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Double Murder Trial Of Former Patriots Player Aaron Hernandez

Source: Boston Globe / Getty

 

Former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez was discovered hanged in his cell at the Souza Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley this morning.

The Department of Corrections in Massachusetts is reporting that Hernandez was discovered hanged in his single cell by corrections officers around 3 a.m by using his bedsheet and attached it to his cell window.

Officials tried to save his life and he was taken to UMASS Leominster where he was pronounced dead around 4 a.m.

Read more at ABC11.