Aaron Hernandez Murder Case -- what's your take?

he's got the tats for prison life. he can be an armchair QB from prison. im sure he will have cable tv and a flat screen tV in his cell

Yeah, I just saw the latest news about the other allegations. Maybe we're just dealing with a real-life Scarface here. I opened this thread up to discuss the case, and it's looking like we'll be hearing a lot more about Mr. Hernandez in the coming weeks/months/years. Crazy stuff.

i think it is a conspiracy based on people's attitutdes. I have a short analysis in the beginning of last night's hang out:

[link to www.youtube.com]

Ok, fair point. But that is why I am at least considering a set-up or some other explanations.

All you people who get sucked into the football madness are just as stupid

That's why he did what he did.

Paying this roid-raging morons too much money to toss around a football.

All you people who get sucked into the football madness are just as stupid and should be tried for the crimes your idols commit.

MK ULTRA

pure media filler.

too much going on behind the scenes

distraction + lies = same old shit ,each and everyday.

nobody cares, well some of us do, but the numbers are very low.

3-4% of total population knows, maybe.......??????

I haven't seen any discussion about this case on here, so I thought I would bring it up. Since there are a lot of users here who don't follow the mainstream US news, let me recap:

23 year old NFL star Aaron Hernandez is being arraigned on murder charges. The victim, Odin Lloyd, was the boyfriend of his fiancee's sister, a known acquaintance, and was found shot to death within a mile or so of Hernandez's residence. All of this happened shortly after signing a $40 million extension with his team, the New England Patriots. After his arrest, the Patriots promptly released Hernandez and the NFL and team issued vague statements supporting the legal process and in memoriam of the victim in question. Hernandez also faces 5 gun-related charges in the case. A summary of evidence:

1. Location of body, about one mile from accused's house.
2. Victim found near a rental car under Hernandez's name
3. Hernandez's cell phone and home security system/cameras were smashed when the police attempted to access them for evidence.
4. Police were able to obtain evidence from the damaged devices which not only prove that Hernandez, Lloyd and two unknown men were together on the night in question, but the home cameras allegedly show Hernandez leaving his house with a gun in hand. Local surveillance also placed the men in question near the scene of the crime, where the body was found.
5. Media outlets have also brought up his reputation as a marijuana smoker and his violent temper, which scared teams out of drafting him initially.

Seems like an open and shut case, right? There are a few things about this case that I've been wondering about so I wanted to run them by you. It's interesting how quickly this case has been defined by surveillance, and the information that can be obtained via these devices. I read this Boston Globe article basically saying as much:

[link to www.bostonglobe.com]

It almost seems as if they are intentionally pushing the issue to show how valuable this information is. And would Hernandez really be so stupid as to leave a body so close to his residence, next to a car that could easily be traced to him, knowing that witnesses would have seen them together? He could well be that stupid, but a 23 year old guy with a small baby and a new $40 million deal might go through a little more trouble to cover his tracks IF he were to off someone so brazenly. Don't ya think? Really, they just leave the body sitting there to be found within hours? I guess the timing of the case, and the seemingly air tight evidence just has me smelling a rat of some kind. Thoughts?

More info: [link to usnews.nbcnews.com]

Ok, fair point. But that is why I am at least considering a set-up or some other explanations. Such as, who are these two accomplices? Is it possible they offed him knowing Hernandez would be implicated? Did someone have it out for him? I find it hard to believe that Hernandez would be so stupid as to leave the body in plain sight so close to home, knowing how much he has to lose in his life. Don't you think he would have done something to cover it up a bit more, if he really killed this guy in cold blood as suggested by prosecutors?

I try to presume innocence until someone is proven guilty, no matter how damning the evidence seems at first look. We all know that some cases aren't always what they seem to be.

Here's my take: He is being listed as a suspect in a double homicide last summer. My feeling is the guy he was with at the club (his girlfriend's sister's boyfriend) was talking to some guys who were known associates of the guys who were murdered last summer. Hernandez got pissed and paranoid his friend was giving up some inside information and talking to these guys about Hernandez' involvment. Hernandez then calls his 2 friends to hurry back into town because they've been ratted out and they proceed to whack this guy as payback and to shut him up - this is what will be revealed as this case unfolds mark my words.