Alexander aide accused in child porn case found dead in apparent suicide

Posted at 4:46 pm January 24, 2014
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The former chief of staff for Sen. Lamar Alexander who was arrested in December on child pornography charges was found dead in the basement of his parents’ home in Maryland on Thursday, apparently in a suicide.

Several media outlets, including the New York Times and Washington Post, have reported on the death of Ryan Loskarn, 35, who had been released to live with his parents after his Dec. 11 arrest.

Loskarn had been charged with possessing and distributing child pornography.

Loskarn had served as Alexander’s chief of staff for two years, but he was fired the day federal agents raided his home as part of a child pornography investigation.

Loskarn had worked at the Senate Republican Conference under Alexander and former Sen. Jon Kyl, an Arizona Republican, and he had also worked for representatives Wally Herger, a California Republican, and Marsha Blackburn, a Tennessee Republican, as well as the House Rules Committee. He was Blackburn’s communications director from 2003 to 2007.

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