A private funeral for convicted killer and former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez has been set for Monday afternoon in his hometown of Bristol, Conn., according to a statement from the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association.

Hernandez, 27, was found hanging in his prison cell early Wednesday morning just a few days after being acquitted of charges in a 2012 South End double murder. Hernandez was already serving a life sentence for the 2013 first-degree murder of Odin Lloyd.

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