Aaron Hernandez’s Family Prepares For Funeral In Star Athlete’s Hometown

Funeral services for Aaron Hernandez commenced Monday at the former NFL player's hometown of Bristol, Connecticut.

Hernandez, 27, committed suicide Wednesday by hanging himself with a bed sheet from his prison cell window at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley, Massachusetts. Hernandez was serving a life sentence for the 2013 murder of Odin Lloyd.