aaron hernandez

(Fall River, MA) -- A Massachusetts judge is vacating a murder conviction against former NFL player Aaron Hernandez. Superior Court Judge E. Susan Garsh today granted a defense request to vacate the conviction and return his status to a person only accused of a crime because he died before his appeals process was completed...

BOSTON (AP) - Newly released prison records say ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez was a member of the Bloods street gang. A death report released Friday by Worcester District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. also says Hernandez once threated to kill a correction officer and his family...

BOSTON (AP) — Lawyers for the mother of a man killed by Aaron Hernandez will not be allowed access to his brain, blood and urine samples in support of her wrongful death suit against the former NFL star's estate. Attorneys for Ursula Ward—the mother of Odin Lloyd—had asked a judge to order the preservation of the tissue and fluid samples gathered by the autopsy after Hernandez's suicide for their

Writer James Patterson seems to think the trial and death of Aaron Hernandez will be a real page turner.

(AP)—A Massachusetts judge has ordered a district attorney to hand over copies of three suicide notes left by ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez by the time he is buried. George Leontire, an attorney for Hernandez's fiancee, Shayanna Jenkins Hernandez, made the request in court Monday morning, hours before Hernandez's funeral in Bristol, Connecticut...

NEW BEDFORD (AP)—A Massachusetts judge says he's issuing an order preserving evidence in Aaron Hernandez's prison suicide. Bristol Superior Court Judge Thomas McGuire says it's only fair that the ex-NFL star's family, the government and the public know exactly how he died...

NEW BEDFORD - The State Medical Examiner's Office has officially ruled Aaron Hernandez's death as a suicide, and now his family is filing suit. Shayanna Jenkins-Hernandez will file a civil suit on behalf of her and Aaron's daughter, Avielle, asking for an injunction to preserve all evidence in the investigation into the death of the former New England Patriots player...

Disturbing details are coming out about the apparent suicide of former New England Patriots star and convicted murderer Aaron Hernandez. Local media in Massachusetts report Hernandez cut his finger and wrote "John 3:16" in blood on his forehead...

DARTMOUTH - With an acquittal in a double murder trial just last week, and an appeal on a murder conviction likely on the way, many are wondering why Aaron Hernandez would kill himself now. Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson got to know Hernandez a little during the former New England Patriot's incarceration at the Bristol County House of Corrections in 2013...

Before he murdered Odin Lloyd in June of 2013 Aaron Hernandez had his whole life ahead of him. In his 3 years playing for the New England Patriots Hernandez had 18 touchdowns with only 2 fumbles. His future was as bright as the sun. The guy was unstoppable, until news broke that he was a suspect the cold blooded killing of Odin Lloyd...