Aaron Hernandez, former New England Patriots tight end, commits suicide in prison
Wednesday 19 April 2017 20:27, UK
Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez has committed suicide in prison in Massachusetts.
Hernandez was serving a life sentence without parole for murdering Odin Lloyd in June 2013.
Last Friday, he was cleared of killing two other men - Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado - in a drive-by shooting in Boston in July 2012.
Hernandez was drafted by the Patriots in 2010. He was released when he was arrested in June 2013.
Massachusetts Department of Correction officials confirmed his death on Wednesday morning. He was 27.
Hernandez had been serving his sentence at the Baranowski Correctional Centre in Lancaster, Massachusetts.
