Posted on 04/19/2017 3:41:20 AM PDT by M. Thatcher
Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez was discovered hanged in his cell by a corrections officer Tuesday night, according to a statement from the Massachusetts Department of Correction.
Hernandez's body was found at the Souza Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley Massachusetts at approximately 3:05 a.m.
Hernandez hanged himself with a bed sheet attached to his cell window. He had also attempted to block the door from the inside by jamming the door with various items.
He was pronounced dead at 4:07 a.m. by a physician at the hospital.
Whoa....didn’t see that coming....
wasn’t he acquitted of the double murder charge? I am confused.
May God have mercy on his soul, and those of his victim(s).
Yes but he was also convicted of another murder before that trial and was doing hard time.
What you said.
Hernandez will remain in jail for life for his involvement in the 2013 killing of Odin Lloyd. He was convicted of that murder in 2015 after a nine-week trial. Members of that jury found that Hernandez used "extreme atrocity or cruelty" in the killing.
Not surprised.
guy was major bi-polar...something they missed when evaluating him through the NFL draft process..
The dumbass had everything a man could dream of and through it all away just to be a thug.
They didn’t miss it. The NFL didn’t care.
Woops.
Yes, but maybe the weight of his sins became too much for him. That's what the Accuser wants us to think - we've sinned so much there is no way out.
If only he knew of the forgiveness of Jesus - there are no sins too great that cannot be washed by Him - of course we still face the consequences, but they are not eternal.
Now they are.
Roid rage? Failed drug tests in college at Florida. He was never thrown off the team because he was too valuable for Urban Meyer.
Steroid psychosis is an ugly thing. Lyle Alzado would tell you all about it if only he had survived...
thank you for clearing this up... i really did not follow the case closely.
Ugh. He was so young.
Just heard my local radio, WTIC AM, Hartford, CT, first had break the news story.
they only keep bed sheets away from those they think might try suicide?
Will not be travelling to DC with the Pats today.
wrong...
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