Post by Logan on Jan 16, 2016 4:32:31 GMT -6
Lawrence Phillips’ brain to be donated for CTE study as coroner says death a suicide
Lawrence Phillips, the imprisoned former NFL running back, killed himself while awaiting trial on a first-degree murder charge, a California coroner said Friday.
The Kern County coroner's office didn't offer any other details about his death.
On Wednesday, Kern Valley State Prison staff found the 40-year-old unresponsive in his cell while conducting a security check. He was transported to an outside hospital and pronounced dead at 1:27 a.m.
Phillips — who was sentenced to 31 years in prison in 2008 after he was twice convicted of choking his girlfriend and then driving his car into three teenagers — had been kept alone in a cell since April, after he was suspected of killing cellmate Damion Soward. A conviction could have led to the death penalty.
Continue reading at www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/lawrence-phillips-brain-donated-cte-study-article-1.2498738 .
Lawrence Phillips, the imprisoned former NFL running back, killed himself while awaiting trial on a first-degree murder charge, a California coroner said Friday.
The Kern County coroner's office didn't offer any other details about his death.
On Wednesday, Kern Valley State Prison staff found the 40-year-old unresponsive in his cell while conducting a security check. He was transported to an outside hospital and pronounced dead at 1:27 a.m.
Phillips — who was sentenced to 31 years in prison in 2008 after he was twice convicted of choking his girlfriend and then driving his car into three teenagers — had been kept alone in a cell since April, after he was suspected of killing cellmate Damion Soward. A conviction could have led to the death penalty.
Continue reading at www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/lawrence-phillips-brain-donated-cte-study-article-1.2498738 .