Retired Dentist’s Murder Trial Set
Posted/updated on: October 31, 2012 at 2:25 am
TYLER – A retired Tyler dentist has his murder trial scheduled for November 26th. Dr. Bobby Ray Nichols was it court Monday for a pre-trial hearing. He is accused of killing his wife of 26 years.
This summer, Nichols told the Associated Press he regrets fatally shooting his wife. Dr. Nichols said that he misses and loved his wife. He said, “We just got in a fight and I screwed up and killed her with a gun.”
Tyler police arrested Nichols and charged him with the June 29 death of Rosiland Nichols, 71. Nichols said he’s never been in trouble, but after a few drinks with his buddies he came home and his wife began nagging him. Nichols said he doesn’t really “remember what happened” before the shooting. He said it was “almost like blacking out,” so he had hoped it was only a dream.
