Aaron Hernandez, Former Patriots Star, Found Guilty of First-Degree Murder
A jury found Aaron Hernandez guilty of first-degree murder on Wednesday. The verdict was announced in Fall River, Mass.
Hernandez, 25, the former star New England Patriots tight end, was charged with murder in the killing of Odin Lloyd, who was dating the sister of his fiancée, Shayanna Jenkins. Mr. Lloyd, a 27-year-old semiprofessional football player, was found shot six times in a pit near Mr. Hernandez’s home in North Attleboro, Mass., in June 2013.
Prosecutors said that Mr. Hernandez’s motive was that Mr. Lloyd spoke at a Boston bar with people Mr. Hernandez did not like.
The prosecution took more than two months and called more than 100 witnesses. Prosecutors painstakingly tried to build a case with pieces of evidence as tiny as a wad of gum on a shell casing found in a car rented by Mr. Hernandez. Also under scrutiny were Mr. Hernandez’s Size 13 Air Jordans, which may or may not have matched footprints found at the scene of the crime.
Their case was largely circumstantial. No murder weapon was located, and no independent witness to the shooting came forward.
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