Aaron Hernandez was found dead in his cell of an apparent suicide at a Massachusetts prison early Wednesday morning, the state’s Department of Correction announced in a statement.
Per the statement, Hernandez was in a single cell in a general population unit of the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, and “hanged himself utilizing a bed sheet that he attached to his cell window.”
Hernandez also attempted to block his door from the inside. He was discovered at approximately 3:05 a.m., and pronounced dead at 4:07 a.m. at a nearby University of Massachusetts hospital.
Hernandez was 27.