Former New
England Patriots star, Aaron Hernandez who was convicted of killing his former
friend, semi-pro football player, Odin Llyod, allegedly wrote a popular bible
verse, 'John 3:16', which reads: 'For God so loved the world that he gave his
one and only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal
life', on his forehead, using a red marker pen before committing suicide in his
Massachusetts jail cell.
He also
allegedly left a Bible in his cell on to that verse, according to CBS Boston.
The verse has been referred to as 'The Gospel in a Nutshell'. Investigators are
also said to be looking at the possibility that Hernandez smoked K2 synthetic
marijuana before taking his own life
He was already
serving a life sentence for the 2013 murder of Odin Lloyd, a semi-professional
football player who was dating the sister of Hernandez's finance.
Investigators
say his fellow inmates allegedly told them that he was high on K2 - also known
as 'Spice' - prior to his death.
That's the
same drug he was said to be smoking the night of Lloyd's murder. The chemical
composition of the drug has been linked to psychotic episodes, collapses and
seizures among users.
The
investigative team is also looking at a 22-year-old friend and fellow inmate of
Hernandez's who is believed to be the last person to see him alive. That particular
inmate is now under suicide watch.
The fresh
developments came after it was suggested Hernandez may have - inadvertently or
intentionally - cleared his own name by committing suicide early this
morning. Under a long-standing state
legal principle, courts customarily vacate the convictions of defendants who
die before their appeals are heard.
There are also
speculations that he killed himself so that the families of his victims can't
sue his estate. With him being dead, everything goes to his fiancé, Shayanna
Jenkins-Hernandez and their daughter, Avielle Janelle Jenkins-Hernandez.
The former
Patriot tight-end was found hanging with his own bed sheets at 3am Wednesday
morning at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley, Massachusetts,
less than a week after he was acquitted of the 2012 murders of Eritrean
immigrants who lived in Boston, Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado.
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