The bizarre saga of former Nebraska running back Lawrence Phillips has taken another turn for the surreal, as he is suspected of killing his cell mate in prison.
Reports the Associated Press:
Former NFL running back Lawrence Phillips is suspected of killing his cellmate in a Central California prison, officials said Monday.
Phillips’ cellmate at Kern Valley State Prison was found lifeless early Saturday and later pronounced dead, prison spokesman Lt. Marshall Denning said in a statement.
Phillips, 39, is serving a 31-year sentence in prison because, according to the AP, “Phillips twice choked his girlfriend in 2005 in San Diego.