India, Oct. 8 -- A middle school gym teacher who was behind bars for repeatedly raping a 15-year-old girl was murdered by an inmate in his North Carolina cell Sunday, October 5. 60-year-old Ernest Nichols, described himself as a "pig," was convicted in 2011, according to the New York Post. He was sentenced to 15 years behind bars for statutory rape. Nichols was originally arrested on 27 charges, including a list of sex offenses, per WRAL.

The prison was sent into a lockdown after Nichols was found murdered. He was found dead in his cell at the Greene Correctional Institution in Maury, North Carolina, around 6:50 am.

Inmate Wilbert Baldwin has now been served a murder warrant by the Green County Sheriff's Office. He is already serving a ...