Hernandez's mother, brother, fiancee and at least one defense attorney were among the dozens who attended the invitation-only service in his hometown of Bristol, Connecticut.
A judge from the Bristol County Superior Court ordered the three notes Hernandez wrote in prison to be released to his family by the time he was buried.
In a subsequent follow-up story yesterday, the same website identified 22-year-old Kyle Kennedy as the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center inmate that Hernandez penned one of his three suicide notes to, with Kennedy's lawyer confirming that the former National Football League star did pen a letter to his client. Kennedy's lawyer declined to describe Kennedy's relationship to Hernandez but said through a spokesman that Kennedy had been placed on suicide watch as a precaution.
'Aaron Hernandez had requested to the prison that my client, Kyle Kennedy be his cellmate, ' Army, managing partner of the Boston firm Army & Roche, told DailyMail.com in an exclusive interview.
BET.com called Baez and the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, but our calls to each haven't been returned as of late Tuesday morning. Lloyd was dating the sister of Shayanna Jenkins Hernandez, who was Hernandez's fiancée. "Aaron Hernandez will go to his death an innocent man".
He was serving a sentence of life in prison without possibility of parole after being found guilty of that murder when he hanged himself, according to state officials. As part of McGuire's order, the district attorney was to redact any information that would be pertinent to an ongoing investigation into Hernandez's death. That argument won in court as the family gathered for Hernandez's funeral.
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Hernandez left three notes next to a Bible.
"The family of Aaron Hernandez wishes to thank all of you for the thoughtful expressions of condolences", a statement from the Hernandez family reads.
In related news, a hearing was canceled in the same courthouse on a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Hernandez's victim, Odin Lloyd of Boston.
Hernandez's service was held at the O'Brien Funeral Home from 1 to 3 p.m.
Last week, Hernandez's cousin Randy Garcia told News 8 how he hopes the people of Bristol and football fans will remember Aaron.
A judge has ordered that Aaron Hernandez's suicide notes will be released to his family before his burial on Monday.
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