Red Onion Prison inmate charged with murdering cellmate

An inmate at Red Onion State Prison in Wise County has been charged with the aggravated murder of another inmate. The Virginia Department of Corrections release says 36 year old inmate Julian Leon Mitchell was charged with aggravated murder by a grand jury in Wise County Circuit Court. An indictment against Mitchell was filed on May 15. Inmate Jowell Legendre was reportedly found unresponsive in his and Mitchell’s shared cell by corrections team members on August 24 last year. Legendre was taken to the Dickenson Community Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Mitchell reportedly told prison staff that Legendre fell from the top of his bunk bed.