Hernandez's body has been released to his family for burial, but the medical examiner has retained custody of his brain despite the family's wish to donate it to the Boston University CTE Center, Hernandez's defense attorney, Jose Baez, said. But the medical examiner's office said it wanted to complete its investigation into the death before releasing it. The body will be sent to another location that has not been announced.
The state's chief medical examiner, Dr. Henry N. Nields, performed an autopsy on Hernandez on Wednesday and determined the cause of death was asphyxia by hanging, the release said.
MA officials announced Thursday Hernandez's brain will be released to Boston University's CTE Center for further examination.
The brain custody battle came a day after prison officials said Hernandez, a former National Football League star for the New England Patriots, hanged himself with a bedsheet attached to a window in his prison cell.
Meanwhile, Hernandez's family members are asking a judge to order MA prison officials to preserve evidence so they can investigate the circumstances of his death.
It goes on to say that the plaintiff "intends to investigate all of the circumstances regarding Aaron Hernandez's death".
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The next step is to turn Hernandez's brain over to Boston University as his family has requested.
He had been serving a life sentence without parole for the 2013 slaying of a onetime friend.
State Police found cardboard jammed into the door tracks of Hernandez's cell. The popular Bible verse says, "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life".
Bristol Superior Court Judge Thomas McGuire's ruling includes video recordings of Hernandez's cell for the eight hours before he was found hanged, records of where Hernandez was during that time and all of his property, including his writings. There is no word yet from the coroner who performed the autopsy but Baez also said that they meant to launch their own investigation on the matter. He was pronounced dead in a hospital a short time later.
Many of those not connected to Hernandez but following the story echoed similar sentiments, especially considering that Hernandez had just been acquitted for a double murder and was appealing his other murder conviction.
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