The autopsy of Aaron Hernandez confirmed initial reports that the 27-year-old former NFL star committed suicide.
According to Massachusetts Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Henry N. Nields, the manner of death was suicide and the cause was asphyxia by hanging. The autopsy was completed on Thursday morning.
Hernandez’s suicide comes five days after the former New England Patriots tight end was acquitted of double murder charges in the deaths of two men outside a Boston nightclub in 2012. The jury found him not guilty of homicide, but convicted him of one count of possessing an unlicensed weapon.