
Inmate’s lawyer demands release of alleged Hernandez note
Representatives for the Hernandez family have said no such note exists.
Representatives for the Hernandez family have said no such note exists.
Advocates say unverified reports about Aaron Hernandez’s sexuality are not relevant to his crimes or his suicide.
A judge ordered that Aaron Hernandez’s suicide notes be released to the family after an emergency motion was filed.
Shayanna Jenkins-Hernandez, Jonathan “DJ” Hernandez, and Hernandez’s mother, Terri Hernandez, were in attendance.
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Relatives, friends, and former teammates gathered in Aaron Hernandez’s hometown of Bristol, Conn., on Monday.
The attorney for Hernandez’s fiancee said she may sue state prison officials for failing to prevent his suicide.
Court papers detail the information the long-time fiancee of Aaron Hernandez wants from the Department of Correction.
Hernandez may technically become an innocent man in his death, thanks to a legal principle called “abatement ab initio.”
The announcement came hours after Hernandez’s attorney accused the state of withholding the brain illegally.
Medical examiners “concluded today that the manner of death was suicide and the cause asphyxia by hanging.”
Aaron Hernandez had marked his forehead with a reference to “John 3:16,” and three notes were found next to a Bible in his cell.
The verse first leapt into popular culture in the 1970s when born-again Christians started holding “John 3:16” signs at stadiums.
“Anytime anybody kills themselves in a prison, something clearly went wrong,” the governor said.
The former Patriots star committed suicide in his cell Wednesday morning, the Department of Correction said. Hernandez’s lawyer said he will conduct his own investigation.
Hernandez began each day at his most recent trial smiling. And sometimes he had a hard time keeping himself from laughing.
Signed cards, jerseys, and photographs of the former New England Patriots player seemed to flood the website Wednesday.
“The family and legal team is shocked and surprised at the news of Aaron’s death,” Jose Baez said.
KEVIN CULLEN
Hernandez’s life, and now his death, has become a window into and something of an indictment of what we value and idolize.
An advocate said she had never heard of an inmate hanging himself using a sheet and a window at Souza-Baranowski prison.
In the eyes of the state, Aaron Hernandez died an innocent man thanks to an archaic legal principle called “abatement ab initio.”
The rate of prison suicides in Mass. between 2001 and 2014 was the fourth-highest in the country, about twice the national average.
JOAN VENNOCHI
Hernandez wasted his talent — on the football field and in his life.
Here’s what’s known so far about the death of the former New England Patriots star.
Dolphins lineman Mike Pouncey indicated the two had spoken recently in a message posted to Instagram.
Ben Volin
Many were affected as the former Patriots star’s life spiraled downward.
Key dates in the case of Aaron Hernandez: