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WEBVTT WHO IS OUTSIDE THE PRISON.TODD: A CORRECTIONAL OFFICER IS HERE OUTSIDE THE ENTRANCE TO MAKE SURE NO MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA OR PUBLIC TRY TO GET IN.NO VISITORS ARE BEING ALLOWED.THEY SAY IT WAS A SUICIDE -->> YOU FIND THE DEFENDANT GUILTYOR NOT GUILTY?>> NOT GUILTY.>> JUST DAYS AFTER HERNANDEZ BROKE DOWN IN TEARS AS HE WAS ACQUITTED OF DOUBLE HOMICIDE COMES THE STUNNING NEWS THAT HE'S DEAD THE 27-YEAR-OLD WAS SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE FOR THE 2013 MURDER OF LLOYD.FILE VIDEO SHOWS THE INSIDE OF THE MAXIMUM SECURITY CORRECTIONAL CENTER.HE WAS BEING HOUSED ALONE IN A GENERAL POPULATION UNIT.THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS SAYS HE WAS FOUND HANGING IN HISCELL AT 3:05 A.M.THEY RUSHED HIM TO U MASS WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD JUST OVERAN HOUR LATER.OFFICIALS SAY HERNANDEZ COMMITTED SUICIDE BY HANGING HIMSELF USING A BED SHEET ATTACHED TO THE WINDOW OF HIS CELL.>> THEY ALSO SAY HE ATTEMPTED TOBLOCK THE DOOR BY JAMMING VARIOUS ITEMS IN IT BUT THE MOSTPROMINENT MEMBER OF THE TEAM THAT DEFENDED HERNANDEZ IN THE DOUBLE HOMICIDE CASE ATTORNEY JOSE BAEZ QUESTIONS WHETHER THISWAS REALLY A SUICIDE WRITING, THERE WERE NO CONVERSATIONS OR CORRESPONDENCE FROM AARON TO HISFAMILY OR LEGAL TEAM THAT WOULD HAVE INDICATED ANYTHING LIKE THIS WAS POSSIBLE.HIS FORMER AGENT BRIAN MURPHY GOES FURTHER TWEETING ABSOLUTELYNO CHANCE HE TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.CHICO WAS NOT A SAINT BUT MY FAMILY AND I LOVED HIM AND HE WOULD NEVER TAKE HIS OWN LIFE.>> THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICEpIS CONDUCTING AN AUTOPSY AS THE D.A.'S OFFERS AND THE DEPARTMENTOF CORRECTION CONDUCTS ITS OWN INVESTIGATION INTO NOT ONLY WHATHAPPENED BUT ALSO HOW.AND IF THERE WERE ANY WARNING SIGNS THAT WERE MISSED.

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Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez, who was serving a life sentence for a 2013 murder and was acquitted last week in a 2012 double slaying, has committed suicide in prison.Corrections officers found Hernandez hanging in his cell at 3:05 a.m. at the Souza Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley.Hernandez, 27, was in a single cell in a general population housing unit, officials said. He hanged himself using a bed sheet that he attached to his cell window. He also tried to block his door from the inside by jamming the door with various items. Lifesaving techniques were attempted on Hernandez. He was taken to UMASS Leominster, where he was pronounced dead at 4:07 a.m., according to Christopher M. Fallon, of the Massachusetts Department of Correction.Fallon said he's not aware of any suicide note written by Hernandez. He said that officials had no concern that Hernandez was planning on taking his own life, and if there was a concern about his well-being, Hernandez would have been transferred to a mental health unit."This is a shocking and sad end to a very tragic series of events that has negatively impacted a number of families," District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn said.Hernandez was serving a life sentence in the 2013 killing of semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd.A jury last week found Hernandez not guilty of first-degree murder in the killings of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado. Before his acquittal, Hernandez on Wednesday was seen blowing kisses to the little girl he fathered with fiancée Shayanna Jenkins. Attorney Jose Baez, who represented Hernandez during the double murder trial, said he was shocked at the news of his client’s death.“There were no conversations or correspondence from Aaron to his family or legal team that would have indicated anything like this was possible,” Baez said in a statement. “Aaron was looking forward to an opportunity for a second chance to prove his innocence.”Hernandez, grew up in Bristol, Connecticut, and played for the New England Patriots from 2010 to 2012.About six weeks after Furtado and de Abreu were killed, he signed a five-year, $40 million contract with the Patriots and went on to play another season before Lloyd was killed. He was cut from the team shortly after he was arrested in Lloyd's killing in June 2013. He was not charged in the 2012 killings until 2014.His death comes the same day the Patriots are making their visit to the White House to mark their Super Bowl win. Team spokesman Stacey James said the Patriots were aware of the reports of Hernandez's death but didn't anticipate the club commenting Wednesday.