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        <title><![CDATA[‘Below Deck’ Captain Mark Howard’s Death Sparks Investigation: What We Know]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Surprising loss. <strong><em>Below Deck</em></strong>&rsquo;s Captain Mark Howard&rsquo;s death sparked an investigation following the discovery of &ldquo;suspicious&rdquo; evidence on the scene.</p>
<p>News broke on Friday, October 29, that the season 1 <strong><em>Below Deck Mediterranean</em></strong> captain, who led the Ionian Princess, had died.</p>
<p>In <strong>a police report obtained by <em>Us Weekly</em> at the time</strong>, the Fernandina Beach Police Department confirmed that Mark&rsquo;s wife, <strong>Susan Howard</strong>, was the first one to report him dead after coming home to find his body on Wednesday, October 27.</p>
<p>The report noted that there were &ldquo;blood droplets on the floor that appeared suspicious in nature&rdquo; next to his body upstairs in the room above the garage. The <strong>late Bravo personality</strong> had &ldquo;blood coming from the area of the right side of his face&rdquo; and appeared to have died several days prior.</p>
<p>According to the docs, the scene was turned over to investigations department after <strong>Corporal Carey</strong>, who was one of the officers to arrive at the house, questioned why some of the &ldquo;blood evidence at the scene could not be explained initially.&rdquo;</p>
<p>The responding officers, who received a call around 9:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday of a deceased person, stayed at the scene to help the investigators finish documenting the area with photos before uploading them to the evidence server. <em>Us</em> confirmed on Friday that the investigation is still ongoing.</p>
<p>Following the news of Mark&rsquo;s death, <strong>many fans of the show</strong> shared heartfelt tributes to the former captain.</p>
<p>&ldquo;I am so saddened to hear of Captain Mark Howard&rsquo;s passing. He was very kind,&rdquo; one Twitter user wrote on Friday in response to <a href="https://twitter.com/NautiYachty/status/1454112466431053824" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Tiffany Copeland</strong>&rsquo;s confirmation</a> of the former Bravo star&rsquo;s passing.</p>
<p>Another user tweeted: &ldquo;Oh no 🥺💔 how incredibly sad. Really liked him on below deck. Thoughts and love to his family and friends. RIP Captain Mark.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Scroll down to learn everything we know about Captain Mark&rsquo;s death and the investigation:</p>
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<p>This story originally appeared on: <strong>US Magazine</strong> - Author:<strong>Johnni Macke</strong></p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>]]></content:encoded>
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