Aaron Hernandez Dead
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Suicide isn't an appropriate end for anyone, IMO. But I'm not gonna cry for him.
My initial thought when seeing the thread title was that somebody got to him (drug dealer or some gang connection) and took him out. Suicide is messed up, but the whole situation was so F'd up that it just seemed like it was heading in that direction, ya know?
At least he went out doing what he loved.
Bad dude. We didn't need him hangin around anyway.
I figured he would die in the next few years. I thought it would be another prisoner that killed him though. The timing seems weird. Didn't he just get acquitted on other murder charges?
Interesting legal twist/loophole:
His case in the murder of Odin Lloyd was under appeal (and therefore hadn't reached its final conclusion). By law, since he died before the case was officially decided and thus can't defend himself, the state will have to drop the charges against him in that case.
It's assumed in the next month or so that his lawyers will go to court and officially request that the case be dropped, which it then will be. Since he was (somehow) acquitted on the double murder charges as well, officially in the eyes of the law, Aaron Hernandez won't be recorded as a murderer/felon.
This will also have further implications - the civil cases against him in wrongful death in the various murders, where the families are trying to get money as a judgment will be much much harder to win for them now. Also - the signing bonus money he was owed by the Patriots that was forfeited as a result of the murders (breach of contract), now has a good chance of having to be paid out to his estate.
Some pretty good motives here for committing suicide, if for once he finally thought of someone other than himself (his family) and wanted to make sure they were all set financially.
His case in the murder of Odin Lloyd was under appeal (and therefore hadn't reached its final conclusion). By law, since he died before the case was officially decided and thus can't defend himself, the state will have to drop the charges against him in that case.
It's assumed in the next month or so that his lawyers will go to court and officially request that the case be dropped, which it then will be. Since he was (somehow) acquitted on the double murder charges as well, officially in the eyes of the law, Aaron Hernandez won't be recorded as a murderer/felon.
This will also have further implications - the civil cases against him in wrongful death in the various murders, where the families are trying to get money as a judgment will be much much harder to win for them now. Also - the signing bonus money he was owed by the Patriots that was forfeited as a result of the murders (breach of contract), now has a good chance of having to be paid out to his estate.
Some pretty good motives here for committing suicide, if for once he finally thought of someone other than himself (his family) and wanted to make sure they were all set financially.
^^^^ Joe makes some very good points.
For a few weeks he got to see his family, fiancé and 4 year old daughter. He just won his latest case. Then he is slammed back behind those walls for the rest of his life. That had to be an emotional up and down for him and he ultimately opted out to avoid the heartache . .
For a few weeks he got to see his family, fiancé and 4 year old daughter. He just won his latest case. Then he is slammed back behind those walls for the rest of his life. That had to be an emotional up and down for him and he ultimately opted out to avoid the heartache . .
I hate myself for feeling this way but I really have no sympathy for the guy. Granted the people he murdered (whether convicted of or acquitted) were presumably not the most upstanding citizens, but AH seemed to care more about being a thug than an NFL star on a top team.
Indeed. Thanks for that insight @Hark_The_Sound_2010. The whole thing is tragic, from start to finish.
Don't. The guy was a POS, cold-blooded murderer, and him offing himself doesn't change that.
Alex Bradley, one of Hernandez's best friends who he shot in the face and left for dead after he got spooked into thinking he would rat him out on the Lloyd murder (but ultimately lived and then testified against him), was a drug and illegal gun trafficker. But Lloyd, de Abreu, and Furtado all seemed like decent enough people when their backstories came to light.
This is what it boils down to. He grew up in a fairly well-to-do two parent household in CT. He wasn't "raised by the streets" as many might assume given his tatted up appearance and propensity for violence. He consciously chose that life over the multi-million dollar pro football player life he could have gone down. Some day I'm sure there will be a 30 for 30 or documentary of some sort done - and I'm sure it'll be a very interesting watch.
Allegedly, yes. 2 people (de Abreu and Furtado). But those are the ones that he got acquitted on last week. The facts that everyone agrees on (including Hernandez's defense) was that de Abreu spilled a drink on Hernandez at a club, and then Hernandez ordered his friend Bradley to drive up next to his car (which had Furtado in the passengers seat) when everyone was leaving. And then both de Abreu and Furtado were shot.
Then it became a he-said/he-said where Hernandez claims Bradley (who was driving) shot both of them, and Bradley and the prosecution claimed that Hernandez shot both of them. Ultimately at least one person on the jury wasn't completely convinced.
Patriots have put him on the injury report as questionable with a neck injury
Also was convicted of tourism in Wilmington, NC.
Theories are out there that the reason he killed Odin Lloyd was because he caught him in the act with a dude, and he didn't want to run the risk of him getting that word out.
