MARENISCO TOWNSHIP, MI (AP)-- State police say two inmates have been charged with second-degree murder in the fatal beating of a third prisoner at the Ojibway Correctional Facility in Marenisco Township.
Randolph Conner died January 9 of a brain injury.
State police Detective Sgt. Russell Larson says Delorean S. Henderson, 25, and Michael Smith, 32, were arraigned in Gogebic County District Court.
Larson says the Henderson and Smith attacked Conner in a common area of the prison. The detective isn't commenting on a motive for the attack, which didn't involve weapons.
The suspects are being held at the Baraga Correctional Facility and return to court July 29 for a preliminary examination.