BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Former NFL running back Lawrence ;Phillips has been charged with murder in the death of his cellmate at a Central California prison. Phillips is suspected of killing 37-year-old Damion Soward at Kern Valley State Prison in April. Officials determined Soward was strangled. The Kern County district attorney’s office says the 40-year-old Phillips faces a first-degree murder charge. Phillips was once one of the nation’s top college football players at Nebraska. He played for the St. Louis Rams, Miami Dolphins and San Francisco 49ers during a three-year NFL career. Phillips is serving a sentence of …
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Former NFL running back Lawrence ;Phillips has been charged with murder in the death of his cellmate at a Central California prison.
Phillips is suspected of killing 37-year-old Damion Soward at Kern Valley State Prison in April. Officials determined Soward was strangled.
The Kern County district attorney’s office says the 40-year-old Phillips faces a first-degree murder charge.
Phillips was once one of the nation’s top college football players at Nebraska. He played for the St. Louis Rams, Miami Dolphins and San Francisco 49ers during a three-year NFL career.
Phillips is serving a sentence of more than 31 years. He was convicted of choking his girlfriend and later of driving his car into three teens after a pickup football game.
KBAK-TV reports ;Phillips was ordered back to court Sept. 15.
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