MACOMB, Ill. — A McDonough County Jail inmate is charged with first-degree murder following the death of his cellmate.
According to Illinois State Police, 40-year-old Timothy L. Smith of Macomb was allegedly involved in an altercation with his cellmate, 51-year-old Darrell J. Hocker. ISP claims that Hocker died of injuries sustained during that altercation, and after reviewing surveillance footage and holding several interviews, Smith was charged with murder.
Smith was being held in the jail on charges of unlawful restraint, domestic battery and cruelty to animals.
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