[Qiviut]

He still had this hanging over his head (no pun intended) & at age 27, I suppose he didn't like the thought of the rest of his life in a jail cell:

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.

[ronniesgal]

thank you for clearing this up... i really did not follow the case closely.
Ugh. He was so young.