Middle school teacher in jail for haunting
Former Teacher Killed in Prison
A former North Carolina middle school teacher, Ernest Nichols, 60, was reportedly killed in prison while serving time for multiple sex crimes.
Conviction and Crimes
Nichols, once a gym teacher at Ranson Middle School in Charlotte, was arrested in 2009 and faced 27 charges,
including statutory rape and kidnapping. His 15-year-old victim said he raped her several times after
impersonating his son on Facebook and MySpace.
She also claimed he ordered her to say “she wanted” to have sex with him if asked.
Prison Death
Nichols was serving a 15-year sentence at Greene Correctional Institution and was expected to be released in 2027.
On October 5, he was found unresponsive in his cell at 6:50 a.m. and was pronounced dead at 7:22 a.m.
Murder Suspect
Authorities charged Wilbert Baldwin, 41, another inmate serving a sentence for second-degree murder, with Nichols’ killing.
