Aaron Hernandez: The Killer Inside

     Aaron Hernandez was a man that convicted murderer and American football tight end for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). His career ended in 2013 after his arrest and conviction of murder of Odin Lloyd. He was born on November 6, 1989 and died on April 19, 2017. Hernandez was found hanging in his jail cell days after a double homicide. He had a child with Shayanna Jenkins, it was a girl named Avielle Janelle Hernandez. Netflix came out with a limited documentary about him that came out on January 15, 2020. Twitter has visualized how “hot he is” and how “sad that he was a murderer”. People don’t realize how badly this man was dangerous. Andrew Padilla, a student that graduated from Estancia High School has watched the series has said, “I don’t like how social media is trying to justify what he did or tries to ignore that he killed somebody. He’s a murderer. Plain and Simple.” He was a manipulator and liar. It was also revealed that Hernandez had been suffering from an advanced case of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease, at the time of his death. Commonly found in football players and other athletes who participate in high-impact sports, CTE is often marked by problems with controlling aggression, mood swings, lapses in judgment and varying degrees of dementia. Which is why, he became the person he was.

Reporter: Leslie Ventura