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Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez, who was serving a life sentence for a 2013 murder and was acquitted in a 2012 double slaying last week, has committed suicide in prison.
Hernandez was discovered hanged in his cell by corrections officers at the Souza Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley at 3:05 a.m.
Hernandez was in a single cell in a general population housing unit, officials said.
He hanged himself using a bed sheet that he attached to his cell window. He also tried to block his door from the inside by jamming the door with various items.
Lifesaving techniques were attempted on Hernandez, and he was taken to UMASS Leominster, where he was pronounced dead at 4:07 a.m., according to Christopher M. Fallon, of the Massachusetts Department of Correction.
The Massachusetts State Police is investigating.
The 27-year-old Hernandez was serving a life sentence in the 2013 killing of semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd.
Last week, a jury found Hernandez not guilty of first-degree murder in the killings of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado
originally posted by: GraffikPleasure
a reply to: Martin75
Wow that is pretty shocking. All that talent and he goes and does something stupid and horrendous, then can't do the time for the crime... such a giant of a coward.
originally posted by: Martin75
Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez, who was serving a life sentence for a 2013 murder and was acquitted in a 2012 double slaying last week, has committed suicide in prison.
Hernandez was discovered hanged in his cell by corrections officers at the Souza Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley at 3:05 a.m.
Hernandez was in a single cell in a general population housing unit, officials said.
He hanged himself using a bed sheet that he attached to his cell window. He also tried to block his door from the inside by jamming the door with various items.
Lifesaving techniques were attempted on Hernandez, and he was taken to UMASS Leominster, where he was pronounced dead at 4:07 a.m., according to Christopher M. Fallon, of the Massachusetts Department of Correction.
The Massachusetts State Police is investigating.
The 27-year-old Hernandez was serving a life sentence in the 2013 killing of semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd.
Last week, a jury found Hernandez not guilty of first-degree murder in the killings of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado
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This is just breaking.
What a pansie! Shame he didn't do this in the beginning before the trial and save us taxpayers a lot of money!
originally posted by: jacygirl
a reply to: Martin75
Hi Marty!
As I'm reading this I feel like I'm not very aware of the case or the facts, but something else popped into my head.
Every time I read something negative about a former NFL star, I immediately think of the movie "Concussion" (with Will Smith). I wonder if they have brain damage, personality changes, etc. etc.
Not in any way trying to justify what he did, only trying to understand "why" so many professional athletes seem to go astray with their lives. Sad but interesting.
S&F
jacy