Convicted murderer accused of killing inmate at Jefferson City prison

Convicted murderer accused of killing inmate at Jefferson City prison

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A convicted murderer has been accused of killing an inmate at Jefferson City Correctional Center. Zachariah Peterson, 38, was charged with second-degree murder and causing violence to an inmate after a grand jury indictment was filed on Tuesday. A no-bond warrant was issued. Details were scant because of the lack of a probable cause statement, but Cole County Prosecutor Locke Thompson confirmed the victim was Joshua McNair, …

Grand jury indicts convicted Columbia killer for May beating death of inmate at Jefferson City prison

A convicted killer from Columbia who is serving a 30-year prison sentence for murder is now accused of killing an inmate at the maximum-security Jefferson City Correctional Center (JCCC). A Cole County grand jury has indicted 38-year-old Zachariah Joel Peterson for second degree murder and for violence to an inmate in the Missouri Department of Corrections. Court documents say Peterson killed the other inmate at JCCC on May 2 by striking him. Pe…