Gridiron Now · Apr 19, 2017
Former Gators tight end Aaron Hernandez found dead in cell, an apparent suicide
Aaron Hernandez, the former Florida tight end later convicted of murder, was found dead in a Massachusetts prison early Wednesday in an apparent suicide.
Hernandez, whose troubles took him from a national championship on the field to a murder conviction in New England, was found hanged in his cell just after 3 a.m. early Wednesday in Shirley, Mass. He was 27.
The Massachusetts Department of Corrections released a statement on Hernandez’s death, as captured by ESPN’s Michele Steele on Twitter.
Serving a life sentence for murder, Aaron Hernandez has hanged himself, per Mass Dept of Corrections. pic.twitter.com/NmnwMkt2kK
— Michele Steele (@ESPNMichele) April 19, 2017