Aaron Hernandez Through The Years
Police guard an entrance to the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, Wednesday, April 19, 2017, in Shirley, Mass. Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez, who was serving a life sentence for a murder conviction and just days ago was acquitted of a double murder, died after hanging himself at his prison cell early Wednesday, Massachusetts prisons officials said.
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A collection of pictures following the life of Bristol, Conn., native Aaron Hernandez from his high school football playing days through his criminal cases. Hernandez committed suicide in his jail cell on Wednesday, April 19, 2017.
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.
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Shayanna Jenkins, fiancee of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, sits in the courtroom with the couple’s daughter during jury deliberations in Hernandez’s double-murder trial at Suffolk Superior Court in Boston. Hernandez was acquitted of those crimes on Friday, but hanged himself in his prison early Wednesday, April 19, 2017.
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Aaron Hernandez blows a kiss to his daughter, who sat with her mother, Shayanna Jenkins Hernandez, Hernandez’s longtime fiancee, during jury deliberations in his double-murder trial at Suffolk Superior Court in Boston. Hernandez was acquitted of those crimes on Friday, but hanged himself in his prison early Wednesday, April 19, 2017.
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A court officer places handcuffs on the wrists of former New England Patriots football player Aaron Hernandez after the guilty verdict was read during his murder trial at the Bristol County Superior Court in Fall River, Mass., Wednesday, April 15, 2015.
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New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was arrested and led out of his home in handcuffs, shortly before 9 a.m. on June 26, 2013.
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Former New England Patriots football tight end Aaron Hernandez stands during a bail hearing in Fall River Superior Court Thursday, June 27, 2013 in Fall River, Mass.
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Former New England Patriots NFL football player Aaron Hernandez is seated during his murder trial, Thursday, April 2, 2015, in Fall River, Mass.
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Former New England Patriots football player Aaron Hernandez, right, sits with defense attorney Charles Rankin, left, as the judge and attorneys for both sides discuss questions about evidence from the jury deliberating Hernandez’s fate, during his murder trial Thursday, April 9, 2015, in Fall River, Mass.
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Terri Hernandez, mother of former New England Patriots football player Aaron Hernandez hugs Shayanna Jenkins, Hernandez’s fiancee, as the guilty verdict is read at the Bristol County Superior Court in Fall River, Mass., Wednesday, April 15, 2015. Hernandez was found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Odin Lloyd in June 2013.
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Former New England Patriots football player Aaron Hernandez awaits the verdict during his murder trial at the Bristol County Superior Court in Fall River, Mass., Wednesday, April 15, 2015. Hernandez was found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Odin Lloyd in June 2013.
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In this Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, file photo, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, left, congratulates Aaron Hernandez after their AFC Championship NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens in Foxborough, Mass.
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Aaron Hernandez takes off after making a reception against Florida State during his playing days at the University of Florida in 2009.
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Bristol Central tight end Aaron Hernandez runs upfield after a reception in practicein September 2006.
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Bristol Central High’s Aaron Hernandez posed for this photo after being named The Courant’s defensive player of the year in 2005.
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Aaron Hernandez during his playing days at Bristol Central High.
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