Mount Olive Correctional Center inmate sentenced for Second-Degree Murder of another inmate

MOUNT OLIVE, WV (WVNS) — An inmate at the Mount Olive Correctional Center in Fayette County was sentenced to prison for Second-Degree Murder after stabbing another inmate.

55-year-old Charles Redman, of Mount Olive, was sentenced on July 8, 2024 to 40 years in prison for the felony offense of Second-Degree Murder.

Redman will serve his sentence consecutively to his current 15 year to life sentence in relation to a repeat offender conviction from Berkeley County. He will need to serve a minimum of ten years on the Fayette County conviction before becoming eligible for parole.

Members of the West Virginia State Police received a report around 8:45 p.m. on November 20, 2020, about a stabbing at the Mount Olive Correctional Center in Fayette County.

Troopers were informed that an inmate was stabbed multiple times by another inmate, and that the victim later died at the Montgomery General Hospital.

Prison video showed Redman was sitting at a card table in the main floor of the residence hall. The video showed that the victim tried to sit beside Redman, who then tried to punch the victim.

The victim, who video shows was not the aggressor in the incident, got up and went to an upstairs hallway where video showed that Redman followed and proceeded to stab him.

Investigators later found a piece of metal around eight inches long that was covered in blood. The West Virginia State Police determined that the DNA found on the weapon was that of the victim’s.

The victim received four stab wounds, lacerations, and abrasions, and the autopsy report revealed that the victim died as a result of the stab wounds.

Redman admitted that he stabbed the victim to a relative during a recorded phone call, and to officers at the correctional center.

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