According to reports Aaron Hernandez family wants to donate his brain to the team leading research into how football injuries affect behavior. They want to see if he suffered from CTE.

Read on and get the details on Aaron Hernandez brain being donated per the family request…

CelebNSports247.com has learned that the Boston Medical Examiner’s office is holding on to the brain despite releasing the rest of the convicted murderer’s body to his family following an autopsy.

The Hernandez family’s lawyer Jose Baez told reporters that they would like to donate the brain to the Boston University team looking into chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). The donation of Aaron Hernandez brain is being stymied by the Boston Medical Examiner.

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Aaron Hernandez Brain details:

Outside the medical examiner’s office Baez said in a hastily convened press conference on the sidewalk:

“We made arrangements for the Boston University CTE unit to take possession of Aaron’s brain. It was completely agreed upon.”

Baez also stated that the university was due to remove the brain at 10 am on Thursday.  It was later reported that Hernandez’s brain would be released to Boston University per his family wishes.

On Thursday, the Daily Mail reported that Massachusetts District Attorney Joseph D. Early, Jr. in a statement:

“Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Henry N. Nields performed an autopsy on Mr. Hernandez on Wednesday and concluded today that the manner of death was suicide and the cause asphyxia by hanging.”

What do you think about Aaron Hernandez brain being donated for CTE research?