Chris Henry Fiance Picture

Chris Henry Fiance Picture:CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry has died, one day after suffering serious injuries upon falling out of the back of a pickup truck in what authorities describe as a domestic dispute with his fiancee.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said Henry died at 6:36 a.m. Thursday. Henry was 26.

Henry was rushed to the hospital Wednesday after being found on a residential road “apparently suffering life-threatening injuries,” according to police.

Police said a dispute began at a home about a half-mile away, and Henry jumped into the bed of the pickup truck as his fiancee was driving away from the residence.

Police said at some point when she was driving, Henry “came out of the back of the vehicle.” They wouldn’t identify the woman, and no charges were immediately filed.

“Detectives continue to work diligently on this active investigation,” police said in a statement Thursday announcing Henry’s death.

Henry is engaged to Loleini Tonga, and the couple has been raising three children. Tonga’s MySpace page identifies herself as “Mrs. C. Henry” and has a picture of her next to a person who appears to be Henry. She also has a post from Tuesday talking about buying wedding rings. A neighbor said Wednesday that the Tonga family owns the home where police say the incident began. Charlotte is home to his fiancee’s parents.

Henry was away from the team after breaking his left forearm during a win over Baltimore on Nov. 8. He had surgery and was placed on season-ending injured reserve following the game.

Throughout his career, his temper and poor decisions got him in trouble.

He was ejected from a game and suspended for another at West Virginia, where former coach Rich Rodriguez told Henry that he was an embarrassment to himself and the program. His reputation was already costing him – the Bengals were the only NFL team to bring him in for a pre-draft visit in 2005.

They found that his demeanor didn’t match his reputation. Henry was shy and spoke in a quiet voice. They warned him that he had to stay in control if he was going to stay in the NFL. Then, they picked him in the third round.

In a sense, it was already a second chance.

“I’m worth the chance,” Henry said, when he showed up the following weekend for a rookie minicamp. “I’m just happy they took me.”

Henry become a vital part of the offense as a rookie, helping the Bengals reach the playoffs in 2005 with his ability to run past defenders to grab long passes. In the final month of the season, he also showed his other side, getting arrested for marijuana possession. After a playoff loss to Pittsburgh, he was arrested on a gun charge in Florida.

Henry and former Tennessee cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones became the league’s two most trouble-bound players. Commissioner Roger Goodell suspended both in 2007 – Jones for a full season, Henry for half of it – as part of a toughening of the league’s conduct policy.

When Henry was arrested for a fifth time following that season on an assault charge, the Bengals decided they’d had enough. At his arraignment on April 3, 2008, Municipal Court Judge Bernie Bouchard called Henry “a one-man crime wave.” He was released by the Bengals the same day.

It was a jolt to Henry, who had dreamed of an NFL career since high school, when he got the NFL logo tattooed on the back of his right hand. No team showed an interest in bringing him back. His career seemed finished.

Then, Bengals owner Mike Brown – who refers to himself as “a redeemer” – changed his mind and gave him another chance.

“If you only knew him by hearsay, you’d think he’s some kind of ogre,” Brown said, during the Bengals’ appearance on HBO’s “Hard Knocks” series this summer. “It’s not true. He’s a good person. When you see him up close, you’ll find that you’ll like him. He’ll be a soft-spoken, pleasant person.”

This time, Henry seemed determined to stay out of trouble. After only 19 catches and two touchdowns in 12 games in the 2008 season, he set about making himself a topflight receiver again. He got into top shape and worked out with teammates in the offseason, showing more resolve than at any point in his career.

Henry also changed his personal life, spending more time with his fiancee and the three children they are raising. Teammates noticed a pronounced change in his demeanor.

“He’s a great kid with a great heart,” quarterback Carson Palmer said as training camp started. “He’s changed his life around. He ran into some trouble, made some bad decisions, and realized that. He’s sorry for them, apologized for them, and has done everything he can to make himself a better person. I’m just proud of him.”

Before the 2009 season, Henry got a new tattoo that matched his new outlook. Below his left ear, in flowing one-inch script, was the world “Blessed.”

“I kind of felt like I dug myself out of the hole and started doing the right things,” Henry said in an interview with The Associated Press as training camp opened. “People say, ‘How you feeling now Chris? You doing all right?’ I just tell them I’m blessed. That’s why I got it.”

He caught a touchdown pass in each of Cincinnati’s four preseason games. A thigh injury slowed him early in the season, and he had 12 catches for 236 yards – his 19.7-yard average per catch leads the team – when he broke his left arm during a win over Baltimore on Nov. 22, ending his season.

When he showed up in the locker room for the first time since surgery to fix the fracture, Henry sounded confident he could get through the latest setback.

“It just comes with time, you know?” he said. “I learned to handle all situations, so I’ll be all right.”

Nfl Chris Henry

Nfl Chris Henry:Bengals receiver Chris Henry died on Thursday after falling from a moving truck in Charlotte, N.C., on Wednesday, according to police. He was 26.

The football player had apparently been involved in an argument with his fiancée at a home when she drove away in a pickup truck. Henry jumped onto the bed of the truck, but fell out of the vehicle about a half-mile away.

A police spokesperson said homicide detectives were assigned to the case, but that no charges have been filed.

A seemingly perpetually troubled player, the hot-tempered Henry was arrested at various times for marijuana possession, gun possession and assault, earning him the epithet of “one-man crime wave” from a judge – and his ouster from the Cincinnati Bengals in 2008.

But after the Bengals’ owner gave Henry a second chance, the athlete seemed to have straightened out, staying out of trouble and focusing his off time on his fiancée and the three children they were raising.

Loleini Tonga Pics

Loleini Tonga Pics:She’s the girl behind the scene, Ms Loleini Tonga and her pics are under frantic search right now. Chris Henry was in the back of Loleini Tonga’s pickup truck from where he fell out and ended up in hospital with severe injuries. Right now, his condition is extremely serious.

Millions of his fans are frenzied since the news of an accident surfaced the Internet on Wednesday involving Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver 26-year-old Chris Henry. The accident reportedly occurred near Henry’s house and according to the police officials; Henry jumped into the bed of her pickup truck while Loleini Tonga was kind running away from him.

Henry fell out of the moving vehicle as he couldn’t keep his balance. Due to his apparent condition it required for him to be immediately shifted to the trauma unit of Medical Centre of Carolina. Till the last reports, the post admission condition of the NFL player remains unknown. However, the word is that Chris requires life-support for the life-threatening grievances caused off the fatal accident.

It has been learned through one of the highly reliable sources, TMZ.com that the girl in above picture with Chris Henry is Loleini Tonga and that short while before the unpleasant incident, the couple was in a good mood especially Ms Tonga; Chris had presented her the wedding ring. TMZ further claims that Loleini Tonga had expressed her excitement over her MySpace page about getting married to her man, Chris.

Whatever she scribbled down out there on her personal pages, dates 16 December 2009, TMZ claimed. Lets all pray that the rumors of his being killed in the accident for Chris Henry prove untrue.

Chris Henry Not Dead – Chris Henry Car Accident UPDATE

Chris Henry Not Dead – Chris Henry Car Accident UPDATE:Hours after false Chris Henry dead reports started, Chris Henry is still wrongly being reported as dead. Chris Henry’s car accident has not resulted in Henry’s death, the last update given by his agent shortly before midnight Wednesday.

Chris Henry credited fiancee Loleini Tonga just weeks ago for turning his life around, telling the Cincinnati Enquirer in October that Tonga has “been a big help. She’s been right here with me and going through things and helping out on my side. We have the kids, and she has my back with everything I’ve needed.”

Henry had problems in college. At West Virginia he “repeatedly got in trouble” reports ESPN. He would be drafted by the Bengals third round, help leading them to the 2005 playoffs. But at the same time, his first season in the league included being arrested for substance possession, then on weapons charges 30 days later, and two times thereafter additionally. In 2007, he was arrested again. That fifth arrest resulted in him being released. Coach Marvin Lewis convinced the team to bring him back for a 2 year contract starting in 2008.

In 2009, Chris Henry had 12 receptions and 2 TDs produing 236 yards. For his 5 years in the league, he produced 21 TDs, 119 receptions, over 1826 yards. His last game was against the Ravens in which he delivered on 1 reception and 20 yards. In week 7 against the Bears, he had 1 TD with 2 receptions and 26 yards.

The last update officially was from his agent Andy Simms of PlayersRep Sports around midnight last night:

“We ask everyone to pray for Chris.

“We also ask that you respect the privacy of Chris’ family. Chris is indeed battling for his life tonight, and our thoughts and prayers (are) with him during this extremely difficult time.”

The fake death report stemmed from a false Twitter account. Gregg Rosenthal of NBC reports that “a fake Twitter account led to multiple outlets from newspapers to major sports and news blogs to repeat information that Henry passed away.”

Before the start of the 2009 season, Henry in training camp told AP that he was blessed.

“I don’t live the way I did in the past,” Henry said, in an interview with The Associated Press during training camp. “I kind of plan my days out and take it one day at a time and stay away from the wrong people. I’m not partying anymore. I’m just focused on football right now and my family. I don’t associate with the same people. I’ve completely changed everything.”