Aaron Hernandez's death in prison has been ruled a suicide and the former NFL star's brain is being donated to sports concussion researchers, Massachusetts authorities said Thursday. Authorities said the medical examiner had ruled cause of death was asphyxia by hanging and that investigators had found three handwritten notes next to a Bible in Hernandez's cell at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley. Authorities previously said Hernandez had not left a suicide note and he hadn't been on suicide watch. Many unknownsOther questions surrounding Hernandez's death still remain unanswered. Authorities have still not released the incident report, officers' logs or video footage from the area around Hernandez's cell, despite repeated requests.

Source: CBC News April 20, 2017 20:54 UTC