A T - Mobile employee testified on Tuesday in the Aaron Hernandez trial that Hernandez and the victim exchanged text messages the night he was killed . Hernandez allegedly deleted the texts after receiving them , though they were still on the phone of the murder victim , ben Hernandez . Hernandez told Lloyd just hours before he was killed that he would see him when he was ' up that way ' with ben Hernandez shortly after midnight asking if they were still on . There were no calls or texts sent from Lloyd 's phone after 3 am , which is the time prosecutors allege Hernandez murdered him .
A T-Mobile employee testified on Tuesday in the Aaron Hernandez trial that Hernandez and the victim exchanged text messages the night he was killed . Hernandez allegedly deleted the texts after sending them , though they were still on the phone of the murder victim , Odin Lloyd . Hernandez texted Lloyd just hours before he was killed that he would see him when he was 'up that way ' Lloyd texted Hernandez shortly after midnight asking if they were still on . There were no calls or texts made from Lloyd 's phone after 3am , which is the time prosecutors allege Hernandez murdered him .