Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was charged with the murder of 27-year-old Odin Lloyd, a semi-professional football player and friend, days after his body was found in an industrial park near Hernandez’s home in North Attleboro. Hernandez also faces five gun charges and was ordered held without bail. He pleaded not guilty. His next court date is July 24.
Hernandez “drove the victim to the remote spot, and he then orchestrated his execution. That’s what it was,” First Assistant District Attorney William McCauley said in Attleboro District Court. “He orchestrated the crime from the beginning and took steps to conceal and destroy evidence.”
Surprisingly, according to McCauley, the motive was that Hernandez caught Lloyd speaking to people Hernandez “had troubles with” at a Boston nightclub.
23-year-old Hernandez is staring at life in prison, after signing a $40 million contract with the Patriots. He has a 7-month-old daughter.
Hernandez’ mother, Terri, was at her Bristol home on Wednesday, just hours before the football star was arraigned in Massachusetts on murder charges. She told the Press that her son will be cleared of those charges.
54-year-old Terri Valentine Hernandez born on April 20, 1959, is of Italian descent. She has worked as a secretary at South Side School in Bristol since 1994. Aaron was in kindergarten when she began working there. In 2012, the school held a pep rally for the Patriots and their ‘favorite son’ who were on their way to play in the Super Bowl. Terri of course was there, with all the kids and staff, and proudly wearing a “Super Bowl Mom” T-shirt.
Terri said that her son has a “big, big heart.” When asked about Aaron becoming a role model, she said:
“That’s how we brought them up, to do well in life.”
At the age of 17, Aaron Hernandez lost his father Dennis from complications after hernia surgery, he was 49. Aaron has a brother named D.J. Hernandez. Years after her husband’s death Terri re-marry Jeffrey D Cummings, they got divorced in 2010 while he was in jail for slashing Terri with a knife.
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