Pontiac inmate charged with murdering his cellmate

Posted on June 5, 2015

Michael Bragg, 34, is accused of murdering his cellmate in Dec. 2014. (Photo courtesy Illinois Department of Corrections)

By Joe Ragusa

PONTIAC – An inmate at the Pontiac Correctional Center is accused of murdering his cellmate.

Michael Bragg, 34, has been indicted on six counts of first degree murder. Livingston County State’s Attorney Seth Uphoff says the charges stem from a fight in Dec. 2014.

Fabian Carrillo, 36, was found lying on the floor of his cell with a cord wrapped around his neck. Carrillo was then transported to a local hospital and pronounced dead.

The Livingston County Coroner ruled Carrillo, who was serving a sentence for murder, suffered multiple instances of blunt force trauma to the head and the cause of death was strangulation. Bragg, who is serving a 22-year prison sentence sexual assault charges out of Cook County, was Carrillo’s only cellmate.

Joe Ragusa can be reached at [email protected].

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