( CNN ) -- A Connecticut State Police dive team was searching a lake in Bristol , Connecticut , Monday for an item linked to the case of former NFL player Aaron Hernandez , who is charged with murder in Massachusetts , a law enforcement source told CNN . Hernandez , though he lives in the Boston area , is a Bristol native . The lake is about a mile from his uncle 's Bristol home , which police have searched several times while investigating last month 's shooting death of Odin Lloyd . Law enforcement sources declined to say what was being sought in the lake . Authorities have accused Hernandez , a 23-year-old former New England Patriots player , of orchestrating the shooting death of Lloyd , the 27-year-old boyfriend of Hernandez 's fiancÃ©e 's sister . The former standout NFL tight end has pleaded not guilty to murder . He is being held without opportunity for bail . Authorities have said Hernandez and two other men picked Lloyd up from his Boston apartment in the early morning of June 17 . Surveillance cameras showed the car at an industrial park near Hernandez 's North Attleborough , Massachusetts , home . Lloyd 's body was found in the North Attleborough industrial park later that day . The Patriots released Hernandez , who had been one of their top offensive players , shortly after his arrest but before he was charged in court with murder . Authorities have said they 've yet to find the gun they believe was used in the shooting : a Glock .45 . The other men who were allegedly in the car with Hernandez around the time of Lloyd 's death are behind bars as well . One of them , Ernest Wallace , has been charged with accessory after the fact to murder and has pleaded not guilty . The other , Carlos Ortiz , has pleaded not guilty to a weapons charge . CNN 's Jason Hanna and Greg Botelho contributed to this report .
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