A former middle school teacher in North Carolina, 60-year-old Ernest Nichols, who was convicted of raping a 15-year-old girl, was killed in prison, allegedly by another inmate. Convicted murderer Wilbert Baldwin, 41, has been charged with murder.

As reported by WITN, citing the Department of Adult Correction (DAC), Nichols was found dead in his dormitory at around 6:50 a.m. on Sunday, October 5. He was lying on the floor next to his bunk. The Greene Correctional Institution was placed on temporary lockdown, triggering a murder investigation.

The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (NC SBI) then confirmed via an online statement that Wilbert Bladwin was served with a murder warrant on Tuesday, October 7. He was returned to the DAC to continue serving his current sentence.

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