Lawrence phillips, an imprisoned former NFL running back, died Wednesday morning after being found unresponsive in his prison cell at the Kern Valley State Prison. He was awaiting a trial on charges of killing his cellmate last year in April. The death of Phillips is being investigated as suicide. Phillips was a star running back at Nebraska and a first-round pick for the St. Louis Rams in 1996, but lasted in the NFL only three seasons. He was sent to a California prison in 2008 after being convicted of domestic violence, false imprisonment and vehicle theft charges. Phillips was found unresponsive at 12:05 am Wednesday in his cell, he was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead at 1:27 am. It is unknown what led the investigators to believe he committed suicide.
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