aaron hernandez was serving a life sentence for the 2013 murder of odin lloyd. this past week he was acquitted in two other killings before he killed himself. a legal fight is already underway. lawyers are gearing up for a fight over his money and a possible lawsuit over his death. thun connecticut. >>> today a painful reminder for people who knew and loved the savopolous family will be reduced to rubble. preparation to tear down the house began last week. darryn wentz is suspected in the killings. >>> promoting patriotism at school. thousands of students sporting red, white and blue today. coming up, we'll tell you why some had to say why they had to fight to show off their american spirit. >>> wedding season is here. the regular registries may not cut it >>> you're watching "news 4 today." ♪ ♪ >>> students at wheaton college in illinois are heading back to class this morning after a deadly accident at a track meet. a student was volunteering at the competition when he was accidentally hit by a hammer during the hammer throw event this weekend. many gathere

but hernandez was already serving a life sentence for murder in the 2013 killing of odin lloyd. massachusetts state police are on scene. hernandez's family has also been notified. a shocking and developing story. >> miguel, thank you. keep us posted. >>> another story overnight. results are in from georgia's high-stakes special election, to fill the seat that was tom price's. this was an early test of president trump's influence. and take a look, the democratic upstart jon ossoff, just short of an outright victory. there will be a runoff between him and the second place finisher karen handel. we're going to get some insight by lindsey graham and others on this. let's start our coverage with nbc's kristen welker at the white house be more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. on the one hand, the white house is breathing a sigh of relief. political newcomer jon ossoff didn't get the 50% needed to win a avoid a runoff. still, ossoff did get close. a big night in georgia for political upstart jon ossoff. >> reporter: a big night in georgia for jon ossoff, his strong fini

. >> appealing his life sentence for the execution of his friend, odin lloyd, those close to hernandez say he was upbeat. a week ago today -- >> not guilty. >> -- the 27-year-old was acquitted in a 2012 double murder. news of the suicide was stunning, say friends. hernandez found with john 3:16 scrawled on his head, a reference to a biblical verse in eternal life. prison officials say he used cardboard to jam his cell door shut so prison guards couldn't reach him. >> the cell is about eight feet by ten feet. it's -- you know, i have been inside the cell. you live a very limited life. >> the former superstar scored a $40 million contract with the nfl's greatest franchise. leaves behind a fiancÉe and a four-year-old daughter. the question now what money if any could they receive from his nfl pension after he played three years in the league? rise of aaron hernandez, as dramatic as his down fall. >> investigators are reviewing surveillance tape from inside the prison. hernandez was not on suicide watch and at least one corrections officer is reportedly facing disciplinary action after mi

. >> reporter: now the mother of man he was convicted of killing, odin lloyd, says the patriots should cough up. s of dollars for her son's wrongful death, even though, she says it will never be enough. >> there's no amount of money in the world that can bring odin back. >> reporter: lloyd's family attorney argued since hernandez' case was in the middle of a appeal it's possible his guilty verdict gets erased and the patriots will owe him money from his contract reportedly worth $6 million. >> we hope to recover those money just described and any other assets for ursula ward and her deserving family. >> reporter: this comes just days after hernandez blew his 4-year-old daughter a kiss in a massachusetts courtroom. shortly before being found not guilty of another murder charge. >> not guilty. >> reporter: tried for killing two men, leaving a boston nightclub in 2012. prison officials found hernandez hanged in his cell by a bed sheet five days after that acquittal. near him, three handwritten notes, that according to the "boston herald" told his fiancee and daughter what he loved them. >

. >> reporter: appealing his life sentence for the execution of his friend, odin lloyd, those close to hernandez said he was upbeat. a week ago today, the 27-year-old was acquitted in a double-murder. news of the suicide was stunning, say friends. hernandez found with john 3:16 scrawled on his head. a reference to a biblical verse. prison officials say he used cardboard to jam his door shut. >> the cell is about 8 feet by 10 feet. i've been inside the cell. you live a very limited life. >> reporter: the former patriots superstar, who scored a $40 million contract with the nfl's greatest franchise, leaves behind a fiancee and a 4-year-old the question, now, what money, if any, could they receive from his nfl pension after he played three years in the league. the rise of aaron hernandez, as dramatic as his downfall. investigators are now reviewing surveillance tape from inside the prison and interviewing inmates. hernandez was not on suicide watch. and at least one corrections officer is reportedly facing disciplinary action after missing a walk-through, just an hour before hernandez's b

and what happened odin lloyd's family? where does the money go here? >> the money from this is involved. it is unlikely to move the money around. the patriots don't own the family members anything unless they later find out they were involved. no one has alleged that. the family doesn't say the patriots owe them but invite them to kick in, to somehow contribute, because there was all this tragic impact on other families. but nobody is suggesting in a legal way the patriots were crimes. >> jose baez who once defended casey anthony in florida, he was handling the appeal in this case. he is not satisfied this definitively a suicide. we just heard that the judges ordered evidence to be preserved in the case. what can we glean from this? curious or routine? >> pretty routine. in journalism, it's an apparent suicide. in court cases, alleged suicide. there's no indication or evidence to come out that this was anything other than what it looks like, a suicide, but any time you have an individual who dies in police or prison custody, and you don't have automati

to 2012, but hooesz, of course, was already serving a life sentence in jail for the murder of odin lloyd in 2013. >> he took his life, coincidently, on the same day the patriots are headed to the white house to celebrate their super bowl victory. we learned this morning the pate are not expected to comment on his death today. >> right now, we continue to follow a developing story out of the east bay this morning. a retirement home in pinole is threatened by a landslide. that's what's right in front of it right now, asdants are still inside. >> today in the bay's pete surratt is live outside that retirement home to find out why the people who live there have not been evacuated yet. this must be unnerving, pete. >> good morning to you, kris and sam. there are still hundreds of residents next to me at this retirement home as the management team deals with the landslide issues behind me. a resident told me there are no evacuations at this time. you can see this area is fenced off. we can't give you a good vantage point of how much damage we're talking about, but you can see the hole is start