Three handwritten notes were discovered in the cell were Aaron Hernandez hanged himself, leading investigators to officially declare his death a suicide. <br />The notes were discovered next to a Bible opened to John 3:16, the same verse that Hernandez had written across his forehead in marker. <br />That verse reads: 'For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.' <br />This comes as DailyMail.com has learned exclusively that Hernandez was planning his suicide for weeks. <br />The former football star even gave away most of his personal belongings to fellow inmates and covered the floor of his cell in soap, according to a well-paced source. If he lost his nerve he wouldn't be able to save himself as he would slip around and not be able to land firmly on his feet.