DENISE LAVOIE, AP Legal Affairs Writer
BOSTON (AP) — Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez, who was serving a life sentence for a murder conviction and just days ago was acquitted of a double murder, died after hanging himself in his prison cell early Wednesday, Massachusetts prisons officials said.
Hernandez, 27, was found by guards in his cell at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley just after 3 a.m., Department of Correction spokesman Christopher Fallon said in a statement.
WPRO’s Dan Paquet spoke with Andy Gresh about Hernandez Wednesday morning. LISTEN BELOW.
