He was rushed to the hospital at 3:05 a.m., but was pronounced dead at 4:07 a.m. He was in a single cell in a general housing unit, officials said.
MA state police has launched an investigation into the circumstances around Hernandez's death.
They're calling it a suicide, but an autopsy will be conducted later this week in Boston. But in reality, Hernandez's death could ultimately trigger a series of legal actions on the part of his family in the coming months and years.
"There were no conversations that would have indicated anything like this was possible". "Aaron was looking forward to an opportunity for a second chance to prove his innocence".
The circumstances surrounding Hernandez's death are suspicious.
The convicted murderer's suicide comes the same day his former team visits the White House to celebrate their Super Bowl victory. FILE - In this Wednesday, April 12, 2017, file photo, Shayanna Jenkins Hernandez, fiancee of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, sits in the courtroom with the couple's daughter du.
Details have continued to emerge regarding the discovery of Aaron Hernandez's body, and the condition in which he was found.
Hernandez was serving a life sentence without possibility of parole for the 2013 slaying of Odin Lloyd.
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At the time Hernandez, who had pleaded not guilty, was overcome with emotion as the verdict was read, moving his head from side to side, wiping his eyes and weeping. It holds that is unfair to the defendant or to his or her survivors if a conviction is allowed to stand before they had a chance to clear their names on appeal, in case some kind or error or other injustice was determined to have occurred at trial, Martin Healy, chief legal counsel for the Massachusetts Bar Association, told the Associated Press.
Friends also were grieving in CT, where Hernandez was raised.
A star tight end for the University of Florida when it won the 2008 title, Hernandez dropped to the fourth round of the National Football League draft because of trouble in college that included a failed drug test and a bar fight.
Still, with future Hall of Famer Tom Brady throwing to him, Hernandez shined for New England. When he was arrested, Hernandez was owed $3.25 million toward the signing bonus on his contract with the Patriots.
"We are aware of the reports, but I don't anticipate that we will be commenting today", a Patriots spokesperson said.
Cugno says he thinks it's "fishy" that Hernandez would have killed himself when he was just acquitted of a 2012 double murder.
"To my friend my brother!" "I will forever miss you and love you bro".
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