New details of Hernandez's secret life revealed in third suicide note

New details are emerging in the Aaron Hernandez suicide story, including the role his sex life played.

Just days after the former New England Patriots star took his own life, a Newsweek report has revealed one of his suicide notes was written to his prison boyfriend.

"One of the notes left by Hernandez was to his prison boyfriend, who is now on 24/7 suicide watch, multiple law enforcement sources confirm," the report states.

Hernandez's sexuality was made relevant when it was a crucial point in his 2015 murder trial for the death of old friend Odin Lloyd.

The Newsweek report revealed that the disgraced former tight end may have killed Lloyd in 2013 because he was taunting him about his sexuality.

With Lloyd and Hernandez dating sisters at the time, it was reported that Hernandez may have killed Lloyd to keep his own sexuality secret, and avoid his girlfriend finding out about it.

At that stage, Hernandez was involved in an affair with a male former high school classmate.

Hernandez left three suicide notes behind in his prison cell, with one written for his fiancee and the other for his four-year-old daughter.

The death of the 27-year-old was officially ruled a suicide on Thursday afternoon.

A release from Worcester County District Attorney’s office said “the manner of death was suicide and the cause asphyxia by hanging.”

The convicted murderer had been found hanging from a bed sheet in his prison cell early Wednesday morning.

No signs of a struggle were found and Hernandez was found alone in his cell, the district attorney said.

The release also noted that state police detectives found that Hernandez had blocked access to his cell by placing cardboard in the tracks of his cell door.

With the investigation now complete, the medical examiner will release Hernandez’s brain to Boston University’s Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center to be tested for CTE, a degenerative brain disease. Hernandez’s lawyer Jose Baez held a media conference earlier on Thursday to demand the release of his client’s brain.

CBS Boston reported earlier in the day that law enforcement was also looking into the possibility that Hernandez smoked a synthetic marijuana named “K2” before the apparent suicide. The district attorney’s report, however, did not mention any drug use.

It also did not mention widespread reports that Hernandez also had “John 3:16” written on his forehead.

The passage, which is among the most oft-cited from the Bible, 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.”

Hernandez had been acquitted of murder chargers in the death of two men in 2012 just five days earlier. He was serving life without parole for the murder of Odin Lloyd in 2013.

The Boston Globe also reported that Hernandez made a telephone call to his fiancé Shayanna Jenkins-Hernandez about seven hours before his body was found hanging from a bedsheet in his cell. Jenkins-Hernandez has yet to issue a public comment, nor has Hernandez’s brother or mother.

Other things we know right now:

• Aaron Hernandez’s former agent is unconvinced it was a suicide.

• TMZ reported that Hernandez was placed on suicide watch in 2015 after being convicted of murdering Lloyd, but that it may have been a procedural move.

• Lloyd’s family spoke to Bleacher Report with Lloyd’s sister saying the news of Hernandez’s suicide brought her to tears.

• One of Hernandez’s attorneys will try to get his murder conviction vacated based on an old legal rule.

• Hernandez’s death actually sparked a morbid surge in the memorabilia market.

With Kevin Kaduck - Shutdown Corner