MAURY COUNTY, Tenn. (WTVF) — A Maury County pastor has died by suicide after he was arrested for an aggravated sexual battery charge.
Authorities confirmed to NewsChannel 5 that David Mark Baker died by suicide on Wednesday inside a bathroom at Maury Regional Medical Center. This was one day after he was charged and was released on a $200,000 bond.
Baker served as the pastor for Family Baptist Church and served at Independent Baptist College Online. Website links have been severed to his connection to both organizations.
Baker previously ran to become the mayor of Maury County. He lost in 2022 to Mayor Shelia Butt.
He was scheduled to appear in court in early October after bonding out of the Maury County Jail on Sept. 10.
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