Cole County’s prosecutor has filed first degree murder charges against an inmate at the maximum-security Jefferson City Correctional Center for June’s brutal death of another inmate.
44-year-old Brandon Cole Smith is already serving a 1003-year prison sentence for numerous convictions, including eight counts of first degree assault, child abuse/neglect and armed criminal action.
Cole County prosecutor Locke Thompson tells 939 the Eagle that he has NOT made a determination yet whether to seek the death penalty against Smith, who remains at JCCC.
The four-page indictment alleges that Smith caused inmate SK’s death “by striking him.” Smith will be arraigned Thursday morning at 9 in Cole County Circuit Court before Judge Christopher Limbaugh.