UPDATE 3/7/19 @ 10:23 a.m.

An Mount Olive Correctional Complex inmate will spend life in prison after beating another inmate to death in April 2017, our media partner WV MetroNews reports.

John A. Nicholson beat Earl Parsons to death with a lid from a hard-composite locker box in a shared cell. According to witnesses, Nicholson also kicked Parsons in the head while he was on the floor.

Parsons, 30, of Huntington, died from his injuries.

Nicholson is already serving time for multiple sexual offenses against a child.

He was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without mercy following a two-day jury trial.

ORIGINAL STORY 4/6/17

An inmate has been killed after an inmate-on-inmate fight at Mount Olive Correctional Facility.

Earl Parsons, 30, of Huntington, died of his injuries after the fight Wednesday evening.

According to a statement from the facility, Parsons had a record of property and sexual convictions out of Wayne County.

The Division of Corrections is awaiting findings from its internal review and from the State Police’s investigation before releasing additional details.