from grace. former patriots player aaron hernandez convicted of first degree murder. guilty in the first degree. his mother and fiancee sobbing in court just feet away from the victim s mother also in tears. my baby s footprints is in my heart forever. hernandez, a 25-year-old star tight end with a $40 million contract with the super bowl championship team was arrested in 2013 for the murder of his friend odin lloyd. led out of his mansion in handcuffs. this case not about the patriot player. this was about a brutal senseless murder. prosecutors had no motive or murder weapon but claimed this box being shown on surveillance video being carried out of the home by hernandez s fiancee contained the gun used to kill lloyd. and proving their case with about 130 witnesses, including
which carries a life sentence without the possibility of parole. if guilty on second degree murder that also carries a mandatory life sentence but there is a possibility of parole and of course the jury could acquit in those cases. and he s facing gun and amo charges, which do seem more clear cut. because they did show surveillance which appears to show him with a gun in his hand and the gun used to kill lloyd was never recovered. and he did have ammunition in his home. and so three principal charges, murder and illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition. i appreciate your time.
or similar device presented to jurors during the trial. you have a bar manager who testified he was drinking with a group and smoking marijuana outside with friends. this is the bar tab. you can see 273 dollars from that. that s what the hernandez paid including 99 dollar bottle of hennessy actually 11 bottles there. 72 bottles there. from hernandez s fiancee. she said she got rid of a box in the basement the day after lloyd was killed. she testified hernandez told her to remove it. prosecutors believe that could have contained the gun used to kill lloyd. the gun has never been found. then came testimony from the owner of the new england patriots robert craft said his former star tight end told him he was innocent and that he was not involved because he was at the club at that time.
television television, for the most part nine weeks and they had a lot of evidence and they did not have a murder weapon and the defense would tell you that the prosecution did not lay out a clear evidence of why aaron would want to kill lloyd. but the mosting damning evidence is the video of him coming back and him holding a gun. there was cell phones damaged and the box that aaron hernandez told his girlfriend to get rid of. a lot of people began after three or foir four days that they were headed for an impass. that there were some that felt he was guilty and others not, but it seemed they were pretty
everyone out there will forgive my son s murderers. reporter: terry hernandez weeping. hernandez s fiancee, shayanna jenkins, is the sister of the victim s girlfriend. hernandez sitting down after the verdict is read his face emotionless. defense attorneys maintaining the rising football star would never kill his friend odin lloyd. aaron hernandez was planning a future, not a murder. you re committed for the term of your natural life. reporter: hernandez found guilty on three counts first-degree murder and two weapons charges. sentenced to life behind bars. in my opinion, the firearm shown in the video still is a glock pistol. reporter: but the gun used to kill lloyd has never been found.