later in the Kalamazoo County Jail. (MLive file photo | Joel Bissell)Joel Bissell
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KALAMAZOO, MI A Galesburg man charged with first-degree arson in a Dec. 15 fire at Ascension Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo died in jail two days after the incident, a Kalamazoo defense attorney confirmed.
Chase David Dalton Lovell, 29, was arraigned in Kalamazoo County District Court on Wednesday, Dec. 16 on a charge of first-degree arson. Lovell, whose bond was set at $100,000, was found dead the following day in the county jail, Donna Innes, with Kalamazoo Defender, told MLive.