WEST UNION, W.Va. -- An inmate at the North Central Regional Jail has been charged with killing another prisoner.

State Police charged 21-year-Joshua Welty Whitehair of Morgantown with premeditated murder on Monday.

Whitehair is accused of killing 43-year-old Darryl Eugene Burton on Sept. 15 after the two men argued while eating breakfast in a common area.

According to the criminal complaint, Whitehair punched and kicked Burton several times and then pushed him backward. Burton fell and hit his head on a block wall.

A state medical examiner determined that Burton died from head injuries.

Burton was serving 10 to 20 years on a child sexual abuse conviction in Harrison County. Whitehair is serving one to five years on an unlawful assault conviction.

WEST UNION, W.Va. -- An inmate at the North Central Regional Jail has been charged with killing another prisoner.

State Police charged 21-year-Joshua Welty Whitehair of Morgantown with premeditated murder on Monday.

Whitehair is accused of killing 43-year-old Darryl Eugene Burton on Sept. 15 after the two men argued while eating breakfast in a common area.

According to the criminal complaint, Whitehair punched and kicked Burton several times and then pushed him backward. Burton fell and hit his head on a block wall.

A state medical examiner determined that Burton died from head injuries.

Burton was serving 10 to 20 years on a child sexual abuse conviction in Harrison County. Whitehair is serving one to five years on an unlawful assault conviction.