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Sheriff's Department investigating homicide at JCCC
By newstribune.com
Published: 08/27/2014

The Cole County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a homicide at the Jefferson City Correctional Center after an inmate died from injuries suffered in an assault earlier this month.

According to a release from the department, the inmate, Mark Melton, 35, was assaulted Aug. 19 by his cellmate, who was unnamed in the release — and has not been charged — but described as a 33-year-old white male serving a sentence for second-degree murder and armed criminal action.

The release states Melton was severely beaten and transported to University Hospital in Columbia for treatment.

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