article_snippet.sent: For reasons that were never made clear to the jury, Lloyd was shot six times in the middle of the night on June 17, 2013, in a deserted industrial park near Hernandez’s home.
article_snippet.sent: Police almost immediately zeroed in on Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez because Police found in Lloyd’s pocket the key to a car the NFL player had rented.
article_snippet.sent: Within hours of Lloyd’s arrest, New England Patriots cut the former Pro Bowl athlete, who was considered one of the top tight ends in the game.
article_snippet.sent: Prosecutors presented a wealth of evidence that Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez was with Lloyd at the time Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez was killed, including home security video from Lloyd’s mansion, witness testimony and cellphone records that tracked Lloyd’s movements.
article_snippet.sent: Lloyd’s lawyer, James Sultan, acknowledged for the first time during closing arguments that Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez was there when Lloyd was killed.
article_snippet.sent: Odin Lloyd has been identified as the man who was found dead less than a mile away from the $1.3million mansion of New England Patriots player Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez .
article_snippet.sent: As a result, Prosecutors never offered a motive beyond saying Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez appeared angry with Lloyd at a nightclub two nights before the killing.
article_snippet.sent: Their case hinged on other elements: cellphone records showing Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez and two friends communicating with Lloyd around the time of the slaying; Lloyd phone pinging cell towers between Boston and North Attleborough; surveillance video at Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez's home showing Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez holding a black item that appeared to be a gun minutes after workers at the industrial park heard gunshots; a joint found near Lloyd body with Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez and Lloyd DNA on it.
article_snippet.sent: During closing arguments, Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez lawyer James Sultan for the first time acknowledged what evidence pointed to: Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez was there when Lloyd was killed.
article_snippet.sent: Prosecutors said HERNANDEZ organized he was killed, summoned He two friends to help carry he was killed out, and drove Lloyd's and the others to the secluded spot in the industrial park.
article_snippet.sent: Security video from inside Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez home showed Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez holding what appeared to be a gun less than 10 minutes after Lloyd was killed.