BOSTON — Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez was found dead Wednesday in the prison cell where he was serving a life sentence for murder, taking his life on the same day his ex-teammates on the New England Patriots were set to visit the White House to mark their Super Bowl victory. His death came less than a week after the 27-year-old athlete was acquitted in a second murder case. Hernandez hanged himself using a bedsheet that he attached to his cell window,” the Massachusetts Department of Correction said in a statement. Last Friday, Hernandez was acquitted in the deadly 2012 drive-by shootings of two men in Boston. As the jury was deliberating last week, cameras spied Hernandez blowing kisses to the young daughter he fathered with fiancee Shayanna Jenkins.

Source: National Post April 19, 2017 12:42 UTC