I don't remember how many plays I missed over the last few months. Could chalk it up to injury, but....
"Aaron Hernandez faces murder charges in 2012 killings" by Maria Cramer and Evan Allen | Globe staff May 15, 2014
Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez was charged Thursday with fatally shooting two Cape Verdean immigrants in July 2012, one week before the star tight end reported to training camp.
Daniel Abreu, 28, and Safiro Furtado, 29, friends who worked together as housekeepers, had a “chance encounter” with Hernandez at Cure, a Theatre District nightclub, that ended with Hernandez shooting the two men to death after they left the club and were waiting at a traffic light on Shawmut Avenue, Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said Thursday.
Conley and other officials described Abreu and Furtado as innocent victims. The charges against Hernandez were handed up Thursday by a grand jury.
“For us, this case was not about Aaron Hernandez,” Conley said. “This case was about two victims, who were stalked, ambushed, and senselessly murdered on the streets of the city they called home.”
Conley spoke at a press conference at his office, where he announced the indictments.
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Officials would not say whether there is a link between the killings of Abreu and Furtado and that of a Dorchester man, Odin Lloyd, a year after. Officials have not proposed a motive for Lloyd’s killing.
Lloyd was not at Cure nightclub the night that Abreu and Furtado were shot, but investigators have looked into whether Hernandez believed Lloyd knew something about the shooting and had talked to authorities, the Globe has reported, citing law enforcement officials and court records.
Lloyd was killed the same weekend he went out with with Hernandez to Rumor, another nightclub in the Theatre District.
A tipster identifying himself as a security officer at Rumor told police that Lloyd’s killing was directly linked to the unsolved 2012 double killing. According to court documents, the security officer, Sherif Hashem, told police he knew this because “someone accidentally spilled the beans in front of me.”
Court documents also showed that there were Boston police officers at Rumor the night Lloyd was there with Hernandez....
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Related:
Prosecutors seek evidence from tattoo artist who worked on Hernandez
Hernandez associate now faces slaying charge in Lloyd death
Experts say Aaron Hernandez defense has tough task
Well, he was an offensive player (did use him on defense for Hail Mary plays -- which are what his defense is calling).
Also see:
Hernandez's Honey Helped With Hurry-Up Offense
Hernandez Honey Harassed by Prosecutors
Better get rid of the ball.
UPDATE: Friend of Aaron Hernandez pleads not guilty in Lloyd’s killing
