Marion County Inmate Convicted of Strangling Cellmate to Death
By Jarett Lewis
Published on March 10, 2026.
A Marion County jail inmate, D'Angelo Smith, has been convicted of murdering his cellmate, Charles Barron, in 2022. After the murder, Smith attempted to stage the death as a suicide attempt using a bedsheet and a pair of pants. He later admitted to the crime. The sentencing will be on April 22.
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