*Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez, who was serving a life sentence for a murder conviction and was recently acquitted of a double murder, died after hanging himself in his prison cell early Wednesday, ...

FALL RIVER, Mass. – Former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for a deadly late-night shooting, sealing the ...

On the heels of being found not guilty of a double homicide earlier this month, former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was found dead in his prison cell, according to a statement from ...

Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez who was serving a life sentence for murder died after hanging himself in his prison cell. The 27-year-old NFL star was found dead by guards in his cell at the ...

BOSTON, Massachusetts (KTRK) -- Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez urged his fiancee to "live life and know I'm always with you" in a suicide note he left in his prison cell. An excerpt from the note was ...

Aaron Hernandez was involved in a prison fight Monday at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley, Massachusetts, CNN is reporting. According to CNN, which cited a law enforcement source ...

BOSTON, Massachusetts -- Aaron Hernandez's family wants to donate his brain to science, but Massachusetts officials are refusing to release it despite turning over the rest of his body to a funeral ...

Hernandez's family is calling for an independent probe into his death. — -- In his suicide note to his fiancée released today, Aaron Hernandez wrote that he told her what was coming "indirectly" ...