From wire services:
Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez committed suicide in prison Wednesday morning, according to the Massachusetts Department of Corrections. He was 27.
Hernandez was serving a life without parole sentence for murdering Odin Lloyd in 2013.
"Mr. Hernandez was in a single cell in a general population unit," read the statement from the Department of Correction. "Mr. Hernandez hanged himself utilizing a bedsheet that he attached to his cell window. Mr. Hernandez also attempted to block his door from the inside by jamming the door with various items."
Hernandez's death comes five days after he was acquitted of murder of two men in Boston in 2012.
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