Authorities in West Virginia have charged two men with the murder of a fellow inmate at the Southern Regional Penitentiary.
Lucas Matthew Wagner, 28, and Isaiah Marshall McBride, 27, have been charged with murder in the death of Douglas Allan Cunningham, 79, the Register Herald reported to Raleigh County Public Safety. It reported, citing a criminal complaint filed in a judge’s court.
The men died in October 2022 after being beaten, kicked and jumped in the same room as Cunningham, according to the complaint.
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Two West Virginia prison inmates have been charged with murdering their cellmate in October 2022.
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McBride was arrested Wednesday and was held at the Southern Regional Jail, where Wagner was already on unrelated charges, the newspaper said.
Raleigh County Prosecutor Ben Hatfield said he waited for a full report from the state medical examiner’s office before filing charges in the case.
A death certificate obtained by the Register Herald said the assault on Mr Cunningham contributed to his death, with injuries to his head, chest and abdomen, but listed the cause of death as coronary artery disease. The cause of death is listed as homicide.
