SHIRLEY, Mass. – Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was found dead in his prison cell early Wednesday, according to numerous news reports.
Hernandez was serving a life sentence after being convicted of the 2013 murder of Odin Lloyd and recently had been found not guilty in the 2012 homicides of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado.
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According to WJAR-TV NBC 10, corrections officers at the Souza Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley found Hernandez hanged in his prison cell at approximately 3 a.m. Wednesday. He was transported to UMass Leominster Hospital and pronounced dead an hour later.
WJAR reports that corrections officials say Hernandez attached a bed sheet to his cell window and hanged himself.
