Back to the New England Patriots Newsfeed

Aaron Hernandez’s fiancee to Dr. Phil: I don’t think his death was a suicide

BOSTON (AP) — The fiancee of former NFL player Aaron Hernandez says she didn’t initially believe he had died in his prison cell and doesn’t think his death was a suicide.

The first part of a two-part interview with Shayanna Jenkins-Hernandez aired Monday on the ‘‘Dr. Phil ‘‘ show.

Jenkins-Hernandez told host Dr. Phillip McGraw she doesn’t think the former New England Patriots tight end’s death April 19 was a suicide, as authorities have ruled. She says he was upbeat in their last telephone conversation before he was found hanged and there was no indication he was suicidal.