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FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) - A judge is set to hear arguments in a push by lawyers for former NFL star Aaron Hernandez to erase his conviction in a 2013 murder. The former New England Patriots tight end hanged himself in his prison cell April 19 while serving a life sentence in the killing of semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd...

(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...

SHIRLEY, MA - The Massachusetts Department of Corrections says former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez has committed suicide in prison. In a statement, the department says Hernandez, "hanged himself utilizing a bedsheet that he attached to his cell window...

NEW BEDFORD - A 22-year-old Dartmouth man was found dead in the Ash Street Jail on Sunday. Jonathan Darling, spokesman for the Bristol County Sheriff's Office, has confirmed to WBSM News that Tyler Holdsworth was found in his cell around 5:30 P...

Newly revealed information indicates that a Worcester man awaiting trial in a convenience store shooting took his own life while being held at the Bristol County House of Corrections in December. The Worcester Telegram & Gazette is reporting that 21-year-old Jaiquan Harris, who was being held on multiple charges stemming from an April 2013 incident in which he shot a Worcester store clerk in t

TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) - A Massachusetts woman is expected in court for a hearing as she awaits trial on a manslaughter charge for allegedly sending her boyfriend dozens of text messages encouraging him to kill himself. Michelle Carter is due in Taunton Juvenile Court Monday for a pretrial hearing...