Former NFL player Aaron Hernandez found dead in jail cell: CNN

[April 19, 2017]    (Reuters) - Former National Football League star Aaron Hernandez, who was serving a life sentence for murder, was found dead in an apparent suicide in a jail cell in Massachusetts early on Wednesday morning, media reported.

 Former NFL player Aaron Hernandez and defense attorney Charles Rankin wait in the courtroom during the jury deliberation in his murder trial at the Bristol County Superior Court in Fall River, Massachusetts, April 10, 2015. REUTERS/CJ Gunther/Pool/File Photo

Hernandez was found hanging from a bed sheet in his jail cell at the Souza Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley, Massachusetts at about 3:05 a.m. local time, CNN reported, citing a statement from the state's department of correction.

(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

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