The prison says it s suicide and that hernandez tried to jam his door from the inside. hernandez s entire legal team is skeptical and promises a thorough investigation. whether it s a suicide or not, we don t make that call until it s done. why are you skeptical of the conclusion that it s a suicide? why are you so quick to accept their word? the death of aaron hernandez is not the end of this story. there is more. hernandez was fighting to overturn his conviction in odin lloyd s murder but died before the appeal was complete. according to an old legal rule, that means in the eyes of the law, the murder conviction never happened. technically, leaving aaron hernandez not guilty of killing odin lloyd.
A springtime saturday in boston, massachusetts. just perfect for football. a semi-pro boston bandits are on the field for their first scrimmage of the season. nice. among those suited up, 27-year-old defensive end odin lloyd. odin would eat, sleep, drink football. as a teen lloyd dreamed of making it to the nfl. after high school he played for the bandits and worked part-time as a gardener. lloyd s coach says the young man was trying to figure out what he wanted to do next. at some point, you realize you re not going to the nfl. this is just going to be for
at 1:12 a.m. cameras on the driveway pick up the men driving away in a rented nissan altima. at 2:10 a.m., they re heading toward odin lloyd s house when they stop at a gas station. he went to buy gum. blue cotton candy gum. 20 minutes later odin lloyd s sister shaquilla sees the altima pull up in front of their home. the car pulled up in the driveway. at that time did your brother get in the car? yes. cell towers and a toll booth camera track the car as it travels toward a secluded area of an industrial park. at 3:22 a.m., lloyd s sister gets a final text from him telling her he s with nfl, just so you know. him telling shaquilla that is him telling her he s in trouble and if anything happened to him,
Bristol county jail, south of boston. in the spring of 2014, it s home for former new england patriot aaron hernandez. as his lawyers prepare to defend him against charges he murdered odin lloyd. but before he goes to trial for killing lloyd, he faces a judge as the prime suspect in two other murders. the 2012 homicides of daniel de abreu and safiro furtado. nearly two full years after the homicides of the cape verdian immigrants, hernandez is indicted, accused of killing de abreu with a shot to the chest and furtado with a bullet to his head. aaron hernandez fired a .38
Guilty of murdering odin lloyd. i raise my hand to the master and i said thank you jesus, my baby can finally rest in peace. her baby may be able to rest in place. the question is will these two get the same results. the trial is difficult. what do you tell yourself to try to get through this? i ask god to give me strengths and courage to endure this. almost two years after the lloyd s verdict, aaron hernandez goes on trial for murdering her