Aaron Hernandez‘s fiancée is honoring the late NFL star’s memory with a family tribute.
Shayanna Jenkins shared a throwback image of their daughter Avielle, 12, in church with a 2012 pic of the athlete smiling photoshopped in a corner, almost eight years after he died at age 27 of suicide while serving a life sentence for first-degree murder.
“Celebrated our love for you privately, never forgotten always embraced,” the athlete’s fiancée captioned her March 22 Instagram photo, adding angel and dove emojis.
In March 2024, Shayanna had shared a pic of Avielle wearing the same outfit—a white dress and veil—standing alongside her sister Giselle, 6, who is not Aaron’s child.
Since Aaron’s death, the 35-year-old has occasionally shared tributes to the late football player, who played for the New England Patriots between 2010 and 2012. “You left this world, but not my heart,” Shayanna wrote on Instagram in 2022, alongside several photos of the two a pic of her fiancé cuddling their then-baby girl in bed. “#AH81 #alwaysandforever.”
