CAMDEN, N.J. — An inmate at the federal prison in Fairton has been charged with murder in the death of his cellmate, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey said Friday.
William Vontrail Johnson, 39, of Oklahoma City, is charged by criminal complaint with one count of murder, U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer announced. Johnson made his initial appearance Thursday in federal court in Camden before U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth A. Pascal.
According to the complaint, Bureau of Prisons staff at the Federal Correctional Institution in Fairton found Johnson’s cellmate unresponsive in a pool of blood on March 4, 2025. He was not breathing and had no pulse. Staff began lifesaving measures and the man was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead the next day…