Aaron Hernandez’s Odin Lloyd murder trial has started, and the prosecution went at the former Patriots star from the onset.
Bristol County Assistant District Attorney Patrick Bomberg listed all the evidence that ties Hernandez to the crime, and it’s pretty strong stuff.
According to The Boston Globe, Bomberg said that a marijuana joint found next to Lloyd’s body contained DNA from both Lloyd and Hernandez. They also say that a footprint matching Hernandez’s shoe was found at the murder scene in the industrial park in North Attleboro where Lloyd was killed. Hernandez’s DNA was also said to have been found on a .45-caliber shell casing in the car he rented.
There is even more evidence that ties Hernandez to having a weapon.
“He orchestrated the killing, participated in the killing,” Bomberg said of Hernandez. “He covered up the killing.”
But Hernandez’s defense attorneys argued that Lloyd was Hernandez’s party pal, his “blunt master,” the man who hooked him up with marijuana and was always up for a night of picking up women.
Why would Hernandez kill a friend and jeopardize a career with the New England Patriots that was just taking off, asked Michael Fee, one of the defense lawyers.
“He had the world at his feet,” Fee said. “In June of 2013, Aaron was planning his future, not a murder.”