Jefferson City inmate indicted for murder in incarcerated man’s death

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A man serving a life sentence at Jefferson City Correctional Center has been indicted on a murder charge.

Brandon Bibbs, 45, is charged with second-degree murder in the June 27, 2024, death of a Jefferson City inmate. The name of the deceased inmate was not immediately named in court documents.

A probable cause statement was not available on Tuesday afternoon, but Cole County Prosecutor Locke Thompson confirmed to ABC 17 News that Bibbs is accused of killing another inmate at the Jefferson City prison.

Bibbs is accused of several crimes including first-degree sexual abuse at Potosi Correctional Center. He was sentenced.

He was found guilty of statutory rape and statutory sodomy in 2012 and was given a life sentence. He also pleaded guilty to forcible rape in 2006.  Bibbs had pleaded guilty to forgery in 2016 in Pulaski County.

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