A 25-year to life in prison sentence turned out to be a life sentence for a Champion man convicted of raping a young girl.

Ohio prison officials tell 21 News that Verl Gibson died at the age of 86 at the Ohio State University Hospital earlier this month after serving six years of a sentence at the Richland Correctional Institution.

Gibson pleaded no contest to seven felony charges of rape in 2018.

The charges were filed against Gibson in 2017 after the teenage girl reported to police that Gibson had raped her at least seven times since 2011.

The initial indictment said the victim was less than 13 years old at the time of the assaults that took place in Niles.