One of the attorneys who represented Aaron Hernandez in his most recent murder trial does not believe the former NFL star would take his own life, and the lawyer is planning to investigate the death.
Jose Baez, who helped Hernandez get acquitted just days ago of murdering two men outside a Boston nightclub back in 2012, has launched an investigation on behalf of Hernandez’s family. Baez has reportedly not ruled out that Hernandez was murdered by either his fellow inmates or someone who works at the prison where he was being held.
Just received this from Aaron Hernandez's attorney, Jose Baez. His legal team will conduct its own investigation. pic.twitter.com/riCgy3bSjD
— Coley Harvey (@ColeyHarvey) April 19, 2017
Baez says the Hernandez family is “devastated” and does not believe Aaron would commit suicide. The attorney said last week that he believed Hernandez could win an appeal of the Odin Lloyd murder conviction and eventually be let out of prison.
For what it’s worth, Baez and the Hernandez family are not the only ones in denial about Hernandez’s suicide. Hernandez’s agent and one of his former New England Patriots teammates said Wednesday that they will never believe Hernandez took his own life.
Department of Correction officials say Hernandez hung himself with a bed sheet and that he tried to barricade the door from the inside with various objects. If that information is accurate, there is virtually no way someone else could have been inside the cell with him.
