Police: A Pistol Was Found Near the Crime Scene
BURNETT: Damning new evidence tonight in the murder trial involving former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez. The judge ruling today the jurors will be allowed to see surveillance video that apparently shows Hernandez dismantling what would be a crucial piece of evidence, a cell phone. Police are also revealing what they encountered when they arrived at Hernandez's home, hours after Odin Lloyd was murdered. Susan Candiotti is OUTFRONT in Fall River, Massachusetts.</s>SUSAN CANDIOTTI, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The night Odin Lloyd's bullet-riddled body is found among dirt piles in an industrial park, police quickly find clues.</s>OFFICER JOHN GRIM, NORTH ATTLEBORO POLICE DEPARTMENT: Inside of that we located a Massachusetts driver's license which we were able to ID the man that was lying on the ground as a Mr. Odin Lloyd from Boston, Massachusetts.</s>CANDIOTTI: And keys to car rented by former Patriot tight end, Aaron Hernandez. About four hours later, it leads investigators straight to the star football player's home about 10:00 that same night. This video from his own security cameras shows two investigators trying to find him.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What is trooper doing?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Knocking on the door.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What you doing?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Ringing the doorbell.</s>CANDIOTTI: Lights are on but no answer. Jurors watch investigators on video using flashlights looking around the house. At one point, one cop uses his hands to boost his partner high enough to peek inside Hernandez's garage window looking for the rental car. The defense demands to know why Hernandez should have to answer his door at that hour.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you know of any requirement that a private citizen at Attleboro has to answer his door at 10:30 at night, sir?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, he does not have to.</s>CANDIOTTI: Finally, Hernandez comes outside telling them he was watching them on the security system. Police ask him about Odin Lloyd and a rental car.</s>DETECTIVE DANIEL ARRIGHI, NORTH ATTLEBORO POLICE DEPARTMENT: He informed that his boy has it. He informed us that he was up his way yesterday.</s>CANDIOTTI: Police testify Hernandez gets aggravated.</s>ARRIGHI: He became upset and turned away from us.</s>CANDIOTTI: He goes to the police station voluntarily but is not arrested until nine days later. Prosecutors also show new crime scene photos. Two bullets, one with fibers. They say sifted from dirt below the victim shot six times. And a .22 caliber pistol found in a wooded area just outside the crime scene. It's not the murder weapon still missing. On cross-examination, the defense repeatedly attacks investigators, accusing them of sloppy work in measuring the crime scene.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When you wrote five to ten foot that was not accurate. Is that what you're telling us today, sir?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It was in approximation, sir.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So, when you said five to 10 in your report, would you agree that was a mistake?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I indicated it was in approximation.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Did anybody measure it?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, we did not. We weren't instructed to take any measurements.</s>CANDIOTTI: The defense fights it, but the judge rules the jury can see a surveillance video that could hurt Aaron Hernandez. On this video, Hernandez is seen dismantling, taking apart his cell phone while sitting in his attorney's car in the police parking lot. And then he borrows his lawyer's car to call Earnest Wallace who was charged with Lloyd's murder. The defense says this is a violation of attorney-client privilege but the judge said no way. That Hernandez had no expectation of privacy sitting in that open police parking lot. And, Erin, we could see that video tape as early as next week -- Erin.</s>CANDIOTTI: Al right. I cannot wait to see that. Susan, thank you. Paul Callan is with me. OK. You dismantle your cell phone and get into another car to call someone else who is allegedly there. Pretty damming.</s>PAUL CALLAN, CNN LEGAL ANALYST: Well, you know what, when I first heard this story, I thought it was very damming because the initial reports were that he had damaged his phone, or tried to destroy his phone. In fact, if he was just taking it apart. I think he was just taking the battery out of the phone, then he apparently puts the battery back in phone when he gets the lawyers phone to look up the number he's calling. So, why would he do that? Why would he dissemble his phone like that? The only theory that I have is that people think that there's technology out there and I think you actually had a guest on the show once who said that you can turn a phone into a micro phone and ease drop on somebody. So, Hernandez thought the cops had his phone wiretapped and he was about to call an accomplice in the case. And so, he gets his lawyer's phone to make the call because he knows that one is not tapped. I think that's what the prosecutor is going to argue that this means.</s>BURNETT: Well, this will be fascinating. All right. Paul Callan, thank you very much. I also have to say 9:40 at night, you know, you should be able to answer your door. I will say that, 9:40 at night. It shouldn't take you 45 minutes to get to the door.</s>CALLAN: They weren't in uniform. You notice that. So --</s>BURNETT: All right. 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