BOSTON (AP) The fiancee of former NFL player Aaron Hernandez says she thought his suicide was a hoax.
Shayanna Jenkins-Hernandez says in an interview on ”Dr. Phil” scheduled to air next week that she thought ”some cruel person” was playing a trick on her when she heard Hernandez hand hanged himself in his prison cell on April 19, days after he was acquitted of a double murder. He was still serving a life sentence for another killing.
Hernandez-Jenkins said her last conversation with the former New England Patriots player was positive and she ”felt like we were looking so bright.