Family Attorney Plans To Sue State For Negligence
PAUL: 45 minutes past the hour. And an attorney for the family of Aaron Hernandez says, he plans to sue State Officials for negligence.</s>BLACKWELL: Now the former NFL star apparently hanged himself with a bed sheet in his Massachusetts prison cell this week. His body was found near three suicide notes and a bible. For more on those notes and what happens next in this case, we're joined by CNN Correspondent Sara Ganim. So Sara, what are we learning about the contents of these notes and what happens now?</s>SARA GANIM, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well Victor, a judge ruling to preserve all of the evidence from Aaron Hernandez's jail cell including video of his cell door in the hours before he was found, as well as those three suicide notes. Two of them, CNN has learned, to Hernandez's fiancee and his daughter. It's unclear at this point who the third note was written for. In addition, law enforcement sources telling CNN, a bible verse John 3:16 was written in red markings on Hernandez's forehead and cell wall. We also know from the prison that there were apparently steps taken to block that cell door from the inside. Hernandez's attorney making if request to preserve all of this evidence on behalf of the family, saying that the family is upset with how they leaned of the details of the suicide notes, and the bible verses, and overall the handling of what happened. The family attorney saying he expects to sue the prison for negligence in parts because he alleges there was no check on Hernandez's cell between 8 p.m. the night before and 3 a.m. the morning he was found. He was being housed alone in a general population cell. The family through attorneys saying there was nothing to indicate anything like this was possible. In fact, the day before, his attorney expressed confidence in the appeal of his murder conviction in the case of Odin Lloyd. With Hernandez's death now, it's possible that murder conviction will be tossed out given that it was under appeal with no result. Hernandez's family has announced they've donated his brain to science to be studied as part of a program looking at brain damage in football players that can cause behavioral problems. Victor. BLACKWELL. All right. Sara Ganim, thank you so much.</s>PAUL: Well, still to come for you this morning, Anthony Bourdain's new documentary film highlights the glamour and perils of critically acclaimed Chef Jeremiah Tower. The same Chef joins us next.