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"Aaron Hernandez investigated in 2012 killings" by Mark Arsenault, Maria Cramer and Wesley Lowery | Globe Staff, June 28, 2013
Former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez, already accused in the execution-style slaying of a Dorchester man this month, is now being investigated in an unsolved 2012 drive-by shooting in Boston’s South End that killed two men, two law enforcement officials briefed on the investigation said.
The double homicide, a brutal attack last July 16 on a car stopped at a traffic light, occurred one month before the Patriots signed Hernandez to a $40 million contract extension, raising the chilling possibility that the region’s beloved NFL franchise carried a double murderer on the roster last season.
Yeah, just like with the Boston Marathon bombings, let's see if we can pin some unsolved crimes on him.
The unsolved crime may also supply a motive for the killing of Odin Lloyd on June 17: Investigators believe Lloyd may have had information linking Hernandez to last year’s double slaying, the officials said....
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"Aaron Hernandez associate turns himself in; Police say they now have all three alleged to have a role in the killing" by Mark Arsenault and Wesley Lowery | Globe Staff, June 29, 2013
The last suspect accused of joining former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez on a late-night drive ending in the execution-style slaying of Dorchester’s Odin Lloyd turned himself in Friday at a Florida police station, capping a turbulent week in the spectacular fall of a Boston sports star....
“It certainly sounds like they believe Hernandez is the shooter,” said Ann McGonigle Santos, a Suffolk University law professor and former prosecutor at the Middlesex district attorney’s office. “And if they believe Hernandez is the shooter and the mastermind, prosecutors might cut a deal with the other men.”
With all three men in custody, McGonigle Santos said investigators will now focus on finding the weapon used in the shooting, still unaccounted for. But even if they cannot recover it, she added, the evidence already revealed in court seems persuasive.
The Patriots dropped Hernandez from the team Wednesday, about 90 minutes after his arrest. His name was quickly scrubbed from the team’s website. The Patriots went even further on Friday to cut ties, announcing a free exchange of number 81 Hernandez jerseys at the team’s pro shop in Foxborough on July 6-7....
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Multiple law enforcement officials said the investigation into the double homicide is heating up....
Just two weeks before the shooting in Florida, the plaintiff in the lawsuit, Alexander Bradley, 30, of East Hartford, Conn., was charged with drunk driving by Massachusetts State Police — with Hernandez apparently in the car — after fleeing a trooper in a harrowing drive down Interstate 93 that reached 105 miles per hour, according to the criminal case file.
The highway drama began when a state trooper on patrol on 93 southbound in Boston noted a black Yukon SUV stopped on the highway at 2:20 a.m. on Jan. 28, the weekend after the Patriots lost the AFC title game to the Baltimore Ravens. When the trooper pulled up, the Yukon took off....
When the trooper stopped the SUV near Exit 8 in Quincy, the front passenger yelled out, “Trooper, I’m Aaron Hernandez — it’s OK,” according to the report....
Hernandez is next due in court July 24 for a probable cause hearing.
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Patriots were ‘taken aback’ by murder charge
Murder victim is recalled with affection, respect
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F*** going to the football game.
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Sometimes I wonder if it's him.
