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QuoteThe following is a news release from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation:
Officials at Kern Valley State Prison (KVSP) are investigating the death of inmate Lawrence Phillips as a suspected suicide.
The incident occurred at 12:05 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, when staff conducting security checks found Phillips, 40, unresponsive in his cell. He was transported to an outside hospital where he was pronounced deceased at 1:27 a.m. Next-of-kin has been notified.
Phillips had been in an Administrative Segregation Unit on single-cell status since April 11, 2013, after he was suspected of killing his cellmate. Phillips was currently in the early stages of the trial in Kern County for the homicide.
http://www.kerngoldenempire.com/news/breaking-ex-nfl-player-lawrence-phillips-commits-suicide-in-at-kern-valley-state-prison
He was a great football player and a lost soul. So sad.