And, in a tragic defiance of statistical probability, they, too, committed murder.
Thats three high school teammates who killed, in a football-mad town of about 60,000.
The two-partdocumentary, premiering on ID tonight at 9 p.m. Hernandez, also an avid user of PCP, was a frequent consumer.
Hernandez in court in 2013Jared Wickerham/Getty Images
In 2014, Ryng murdered his wife before taking his own life.
Both men had been in a tailspin, with increasingly erratic and violent behavior.
Unlike Hernandez, they didnt flame out on the public stage.
When they detonated, they left a trail of destruction and one horrific legacy.