NC - Middle school teacher who repeatedly raped 15-year old girl killed in prison - Maury, Oct 2025

[Clearsky]

Disgraced middle school teacher who repeatedly raped 15-year-old girl is killed in prison by convicted murderer

Nichols’ 15-year-old victim said he raped her multiple times over a six-month period in 2008 after impersonating his own son on Facebook and MySpace.

nypost.com

Ernest Nichols, 60, was convicted in 2011 and sentenced to 15 years behind bars for statutory rape. He was originally arrested on a staggering 27 charges, including a laundry list of sex offenses, WRAL reported.

 

[dotr]

Middle school teacher that repeatedly raped teen killed in jail by known murderer: cops

A middle school teacher that was convicted for raping a 15-year-old multiple times was reportedly killed in prison by a convicted murderer.

cbsaustin.com

'According to local outlet WITN, 60-year-old Ernest Nichols was discovered dead beside his dormitory bunk in the Greene Correctional Institution at around 6:50 a.m. on October 5.

Two days later, the Green County Sheriff's Office charged fellow inmate Wilbert Baldwin with murder in connection with Nichols' death, per the outlet. Baldwin was reportedly serving a sentence for second-degree murder, which he was convicted of in 2010.'

 

[LadyL]

no word on how he was murdered?
I wonder if the killer was his roommate? he was killed in his cell and they found him early in the morning
but I thought they segregated pedophiles from other prisoners ... maybe not in this prison