October 9, 2025
Convicted Teacher Killed in Prison After Serving Time for Raping Teen Student
Disgraced Middle School Teacher Who Raped 15-Year-Old Student Found Dead in North Carolina Prison After Fatal Attack by Fellow Inmate The quiet walls of Greene Correctional Institution in North Carolina became the site of a brutal end for a man whose crimes had once shocked his entire community. Ernest Nichols, a 60-year-old former middle school gym teacher, was found dead in his cell early Sunday morning, October 5, 2025, after what officials are calling a targeted attack by another inmate. Nichols had been serving a sentence for statutory rape since 2011, when he was convicted of repeatedly assaulting a 15-year-old
