Aaron Hernandez
This celebrity goo was created by player Chris Lemler.
Scott Hardie made minor changes to the clue and made minor changes to the explanation provided by Chris.
publication date: Sunday, February 23, 2020 (part of Winter 2020)
category: Crime
clue: This former football player decided that, even though being a murderer wasn't a smart idea, and being sentenced to life afterwards was terrible idea, committing suicide by hanging in his cell by a bed sheet and attempting to block the door by jamming the door with various items to the cell so no one could come in to help was a smart idea.
explanation: Hernandez was a former New England Patriots player who was convicted of homicide and hung himself in his cell. more…
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, Erik Bates, and Scott Hardie
trivia: Chris created this goo on the day that Hernandez's suicide was in the news (April 19, 2017).