
A former middle school teacher imprisoned for a string of heinous sex offenses has allegedly been killed in prison.
Ernest Nichols, 60, worked as a gym teacher at Ranson Middle School in Charlotte, North Carolina until he was arrested back in 2009. He faced a list of 27 charges including statutory rape of a person 13, 14, or 15; six counts of second-degree kidnapping, and four counts of second-degree forcible sex offense, among others.
