The former Patriots star hanged himself with a bed sheet attached to a window in his cell, located at the Souza Baranowski prison in Shirley, Massachusetts.
Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez is seated during closing arguments in his trial at Suffolk Superior Court, Thursday, April 6, 2017, in Boston.
Guards discovered Hernandez at 3AM and transported his body to UMass Memorial-HealthAlliance Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead. Hernandez tried to block the cell door from the inside by jamming it with various items, Fallon said.
Still, with future Hall of Famer Tom Brady throwing to him, Hernandez shined for New England.
As the news of Aaron Hernandez's death spread Wednesday morning, people had a wide range of reactions.
The defense attorney, who added the Baez Law Firm will participate "in its own examination" into what occurred, believes Hernandez may have been murdered by fellow inmates or those who work for the prison, according to TMZ Sports.
The 2015 conviction cemented a spectacular fall from grace for Hernandez, who once had a $40 million, five-year contract with the Patriots.
This comes after Hernandez's former agent Brian Murphy said there's no chance he committed suicide.
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Hernandez was serving a life sentence without parole for the 2013 murder of his friend Odin Lloyd.
Hernandez was moved to tears on Friday after he was acquitted of the 2012 fatal shootings of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado in Boston.
State police were investigating the circumstances of the death of the former rising star in the National Football League, and a coroner was performing an autopsy on Wednesday.
A Department of Corrections spokesperson told 22News that corrections officers found Hernandez hanging in his cell.
As the Associated Press reported, prosecutors accused Hernandez of opening fire on their auto because he felt disrespected when one of the men bumped into him and spilled his drink at a Boston nightclub. Before his acquittal, Hernandez on Wednesday was seen blowing kisses to the little girl he fathered with fiancée Shayanna Jenkins.
Investigators suggested Hernandez shot Lloyd to keep him quiet about the two earlier killings.
Hernandez's arrest cut short what had been a promising football career burgeoning on stardom, beginning in his hometown of Bristol, Connecticut.
Stacey James, a spokesman for the Patriots, said the team was aware of the news but did not anticipate any comment.
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