The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is leading the investigation after a Greene Correctional Institution inmate died on Sunday, Oct. 5.
Ernest Nichols, 60, was found unresponsive in his dormitory just before 7 a.m. on Sunday and staff performed emergency life-saving procedures before Nichols was pronounced deceased by EMS at 7:22 a.m.
Officials with the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction say the death is being investigated as a homicide and that NCDAC is cooperating fully with the investigation…