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How were you going to
get home from the gym on that afternoon?
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I was gonna run...
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but I went straight, and it's a path that
turns from pavement to gravel and dirt.
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I want to show you
a series of photographs and ask you
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- if you recognize them.
- Okay.
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- Do you recognize that?
- Yes.
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And what do you recognize
that to be?
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The man I discovered.
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The discovery of a body
in North Attleboro
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has taken a dramatic twist.
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Sports Illustrated reporting yesterday
that Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez
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has been questioned in connection with
what is now a homicide investigation.
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The police presence comes
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after the body of a 27-year-old Boston
man was found in an industrial park
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less than a mile away
from the NFL star's home.
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The Patriots organization
released a statement
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saying they are aware
of what is happening,
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but as long as there is
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a police investigation going on,
they won't further comment.
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When you look
at the New England Patriots,
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you look at Bill Belichick,
obviously, and Tom Brady.
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You marvel at the excellence
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of the New England Patriots
and what they are.
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Drafted in 2010, Aaron Hernandez
made a splash in the NFL.
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Hernandez had recently signed
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a new mouthwatering contract
worth $40 million.
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Police quick to say that
Hernandez is not a suspect,
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but that a car rented in his name
could be a key source of evidence.
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It's kind of hard also because,
it's just they said that
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there was a vehicle involved,
but nothing has been proven.
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Good afternoon, everybody,
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this victim has now been identified here
as Odin Lloyd.
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Family members say Lloyd
played some semi-professional football.
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They say he was an honest,
hardworking young man.
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They say they have no idea
why anyone would do him harm.
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They are in complete shock.
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Lloyd's family members
told reporters
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the 27-year-old was dating the sister
of Hernandez's girlfriend.
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Meanwhile,
the ongoing investigation
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has created a frenzy
outside of Hernandez's home.
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Apparently,
the house was scrubbed clean,
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according to the reports
that we're hearing this morning.
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Uh, broken cell phones,
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also a security system
that was messed with at the house.
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North Attleboro
and Massachusetts State Police
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continue combing
through fields for evidence.
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These are live pictures from
the news choppers outside of Boston
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from what is looking
weirdly reminiscent.
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They are following that white SUV
with the dark sunroof right there.
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In the car is a New England Patriots
football player
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who may soon become a murder suspect.
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Along the way, news crews
caught up with Hernandez in Boston
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as he stopped for gas.
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They asked several questions,
but not a peep from Hernandez.
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What happened on Monday night?
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He then headed
to Gillette Stadium in Foxborough.
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An arrest warrant
has been issued
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for New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez.
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Police showed up at the house
of Aaron Hernandez this morning
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and took the Bristol, Connecticut native
away in handcuffs.
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When this day began,
Aaron Hernandez
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was a New England Patriots tight end.
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Tonight, he is the defendant
in a murder case.
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Hello, this is
a prepaid collect call from...
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Aaron.
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To accept charges, press one.
To refuse charges, press...
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You may start the conversation now.
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Hola!
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- Hi!
- Hi!
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Hello?
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Daddy's on speaker phone.
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I love you!
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Say, "I love you!"
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I love you, bye!
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Don't say bye!
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I talked to my lawyers.
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As long as you have a case,
if you have a baby with someone,
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you're allowed a one-time visit
every now and then.
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So, if you wanna see me...
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Nah, maybe.
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Uh...
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Kidding.
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- You better be.
- Hey, hey, hey!
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Mommy's being bad girl.
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Mommy's not doing
anything wrong... What the heck?
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- Dada.
- She said "dada."
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What is this?
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Dada's on vacation.
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He's 23 years old
at the time
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that he's led out of his house
in handcuffs.
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I'm standing there on the street
as he comes out
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and you just try to understand
the fall at that point.
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When I got the call
from my editors
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that Aaron Hernandez
could be involved in a crime,
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the first question that popped into
my head was, "Who's Aaron Hernandez?"
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You basically start scouring online
and you find out that,
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"Wow, this is why
people adore Aaron Hernandez."
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He was seen as this
very hardworking, talented...
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extremely talented football player
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who had nearly won the Super Bowl
for the Patriots just the year before,
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so this guy was huge.
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The court hereby orders that
the defendant, Aaron Hernandez,
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be held without bail, pending
further proceedings on this matter.
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Innocent! Innocent!
Innocent! Innocent! Innocent!
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Aaron was not your typical inmate at
the Bristol County House of Corrections.
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Here it comes.
Here it comes.
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Here it comes.
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That's the vehicle
that contains Aaron Hernandez.
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Right now, he is passing by.
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He was gonna
get some attention, dramatic attention,
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from the sheriff and all of the guards.
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They knew there was gonna be
a spotlight on this.
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When he first came in,
I let him know upfront
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he's not gonna be treated any better
or any worse than anybody here.
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- That's a huge badge.
- It is.
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- You guys mind putting those closer?
- You know what, I don't make them.
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I really don't make them.
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Sir, can you come a little closer?
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- Oh, sure, sure.
- Please. Please.
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It might be a bit of an adjustment
for him on the meals, I'm sure.
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He's a pretty big guy, but the
reality is that when you come to jail,
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it does require some adjustments,
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and that's why we take these steps
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to make sure there's physical screening
and the proper mental health screening.
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When he first got into jail,
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prison officials put
him on suicide watch,
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as they do with any person
like Aaron or anybody
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who's dealing with the kind of charges
and the kind of pressure he was under,
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because inevitably,
that person breaks down.
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Hey.
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Hey, babe.
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Are you healthy? Are you good?
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Yeah, I'm actually...
I'm very healthy.
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Yeah, I love my cell. It's so cozy.
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Know what I always do?
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I always walk to my door, turn,
and look the opposite way.
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And just look... How...
How perfect my cell looks.
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That's all you ever needed
was structure, you know.
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- That was all you ever needed...
- I'm perfect with structure,
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you know?
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Aaron Hernandez went
from a 7,100-square-foot mansion
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to a seven-by-ten-foot jail cell
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and moved in like it was no problem.
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That chilled even veteran corrections
officers at the Bristol Jail.
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He adapted
to the situation really quick.
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He adapted to the time
alone in his cell.
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His attitude was, you know,
"I'm here, I get three meals a day.
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I don't have nobody... I don't have to
have people rely on me anymore."
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He was good with that.
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Can you do me a huge favor?
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Oh, God,
when is this gonna stop?
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It's just sending me...
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'Cause we don't have a librarian,
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so they just, like, pass out
the books that were here.
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Well, what books am I gonna
be sending you, Aaron?
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Harry Potters.
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Harry Potters? Okay.
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He was allowed out twice a day.
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In the morning, showers and phone,
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and one hour outside
in the afternoon for rec.
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He reced in a cage, an 8-by-12 cage.
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A place where you get fresh air,
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if you wanted to do sit-ups, push-ups,
whatever inside there, you could.
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He often spoke of the fact that he
wasn't in jail, he was in training camp.
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He would compartmentalize that,
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and that's all he would
allow his mind to believe.
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What the conversation
in NFL circles today
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about what happened and whether
anyone could have seen this coming.
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There are some people sitting around
the league saying, "I told you so."
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When Hernandez was drafted,
there were questions about
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whether he would be a good influence
on the team and have good character.
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As the coach of the team,
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I'm primarily responsible
for the people that we bring
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into the football operation.
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Our players are generally
highly motivated and gifted athletes
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that come from very
different backgrounds.
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You know, as far as
the whole process goes,
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I can tell you that we look
at every player's history
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from the moment we start discussing it.
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Going back to his family, where he
grew up, what his lifestyle was like.
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We evaluate his performance,
his intelligence, his work ethic,
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his motivation, his maturity,
his improvement,
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and we try to project that
into our organization.
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When it first came out,
I was obviously in denial mode.
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"He never did this, you know,
it's a conspiracy.
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This gang set him up,
this gang set him up, this, this, this."
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I threw out a million different
situations that would make sense to me
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because I knew who Aaron was.
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You know, obviously, when you've
grown up with someone,
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you don't want to believe
any of this stuff,
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and you want to shut it out,
and you want to put it away.
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You have a kid
who had it all
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and had the world in his hands.
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None of it makes sense,
and nobody can figure out why.
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I think there was a perception
with Aaron Hernandez
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that he grew up in a tough place,
a blighted area,
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street gangs, drugs everywhere.
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None of that was true.
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Bristol Central High School
is a typical American high school.
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Perched up on a hill,
it overlooks the city.
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Kids go there and then head off
to some of the best colleges in America.
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I'm Aaron Hernandez
from Bristol, Connecticut.
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I play at Bristol Central High School.
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Aaron was a superstar.
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He was great at what he did.
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He always walked around
with a smile on his face.
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He was kind to everybody.
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I tell you, when I met Aaron,
it was like meeting your twin brother.
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It was so funny, we were both the same.
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He has dimples,
we're both "cheesy smile, all happy."
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He used to be able to
make everyone laugh,
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and most of the time,
he'd pick on himself.
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He wasn't someone
who picked on other kids.
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He liked to make fun of himself
is what I'm getting at.
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He'd do anything
to just get someone to chuckle at him.
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Early on, people knew
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Aaron Hernandez was
a different level of athlete,
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whatever that was gonna be in.
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He was playing on basketball teams
two and three years older.
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He was very gifted on
the track and field.
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Football's where
he totally shined, though.
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My father played quarterback
at Bristol Central.
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His tailback was Dennis Hernandez,
Aaron's father.
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They used to throw
that film on for us,
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to me, Aaron, and DJ,
and it was cool to watch that.
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I used to play soccer 'cause my mom
didn't want me to play football,
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but when I got to the point
where I was begging my parents
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to get me on the gridiron,
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you know, my mom wanted to speak
to Dennis Hernandez first.
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And to kind of put my mom at ease,
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he decided that he would start Aaron
at the same time.
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You know, we played our first snaps
of peewee football together.
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Aaron's father Dennis
became known in town
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when he was a star athlete in the 1970s.
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Dennis Hernandez
went to the state university
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playing football at UConn.
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The Hernandezes,
they were a UConn family.
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Their dog was named UConn.
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And he really built
something for himself.
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You know, a first generation immigrant
from Puerto Rico,
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and it kinda was the American dream
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of being a good father,
of being a good man,
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being a good leader in the community,
and he did that well.
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The King.
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Is that true?
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People called him "The King"
or was he just known as...
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Oh, he was The King.
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Everyone liked him,
everyone respected him.
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Aaron really aspired to be like Dennis.
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Dennis Hernandez knew
what he had in his two sons,
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knew the promise
of their athletic ability,
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and knew how important
getting to college would be for them
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and was willing to put in a lot of time
and effort into getting to that.
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He's very hard on me.
We work all summer.
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If I drop a ball, it's 100 push-ups.
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Dennis, he was strict on his sons,
but he was able to do a good job
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of letting them know
when they were slipping up,
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or letting them know when they were
accomplishing something great.
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The minute we stepped
on the football field together,
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it was the two best players,
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quarterback, tight end,
ready to rock and roll.
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Every single thing he did,
you could just see he was different.
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He always was really into
the mental aspect of everything.
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You know, Aaron was Albert Einstein
when it came to X's and O's.
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It's too hard to throw
because our hands were freezing,
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it's the coldest game I've ever played,
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and I told coach,
"Give me the ball, I'll run it back,
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hopefully I can make something happen."
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This was before the tattoos,
before anything.
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He was the biggest, baddest thing
in Connecticut.
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He wins state player of the year,
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but during one game,
he gets knocked out cold.
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He needed the EMTs to carry him off.
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Even kids learn at an early age,
in a midget football field...
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don't come off the field.
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Play hurt.
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When Aaron was 14 years old,
he had just started to hit puberty,
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and he went to UConn camp,
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and he absolutely dominated
every single player at the camp.
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So they offered him a scholarship
warranted at the age of 14.
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Aaron, being Aaron, was so happy
and so joyful and so excited
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to just have a scholarship offered
just from doing what he loves to do,
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he went and said,
"Yeah, I'm coming to UConn."
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His brother, DJ,
was a quarterback at the school already.
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UConn was actually making
the smart move
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of trying to attract a recruit early
with family ties
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by making sure they're
the first scholarship offer.
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The Hernandez family
in the Bristol community
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was known as, um, a sports family.
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A family that you probably
didn't mess with.
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He was our king, he was our leader,
and he was just... That was our dad.
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But there were times with alcohol
where he would come home, and...
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if it wasn't a good day,
you know, you felt it.
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My father was a good man,
you know what I mean?
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- But he was also, like, very wild.
- Yeah.
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My mom went through
a real lot with my father.
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But like, she loves someone,
she just always sticks by 'em.
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- My dad put her through hell.
- Yeah.
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They argued every day
when we were kids,
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but they still stuck together.
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Dennis Hernandez
had a violent streak.
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In his book, Aaron's brother, DJ,
writes about a night
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when Dennis came home drunk,
came home late.
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Terri responded
by hitting him with a phone.
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He responded by smashing
her head against a sink
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until she lost consciousness.
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Violent outbursts like that were not
uncommon in the Hernandez home.
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Mr. Hernandez was definitely
the man of that household and...
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You know, I don't think
there was many people really
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coming over there
telling him what to do.
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I mean, listen, that's what
Aaron was dealing with as a kid,
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so you wonder to yourself,
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"Well, fuck, no wonder why
he was so fucking sporadic.
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His parents were the same way."
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I followed Aaron Hernandez
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since he was in US Army All-American
in high school,
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and at that point, it was from afar.
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He was a statistical figure to me
in terms of tracking him,
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but watched him in college from afar,
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interacted with him in the locker room
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when he was with the New England
Patriots as a professional,
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and that was all I knew
at that point, but...
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the portrait of somebody who has
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a dual personality with a double life...
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The intrigue is there, in terms of trying
to figure out where this went wrong
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and was this something
that could have been fixed
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by people who had authority over him,
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or was this somebody
who just was a ticking time bomb?
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My whole body's shaking right now.
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Why is it shaking?
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I had to call you to calm down.
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I was about
to beat somebody's ass.
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Why? What happened?
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Nothing.
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Dumbass arguments.
You know my temper.
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You talk like you're getting
ready to cry. Are you mad?
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I can't stop. My knees
are shaking like crazy right now.
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Like, my whole body.
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00:19:51,815 --> 00:19:54,902
I cry when I get extremely mad,
so it's okay if you want to cry.
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00:19:54,985 --> 00:19:56,195
I do, too!
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00:19:56,278 --> 00:19:57,696
Well, I can't right here!
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00:19:59,156 --> 00:20:00,532
Holy shit.
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00:20:01,033 --> 00:20:03,452
Was it an argument
about a game?
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Yeah.
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00:20:05,454 --> 00:20:06,830
Really, Aaron?
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Yeah.
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Really?
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00:20:10,334 --> 00:20:11,919
Holy shit.
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00:20:12,002 --> 00:20:14,421
You care too much
of what people think about you.
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That has nothing to do about that.
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00:20:17,591 --> 00:20:21,261
It does, because you feel like
you're gonna be a type of, like...
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00:20:21,345 --> 00:20:22,930
pussy, if you walk away
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00:20:23,013 --> 00:20:25,307
or you don't do something
about the situation.
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00:20:25,390 --> 00:20:28,769
You sit there
and you take it to the extreme.
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00:20:30,187 --> 00:20:32,689
Today, one of the first chances
that we are getting to speak with
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some of the New England Patriots
team captains.
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00:20:35,442 --> 00:20:38,195
Reporters have been asking questions
about Aaron Hernandez,
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who is no longer on the team.
359
00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:43,158
You know, I think everyone had
a certain range of emotions,
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whatever they might have been,
and, um...
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But those were really personal,
and I dealt with them, and...
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00:20:50,707 --> 00:20:53,710
You know, at some point,
you have to move forward, and, um...
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00:20:53,794 --> 00:20:56,630
I think we as a team are doing that.
364
00:20:56,713 --> 00:20:59,883
You know Aaron pretty well and
you've known him for six, seven years.
365
00:20:59,967 --> 00:21:02,302
What was your reaction
over the last six weeks?
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00:21:02,386 --> 00:21:04,680
Well, it was heartbreaking,
and it was sad,
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00:21:04,763 --> 00:21:07,099
and we've been advised,
as I'm sure y'all have heard,
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00:21:07,182 --> 00:21:11,520
a bunch of times not to comment
on an ongoing legal investigation,
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00:21:11,603 --> 00:21:14,106
and, um, so, I'm not gonna
comment further,
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00:21:14,189 --> 00:21:15,607
but it's just heartbreaking and sad,
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00:21:15,691 --> 00:21:19,069
and all my thoughts and prayers go out
to all the families that were involved.
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Are you shocked just knowing him,
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I mean, just knowing the guy
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00:21:21,697 --> 00:21:23,824
and having gone to college with him
and everything else?
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00:21:23,907 --> 00:21:26,785
Yeah, I understand why
you have to ask all the questions
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00:21:26,868 --> 00:21:31,623
and that's part of doing your job, and
part of mine is listening to instruction.
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00:21:32,457 --> 00:21:34,376
We've been told
not to talk about it, so...
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00:21:37,504 --> 00:21:39,464
Hundreds of people
came out to mourn the man
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whose murder led
to the arrest of Aaron Hernandez,
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00:21:42,926 --> 00:21:47,597
27-year-old Odin Lloyd was remembered
by family, friends, and teammates
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as a good man and a hard worker.
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00:21:51,226 --> 00:21:54,271
Odin was a good person,
a good friend, um, funny.
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00:21:55,063 --> 00:21:57,190
He had your back through anything,
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00:21:57,274 --> 00:21:59,401
especially, you know,
as a teammate, a friend.
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00:21:59,484 --> 00:22:01,820
Anything he did, he did with a passion.
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00:22:02,404 --> 00:22:05,657
The semi-pro football player
was found shot to death
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00:22:05,741 --> 00:22:07,451
in an execution-style murder.
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00:22:07,534 --> 00:22:10,912
A friend said he doesn't want
Lloyd's memory to be overshadowed
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00:22:10,996 --> 00:22:14,291
by the celebrity of the man
accused of the crime.
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00:22:16,376 --> 00:22:20,172
I've covered a lot of court cases, I've
covered a lot of high-profile trials,
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00:22:20,255 --> 00:22:22,382
but I'd never really seen
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00:22:22,466 --> 00:22:26,762
so much media descend on one trial
as I did in this case.
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00:22:26,845 --> 00:22:30,057
Take a quick look if you can
at just this scrum of media,
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00:22:30,140 --> 00:22:32,017
and this is just the media
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- gathered at the front door.
- Right.
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Charging you with murder
in the first degree, how do you plead?
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Not guilty.
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00:22:39,649 --> 00:22:41,943
There's so much interest in it
because it's just hard to believe...
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00:22:42,027 --> 00:22:45,697
I know we say it 1,000 times, but it's
hard to believe a guy in this position,
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00:22:45,781 --> 00:22:48,116
um, could be involved
in something like this.
401
00:22:50,410 --> 00:22:51,495
We love you!
402
00:22:54,164 --> 00:22:55,165
We love you!
403
00:22:55,749 --> 00:22:58,418
- How do you love a murderer?
- Yeah, right?
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00:22:58,919 --> 00:23:02,464
Once he's arrested,
they cuff him behind the back
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00:23:02,547 --> 00:23:05,258
and they put the shirt on over him,
406
00:23:05,342 --> 00:23:10,847
and this becomes something known as
"Hernandez-ing" in the days after.
407
00:23:10,931 --> 00:23:15,852
There are teenage girls
at Patriot Place by Gillette Stadium
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00:23:15,936 --> 00:23:19,773
who start posing like this,
as if this is the Macarena.
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00:23:19,856 --> 00:23:21,900
This pop culture phenomenon,
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00:23:21,983 --> 00:23:27,864
and Hernandez goes from being a
tight end to being the murderer,
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00:23:27,948 --> 00:23:30,075
and he's the suspect at this point,
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00:23:30,158 --> 00:23:34,204
but it's a chilling dynamic
for a lot of the fans.
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00:23:34,913 --> 00:23:36,540
The games won't be
the same without him.
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00:23:36,623 --> 00:23:39,167
Well, I believe he's innocent,
so I'm gonna support him.
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00:23:39,251 --> 00:23:42,462
I'm not gonna turn my back on him
just 'cause there's accusations on him.
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00:23:43,130 --> 00:23:44,464
Meantime, Patriots fans
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00:23:44,548 --> 00:23:47,968
lined up by the hundreds today
to exchange the jerseys they once wore
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00:23:48,051 --> 00:23:50,762
in allegiance to number 81.
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00:23:50,846 --> 00:23:53,014
Team officials offered
to swap the shirts
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00:23:53,098 --> 00:23:56,935
after the murder charges were filed
against Hernandez last month.
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00:23:57,602 --> 00:24:00,063
It sucks 'cause my name
is Luis Hernandez,
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00:24:00,147 --> 00:24:02,607
which, now I can't even wear
that jersey no more.
423
00:24:03,567 --> 00:24:06,528
When the news broke with Aaron,
I was shocked.
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00:24:07,529 --> 00:24:13,326
I just knew him to be a fiery guy,
competitive guy, funny, fun to be around,
425
00:24:13,827 --> 00:24:18,790
um, but nothing like
what was portrayed on the news.
426
00:24:21,042 --> 00:24:24,713
When you are starting off covering this,
you want to find out the facts.
427
00:24:25,422 --> 00:24:27,382
You don't know where
this is going to lead you,
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00:24:27,466 --> 00:24:30,343
so you want to talk
to anyone you possibly can
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00:24:30,427 --> 00:24:34,139
to find out who knows what
about what might have happened here.
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00:24:35,724 --> 00:24:39,978
Prosecutors maintain he conspired
with two of his friends from Bristol,
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00:24:40,061 --> 00:24:42,481
Ernest Wallace and Carlos Ortiz.
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00:24:43,732 --> 00:24:46,401
Carlos Ortiz has been
indicted by a grand jury
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00:24:46,485 --> 00:24:49,529
on a charge of accessory
to murder after the fact
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00:24:49,613 --> 00:24:52,866
in the killing of Aaron Hernandez's
friend, Odin Lloyd.
435
00:24:53,617 --> 00:24:55,744
Video just into
our newsroom from Florida,
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00:24:55,827 --> 00:24:59,456
one of the suspects wanted in connection
with the case, Ernest Wallace,
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00:24:59,539 --> 00:25:02,000
turned himself into
police this afternoon.
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00:25:02,083 --> 00:25:03,710
On the night
Odin Lloyd was killed,
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00:25:03,793 --> 00:25:07,506
Ortiz, Hernandez, and Wallace
were allegedly in a vehicle with Lloyd.
440
00:25:08,548 --> 00:25:11,301
These guys were
small-time crooks.
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00:25:11,885 --> 00:25:14,596
You know, one of them
had been convicted of stealing bicycles.
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00:25:14,679 --> 00:25:17,682
This was not a hardcore crew
that he had put together.
443
00:25:17,766 --> 00:25:21,811
These were guys that were trying
to hang on with Aaron Hernandez.
444
00:25:21,895 --> 00:25:23,188
He was the star.
445
00:25:23,271 --> 00:25:24,314
As for Wallace,
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00:25:24,397 --> 00:25:27,901
he's described as the right-hand man
to Hernandez
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00:25:27,984 --> 00:25:31,988
and a frequent overnight visitor
at his North Attleboro home.
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00:25:32,614 --> 00:25:36,159
Police have not said which
man they believe fired the fatal shots
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00:25:36,243 --> 00:25:38,745
that killed 27-year-old Odin Lloyd.
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00:25:39,162 --> 00:25:40,330
Do you understand if you were
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00:25:40,413 --> 00:25:42,123
to be convicted of murder
in the first degree,
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00:25:42,207 --> 00:25:44,584
the sentence the judge
would be required to impose
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00:25:44,668 --> 00:25:47,045
is life in prison
without the possibility of parole?
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00:25:47,128 --> 00:25:48,128
Yes.
455
00:25:48,922 --> 00:25:51,633
Tanya Singleton
is Aaron Hernandez's cousin.
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00:25:51,716 --> 00:25:53,385
She's in legal trouble now, too.
457
00:25:54,553 --> 00:25:56,555
Prosecutors say
Singleton tried to help
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both men get away after Lloyd's death,
459
00:25:59,099 --> 00:26:02,894
driving Ernest Wallace to Georgia
and buying him a bus ticket to Florida.
460
00:26:02,978 --> 00:26:06,356
There was also a conversation
she had with Carlos Ortiz
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00:26:06,439 --> 00:26:09,025
about assisting him in leaving
the country to go to Puerto Rico.
462
00:26:09,818 --> 00:26:15,615
Tanya Singleton was probably one of
the people closest to Aaron Hernandez.
463
00:26:15,699 --> 00:26:18,118
She was his cousin,
they'd grown up together,
464
00:26:18,201 --> 00:26:23,164
and they had
a very complicated relationship.
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00:26:23,999 --> 00:26:26,543
And she was a key figure
in the investigation
466
00:26:26,626 --> 00:26:29,963
because she became someone
who knew a lot about
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00:26:30,046 --> 00:26:33,508
what had happened in the days
following Odin Lloyd's death.
468
00:26:34,301 --> 00:26:37,137
Aaron Hernandez's cousin
took a hard hit today
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00:26:37,220 --> 00:26:42,684
by breaking the law by refusing to
testify against the former football star.
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00:26:43,184 --> 00:26:45,353
She's a 38-year-old mother
of two young children
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00:26:45,437 --> 00:26:47,230
who's dying from breast cancer.
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00:26:48,690 --> 00:26:53,695
She chose family loyalty
and family love over civic duty.
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00:26:54,404 --> 00:26:59,868
That's a choice that I believe many of us
would make under similar circumstances.
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00:27:01,369 --> 00:27:03,872
Tanya Singleton, I believe, was probably
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00:27:03,955 --> 00:27:08,084
the most loyal person to Aaron Hernandez
throughout this entire case.
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00:27:08,668 --> 00:27:09,668
You mean the world to me...
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00:27:09,711 --> 00:27:11,630
I know that,
you don't have to say it.
478
00:27:11,713 --> 00:27:12,922
- But I'm saying that...
- I know that.
479
00:27:13,965 --> 00:27:16,217
God is with me
every step of the way.
480
00:27:16,301 --> 00:27:17,761
Yes, He is.
481
00:27:17,844 --> 00:27:19,262
And He's gonna see me through...
482
00:27:19,346 --> 00:27:21,473
And there ain't no way
the doctors and him...
483
00:27:21,556 --> 00:27:22,932
He's gonna take the cancer away, and...
484
00:27:23,475 --> 00:27:25,477
I'm gonna be here to raise my boys.
485
00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:27,437
You know, and to be here for you.
486
00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:28,521
I know.
487
00:27:29,064 --> 00:27:31,775
You gonna be here for me,
'cause I can't live without you.
488
00:27:31,858 --> 00:27:32,984
I hope you know that.
489
00:27:36,446 --> 00:27:39,157
Ironically, as much as
we went out of our way
490
00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:41,743
to make sure that he was protected,
491
00:27:41,826 --> 00:27:46,039
we never thought we might have to
protect the other inmates from him.
492
00:27:48,124 --> 00:27:49,918
He was out on his rec time,
493
00:27:50,627 --> 00:27:55,340
and apparently an inmate above him
had been, as we found out later on,
494
00:27:55,423 --> 00:28:00,011
periodically yelling down through
the vent or what have you, to him,
495
00:28:01,262 --> 00:28:05,558
and that inmate happened
to be being taken out in restraints
496
00:28:05,642 --> 00:28:09,229
down the steps to go
to an appointment outside the unit,
497
00:28:09,312 --> 00:28:13,400
and when he got to the bottom of
the steps, Aaron Hernandez, who was out,
498
00:28:13,483 --> 00:28:15,985
only one person is allowed out
at a time on rec,
499
00:28:16,069 --> 00:28:17,195
he happened to be out,
500
00:28:17,779 --> 00:28:20,615
came around the front side of the steps
501
00:28:20,699 --> 00:28:24,619
at the point the person reached
the bottom and assaulted him.
502
00:28:29,374 --> 00:28:31,459
It's not uncommon where somebody
would try to raise their stature
503
00:28:31,543 --> 00:28:33,086
with the rest of the inmate population
504
00:28:33,169 --> 00:28:35,463
when they have a notable person in there
to challenge that person.
505
00:28:35,547 --> 00:28:37,841
So, um, I'm not saying
that happened in this case,
506
00:28:37,924 --> 00:28:39,634
I'm just saying that
those things can happen,
507
00:28:39,718 --> 00:28:42,929
and that's why I wanted him
in special management to begin with.
508
00:28:45,932 --> 00:28:47,892
- Daddy!
- Avielle!
509
00:28:47,976 --> 00:28:51,479
You melt my heart
every time I hear you talk!
510
00:28:52,522 --> 00:28:56,317
Oh! Are you gonna tell Daddy
what, um, what sounds Santa makes?
511
00:28:56,401 --> 00:28:59,112
Ho, ho, ho.
512
00:28:59,195 --> 00:29:00,822
Tell Daddy, what does Santa say?
513
00:29:00,905 --> 00:29:01,906
Ho, ho, ho.
514
00:29:01,990 --> 00:29:03,408
- Did you hear it?
- Yeah.
515
00:29:03,491 --> 00:29:06,411
He says, "Ho! Ho! Ho!
Merry Christmas!" Right?
516
00:29:06,494 --> 00:29:07,494
Yes.
517
00:29:09,122 --> 00:29:12,584
I ordered our Christmas cards,
like I do every year, and...
518
00:29:12,667 --> 00:29:13,667
Yeah.
519
00:29:13,710 --> 00:29:16,254
...this year,
I put just her on it,
520
00:29:16,337 --> 00:29:18,381
which I think
I'm just gonna start doing that
521
00:29:18,465 --> 00:29:21,426
until we're like a family
together again.
522
00:29:28,892 --> 00:29:31,102
We're watching
the Pats game, sorry.
523
00:29:31,186 --> 00:29:32,562
I am, too. As we speak.
524
00:29:34,397 --> 00:29:36,483
I don't wanna bring up
bad memories, but...
525
00:29:36,566 --> 00:29:37,817
Bad memories?
526
00:29:39,027 --> 00:29:40,612
Those are good memories.
527
00:29:41,654 --> 00:29:44,032
I don't know.
Thinking about it makes you sad.
528
00:29:44,115 --> 00:29:45,115
Yeah.
529
00:29:47,118 --> 00:29:49,746
The judge says people will
not be allowed inside the room
530
00:29:49,829 --> 00:29:54,292
if they are wearing or carrying
anything with images of the NFL,
531
00:29:54,375 --> 00:29:58,880
the New England Patriots team,
or any football related insignia on it.
532
00:29:59,923 --> 00:30:05,762
This trial took place before, during,
and after the Patriots Super Bowl run,
533
00:30:05,845 --> 00:30:08,932
so this is peak sales time
for the Patriots.
534
00:30:09,015 --> 00:30:11,768
Everyone in New England,
let alone Fall River,
535
00:30:11,851 --> 00:30:16,773
is wearing a Patriots hat and hoodie
and all kinds of gear,
536
00:30:16,856 --> 00:30:21,194
and this is the one building
in the region of New England
537
00:30:21,277 --> 00:30:22,946
where none of that was allowed.
538
00:30:24,322 --> 00:30:25,907
You have to understand
at the moment,
539
00:30:25,990 --> 00:30:29,661
people were so tied emotionally
to what had happened,
540
00:30:29,744 --> 00:30:33,039
and Aaron Hernandez
was an extremely popular player,
541
00:30:33,122 --> 00:30:35,291
so she had to take those precautions.
542
00:30:37,460 --> 00:30:39,420
Miss Hernandez, what message
do you have for your son?
543
00:30:39,504 --> 00:30:40,839
Do you have any messages for your son?
544
00:30:40,922 --> 00:30:42,423
Yes, Merry Christmas.
545
00:30:43,091 --> 00:30:44,843
Trial is right around the corner,
546
00:30:44,926 --> 00:30:47,220
so try to come
as much as you can before trial.
547
00:30:49,430 --> 00:30:50,430
Yeah.
548
00:30:52,058 --> 00:30:54,394
But I can't go every day, so...
549
00:30:54,936 --> 00:30:58,565
Yeah, I don't need you
to go every day, know what I mean?
550
00:30:59,065 --> 00:31:01,192
- But what's it called...
- I want to go in the beginning,
551
00:31:01,276 --> 00:31:03,236
so they know I support you.
552
00:31:03,319 --> 00:31:05,154
And then
I'll have to watch it on TV.
553
00:31:05,238 --> 00:31:07,615
And when it gets rough towards the end,
then I wanna go.
554
00:31:07,699 --> 00:31:08,741
Yeah.
555
00:31:09,325 --> 00:31:10,325
You know?
556
00:31:11,202 --> 00:31:13,997
As the trial was set
to get underway,
557
00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:17,750
it was hard to believe
that you were now on the eve
558
00:31:17,834 --> 00:31:23,631
of a young professional football player
facing a murder charge.
559
00:31:26,092 --> 00:31:30,096
All persons having
anything to do before the Honorable,
560
00:31:30,179 --> 00:31:33,641
the justice E. Susan Garsh
of the Superior Court.
561
00:31:34,392 --> 00:31:37,145
God save the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts.
562
00:31:37,228 --> 00:31:38,771
Court is now in session,
563
00:31:38,855 --> 00:31:39,898
be seated, please.
564
00:31:42,108 --> 00:31:45,194
Case on trial today is
Commonwealth v. Aaron Hernandez.
565
00:31:45,278 --> 00:31:47,655
The Honorable E. Susan Garsh presiding.
566
00:31:47,739 --> 00:31:49,032
Good morning,
ladies and gentlemen.
567
00:31:49,115 --> 00:31:50,086
Good morning.
568
00:31:50,116 --> 00:31:53,870
Members of the jury,
I am not going to forbid you,
569
00:31:53,953 --> 00:31:56,998
um, from watching the Super Bowl game,
570
00:31:57,081 --> 00:32:00,919
but I am gonna ask you
to be especially vigilant.
571
00:32:01,002 --> 00:32:04,213
You have to avoid, uh, anything
572
00:32:04,297 --> 00:32:07,717
that has anything to do
with this case or Mr. Hernandez.
573
00:32:09,010 --> 00:32:11,429
Aaron Hernandez is an innocent man.
574
00:32:13,181 --> 00:32:14,474
The evidence will show
575
00:32:14,974 --> 00:32:18,561
that Aaron Hernandez did not murder
his friend Odin Lloyd
576
00:32:19,479 --> 00:32:24,150
nor did he ask or orchestrate
anyone else to murder him.
577
00:32:25,610 --> 00:32:30,615
Did the state really have enough evidence
to be able to convict him in this case?
578
00:32:30,698 --> 00:32:33,451
Prosecutors had to convince
these 12 people
579
00:32:33,952 --> 00:32:35,995
that Aaron Hernandez is a killer.
580
00:32:39,415 --> 00:32:43,503
Ladies and gentlemen,
on June 16th of 2013,
581
00:32:43,586 --> 00:32:49,717
just after 9:00 p.m.,
the defendant texted Odin Lloyd.
582
00:32:49,801 --> 00:32:53,638
He told Odin Lloyd that he,
the defendant, Aaron Hernandez,
583
00:32:53,721 --> 00:32:55,556
was gonna come out
to his house that night.
584
00:33:01,688 --> 00:33:06,818
He also texted two of his friends
who were then in Connecticut,
585
00:33:07,527 --> 00:33:11,072
Ernest Wallace and Carlos Ortiz.
586
00:33:16,869 --> 00:33:20,289
With the defendant driving the vehicle,
587
00:33:20,790 --> 00:33:26,462
the three of them picked up Odin Lloyd
outside his house in Boston
588
00:33:26,546 --> 00:33:29,382
after 2:30 in the morning.
589
00:33:39,892 --> 00:33:43,813
Aaron is driving a rental car,
it's late on a Sunday night.
590
00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:47,567
For whatever reason, Odin sensed
trouble with Aaron Hernandez.
591
00:33:47,650 --> 00:33:49,694
Whatever had happened
between he and Aaron,
592
00:33:49,777 --> 00:33:51,654
it was clear the dynamic had changed.
593
00:33:53,489 --> 00:33:57,326
Odin's concerned enough that as they're
driving back towards Aaron's house,
594
00:33:58,369 --> 00:34:03,249
he texts his sister, "Do you know
who I'm with? NFL. Just so you know."
595
00:34:04,417 --> 00:34:07,587
He clearly is concerned
about his well-being at this point.
596
00:34:09,505 --> 00:34:11,174
With the defendant driving,
597
00:34:11,257 --> 00:34:16,512
they drove to a secluded,
isolated area in North Attleboro,
598
00:34:18,097 --> 00:34:20,600
a town where Odin Lloyd knew no one
599
00:34:20,683 --> 00:34:25,688
but the defendant and the defendant's
fianc�e, Shayanna Jenkins.
600
00:34:27,523 --> 00:34:31,027
There, Odin Lloyd was shot six times.
601
00:34:34,530 --> 00:34:38,201
One in his right forearm,
one in his right flank,
602
00:34:38,785 --> 00:34:42,121
two in his back,
shot as if he was crouching down.
603
00:34:45,958 --> 00:34:49,295
Two projectiles were recovered
from his body.
604
00:34:50,129 --> 00:34:54,509
Odin Lloyd had two
gunshot wounds to his chest.
605
00:34:55,093 --> 00:35:00,765
They went through... They went
through him as he laid on the ground.
606
00:35:05,645 --> 00:35:08,898
If you had to describe Odin
to someone who had not met him before,
607
00:35:08,981 --> 00:35:10,441
what words would you use?
608
00:35:10,525 --> 00:35:11,525
Brother.
609
00:35:14,695 --> 00:35:19,867
Odin Lloyd, at the time of his death,
in June of 2013,
610
00:35:20,785 --> 00:35:22,245
was 27 years old.
611
00:35:23,037 --> 00:35:25,706
He was born in the US Virgin Islands.
612
00:35:26,290 --> 00:35:28,501
He moved to the city of Boston
with his family
613
00:35:28,584 --> 00:35:30,711
at the age of
three-and-a-half years old.
614
00:35:31,838 --> 00:35:33,589
He lived at the time of his death
615
00:35:33,673 --> 00:35:36,384
in the Dorchester section
of the city of Boston
616
00:35:36,467 --> 00:35:39,720
with his mother and his two sisters.
617
00:35:43,683 --> 00:35:45,810
My son is a wonderful child.
618
00:35:45,893 --> 00:35:47,520
He's a family guy.
619
00:35:47,603 --> 00:35:51,315
He has not done anything to hurt anyone.
620
00:35:51,816 --> 00:35:56,362
Please, let me grieve my child in peace.
621
00:35:56,445 --> 00:35:58,156
- Thank you.
- I'm sorry for your loss.
622
00:35:58,239 --> 00:35:59,574
And thank you for speaking with us!
623
00:36:00,533 --> 00:36:01,701
You know, unfortunately,
624
00:36:01,784 --> 00:36:05,371
when a lot of these crimes happen
involving a high profile person,
625
00:36:05,454 --> 00:36:08,249
a lot of times, the victim
gets short shrift in the media.
626
00:36:08,332 --> 00:36:12,044
The initial, you know, stories about
Odin Lloyd were rather, um, superficial.
627
00:36:12,128 --> 00:36:15,214
We didn't really know much about him. We
just knew that he was from Dorchester.
628
00:36:17,175 --> 00:36:18,676
Boston is gritty, man.
629
00:36:19,468 --> 00:36:22,263
We was coming up as kids back in the
'80s and '90s, number one rule was
630
00:36:22,346 --> 00:36:24,557
either you a customer or you a hustler.
631
00:36:25,975 --> 00:36:29,020
Either you on the drugs or you selling
the drugs, or you somewhere around.
632
00:36:29,103 --> 00:36:31,230
If you ain't selling it,
then you helping the drug dealers,
633
00:36:31,314 --> 00:36:32,732
you going to the store for them.
634
00:36:32,815 --> 00:36:35,776
Or you doing things that they can't do,
'cause they can't leave the block.
635
00:36:38,821 --> 00:36:40,031
Odin grew up in that.
636
00:36:41,824 --> 00:36:44,660
I mean, I literally had times where I'd
be dating a girl and come out her house,
637
00:36:44,744 --> 00:36:47,205
and I would have a gun stuck
to my neck 'cause I'm in the hallway
638
00:36:47,288 --> 00:36:49,207
and dudes would be doing a drug deal
or something and they'd say,
639
00:36:49,290 --> 00:36:50,625
"Who the fuck are you?"
640
00:36:50,708 --> 00:36:52,710
And before I could even speak,
someone would crack the door,
641
00:36:52,793 --> 00:36:55,129
"Leave him alone!
He's just a football guy!"
642
00:36:55,213 --> 00:36:56,380
And they'd be like, "That's right!
643
00:36:56,464 --> 00:36:58,132
You played against my cousin
two weeks ago!
644
00:36:58,216 --> 00:36:59,842
You had 100 yards and three touchdowns.
645
00:36:59,926 --> 00:37:01,928
My fault, man. Yo! I saw that game!"
646
00:37:02,011 --> 00:37:04,096
And I'm like, "Thank you, football,
thank you, football."
647
00:37:05,431 --> 00:37:06,724
Football is big to me.
648
00:37:06,807 --> 00:37:10,353
That's why I continue to play semi-pro,
and that's where me and Odin connected.
649
00:37:10,436 --> 00:37:13,481
Coach Mike Branch found the way,
put us all together
650
00:37:13,564 --> 00:37:16,484
and just used football
to, like, connect and say,
651
00:37:16,567 --> 00:37:18,819
"Shit's fucked up,
but we got each other."
652
00:37:20,404 --> 00:37:24,992
We pay tribute to a fallen teammate,
brother, and friend,
653
00:37:25,076 --> 00:37:27,703
number 53, Odin Lloyd.
654
00:37:28,788 --> 00:37:29,914
Helmets up, gentlemen.
655
00:37:29,997 --> 00:37:32,583
If you need something,
please call on us,
656
00:37:32,667 --> 00:37:35,002
and we'll be offended
if you don't call on us.
657
00:37:35,461 --> 00:37:36,432
We loved him.
658
00:37:36,462 --> 00:37:38,965
He was like a little brother to me,
so it's just tough.
659
00:37:39,048 --> 00:37:41,133
You try to play the game in his memory,
660
00:37:41,217 --> 00:37:42,969
because that's what
he would want us to do.
661
00:37:43,970 --> 00:37:46,055
We both played the same position,
outside linebacker,
662
00:37:46,138 --> 00:37:49,642
so me and him would talk
hours and hours after practice.
663
00:37:50,142 --> 00:37:53,145
First it would be football, and then
it would be something subtle like,
664
00:37:53,229 --> 00:37:55,398
"Man, I don't know
how you do it with these kids, man.
665
00:37:55,982 --> 00:37:57,775
One day I'mma have me some kids, too."
666
00:37:58,359 --> 00:38:00,945
It almost was like
he was modeling his life.
667
00:38:01,028 --> 00:38:04,490
Have kids, get a good job,
try to get a house,
668
00:38:04,573 --> 00:38:05,950
take care of your family.
669
00:38:06,826 --> 00:38:08,619
Odin and I are
only two years apart,
670
00:38:08,703 --> 00:38:12,331
so we've been together
since I could remember.
671
00:38:12,415 --> 00:38:16,919
Um, he's always been
a protector, a provider.
672
00:38:18,212 --> 00:38:20,298
I'm gonna miss
just him being a big brother.
673
00:38:20,381 --> 00:38:23,592
He did everything
that a big brother would do.
674
00:38:27,930 --> 00:38:30,599
The people in Roxbury,
Dorchester, Mattapan,
675
00:38:30,683 --> 00:38:31,767
Odin was our celebrity.
676
00:38:31,851 --> 00:38:35,563
Hernandez was nobody to us,
so the way we look at it is different.
677
00:38:35,646 --> 00:38:36,981
Odin had everything.
678
00:38:39,942 --> 00:38:42,361
To me, Odin was rich,
Hernandez was poor,
679
00:38:42,445 --> 00:38:44,864
'cause if Hernandez was as rich as Odin
with love and care,
680
00:38:44,947 --> 00:38:46,907
he would have never have been
in those positions.
681
00:38:49,577 --> 00:38:51,454
I remember
our first date.
682
00:38:53,497 --> 00:38:57,752
We went to the movies,
and he was a perfect gentleman.
683
00:38:59,462 --> 00:39:02,131
I feel like half of me is missing.
684
00:39:02,798 --> 00:39:04,759
I'm not whole without him.
685
00:39:10,348 --> 00:39:13,976
Yeah, it was just...
really difficult.
686
00:39:19,482 --> 00:39:21,525
So, you walk
into the courtroom each day
687
00:39:21,609 --> 00:39:25,404
and to your right was Shaneah Jenkins,
girlfriend of Odin Lloyd,
688
00:39:25,488 --> 00:39:29,325
to the left was Shayanna Jenkins,
fianc�e of Aaron Hernandez.
689
00:39:29,825 --> 00:39:32,286
Two sisters brought into that room
690
00:39:32,370 --> 00:39:36,123
by two men that
they had relationships with,
691
00:39:36,207 --> 00:39:38,959
and one was accused
of killing the other.
692
00:39:39,043 --> 00:39:42,421
Your sister, Shaneah,
is she older or younger than you are?
693
00:39:42,505 --> 00:39:44,924
- Younger.
- Are you close as sisters?
694
00:39:49,762 --> 00:39:51,430
Have you been in the past, then?
695
00:39:55,768 --> 00:40:00,481
I... I mean we've... Estranged, kind of.
696
00:40:02,650 --> 00:40:04,318
Shayanna Jenkins
and Shaneah Jenkins
697
00:40:04,402 --> 00:40:09,323
grew up in a single-parent household
in Bristol, were very, very close.
698
00:40:10,574 --> 00:40:13,411
Shayanna had moved
to North Attleboro with Aaron,
699
00:40:13,494 --> 00:40:17,081
Shaneah was dating Odin Lloyd,
who was up in Boston.
700
00:40:18,416 --> 00:40:20,084
They were gonna be closer than ever.
701
00:40:20,584 --> 00:40:27,466
Yet, despite this, when it came time
to choose your sister or your fianc�,
702
00:40:27,550 --> 00:40:29,385
Shayanna stuck with Aaron Hernandez.
703
00:40:30,553 --> 00:40:35,015
At some point, were you awakened later
in the night or early morning hours?
704
00:40:35,099 --> 00:40:35,986
Yes.
705
00:40:36,016 --> 00:40:38,853
And, um, how were you awakened?
706
00:40:38,936 --> 00:40:40,229
By a phone call.
707
00:40:40,312 --> 00:40:43,232
And approximately how long
did that call last?
708
00:40:44,275 --> 00:40:46,861
Maybe ten... fifteen minutes.
709
00:40:47,486 --> 00:40:50,156
And did you learn something
at that time?
710
00:40:50,448 --> 00:40:52,199
- Yes.
- And what did you learn?
711
00:40:57,955 --> 00:40:59,540
That Odin was dead.
712
00:41:08,632 --> 00:41:11,427
During the trial,
they often showed a lot of the footage
713
00:41:11,510 --> 00:41:13,387
from Aaron Hernandez's house.
714
00:41:13,471 --> 00:41:17,683
The cameras caught Shaneah Jenkins
and Shayanna, uh, hugging each other.
715
00:41:17,766 --> 00:41:21,312
This was right after Shaneah had found
out that her boyfriend had been killed
716
00:41:21,395 --> 00:41:23,731
and Shayanna's, um, comforting her,
717
00:41:24,273 --> 00:41:29,653
and they're holding each other and it...
was for several, several seconds.
718
00:41:35,534 --> 00:41:39,371
Shayanna Jenkins' loyalty to
Aaron Hernandez is something to behold.
719
00:41:39,830 --> 00:41:44,376
Aaron was accused
of murdering her sister's boyfriend,
720
00:41:45,169 --> 00:41:47,963
and yet, she never wavered with Aaron.
721
00:41:50,216 --> 00:41:56,347
When the defendant and Carlos Ortiz
and Ernest Wallace left from that spot,
722
00:41:57,139 --> 00:42:01,894
when they left Odin Lloyd there,
they left evidence at the scene,
723
00:42:01,977 --> 00:42:04,396
they took evidence with them,
724
00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:07,733
they created evidence
of their cooperative effort,
725
00:42:07,816 --> 00:42:13,197
and they tried to and in some cases
were successful in destroying evidence.
726
00:42:16,033 --> 00:42:17,660
When police asked
to see footage
727
00:42:17,743 --> 00:42:21,080
from Hernandez's high-tech
mansion security system,
728
00:42:21,163 --> 00:42:24,083
they learned the security system
had been destroyed.
729
00:42:24,166 --> 00:42:28,629
He erases some security tape,
but not all of it.
730
00:42:29,255 --> 00:42:33,551
He leaves some for them
to eventually get on a search warrant.
731
00:42:33,634 --> 00:42:36,595
These new court papers
indicate that police got suspicious
732
00:42:36,679 --> 00:42:39,682
after learning some information from,
of all people,
733
00:42:39,765 --> 00:42:42,059
the sister of Hernandez's fianc�e.
734
00:42:43,894 --> 00:42:44,894
Hello?
735
00:42:45,354 --> 00:42:46,242
Yeah.
736
00:42:46,272 --> 00:42:47,690
What'd you do today?
737
00:42:48,274 --> 00:42:51,652
Nothing, Aaron. I was involved
in a search warrant again today.
738
00:42:51,735 --> 00:42:53,153
That's what I did today.
739
00:42:53,237 --> 00:42:55,864
I know, I heard about that.
But why are you giving attitude?
740
00:42:56,073 --> 00:42:59,785
Because I'm frustrated
with you and everybody else.
741
00:42:59,868 --> 00:43:01,203
Why me?
742
00:43:01,287 --> 00:43:04,540
'Cause I wouldn't be
in this situation if it wasn't for you!
743
00:43:05,916 --> 00:43:07,501
- All right.
- That's why!
744
00:43:07,585 --> 00:43:09,128
All right.
Well, I'll call back tomorrow
745
00:43:09,211 --> 00:43:11,755
unless my daughter's
gonna get on the phone.
746
00:43:11,839 --> 00:43:13,966
Don't... Wait, how are you
gonna catch an attitude with me,
747
00:43:14,049 --> 00:43:15,049
and not wanna talk,
748
00:43:15,092 --> 00:43:16,969
because I'm sitting here,
and I'm keeping it real.
749
00:43:17,052 --> 00:43:18,429
All right, well,
you still have your freedom.
750
00:43:18,512 --> 00:43:20,264
What are you stressing about?
751
00:43:20,347 --> 00:43:21,473
Aaron, whatever.
752
00:43:21,557 --> 00:43:24,435
I always end up cleaning up
after your shit. Whatever.
753
00:43:25,019 --> 00:43:27,021
The person
you called has hung up.
754
00:43:32,860 --> 00:43:34,820
In the exact time
it would take to drive
755
00:43:34,903 --> 00:43:37,698
from the industrial park
to Aaron's driveway,
756
00:43:37,990 --> 00:43:44,663
it shows he, Ortiz, and Wallace pulling
up to their house just after the murder.
757
00:43:45,581 --> 00:43:50,169
If Aaron Hernandez had just erased
the security tape in his own house,
758
00:43:50,252 --> 00:43:51,587
he might have had a chance.
759
00:43:51,670 --> 00:43:57,635
That videotape shows him walking around
his house holding what looks like a gun.
760
00:43:58,886 --> 00:44:00,929
I'm just gonna
have you look at this item
761
00:44:01,013 --> 00:44:04,892
and ask you if you recognize that item.
762
00:44:06,852 --> 00:44:07,852
No.
763
00:44:09,146 --> 00:44:10,075
I mean, you...
764
00:44:10,105 --> 00:44:11,649
I can't see the full item.
765
00:44:11,732 --> 00:44:13,609
It's not depicted here, so...
766
00:44:15,903 --> 00:44:17,363
Does that assist you
at all, ma'am?
767
00:44:17,446 --> 00:44:21,450
I mean, only a black blob
it looks like right now.
768
00:44:23,327 --> 00:44:26,455
The prosecution feels like
it has a very strong case,
769
00:44:26,538 --> 00:44:30,876
but there is one issue remaining,
they do not have the murder weapon.
770
00:44:31,418 --> 00:44:33,629
You know, they want to know
where the murder weapon is now.
771
00:44:33,712 --> 00:44:37,466
This is the focal point
of the whole investigation.
772
00:44:38,050 --> 00:44:39,259
They're searching everything.
773
00:44:40,302 --> 00:44:43,263
They've got police investigators
in scuba gear.
774
00:44:44,932 --> 00:44:48,560
Did the fianc�e of fallen
football star Aaron Hernandez
775
00:44:48,644 --> 00:44:50,771
help him hide a murder weapon?
776
00:44:50,854 --> 00:44:53,941
It's a possibility police
are apparently considering
777
00:44:54,024 --> 00:44:57,486
as they desperately try to find
a .45 caliber gun
778
00:44:57,569 --> 00:45:00,239
used to kill Odin Lloyd on Father's Day.
779
00:45:01,365 --> 00:45:05,994
You know, I sat a row behind, uh,
Shayanna for the first trial.
780
00:45:06,078 --> 00:45:07,955
Appeared fine and classy,
781
00:45:08,038 --> 00:45:12,000
and she's reading her fashion magazines
while she's in the gallery there.
782
00:45:12,084 --> 00:45:15,295
So, she played it
as perfectly as she could.
783
00:45:16,046 --> 00:45:17,965
A cryptic message that was sent
784
00:45:18,048 --> 00:45:21,552
from Hernandez to his fianc�e
that reads in part,
785
00:45:21,635 --> 00:45:24,179
"Go in the back of the screen
in the movie room.
786
00:45:24,263 --> 00:45:27,516
There is a box just in case
you were looking for it."
787
00:45:28,600 --> 00:45:30,394
Now, about an hour
after that text message,
788
00:45:30,477 --> 00:45:34,440
documents state the fianc�e is seen
on home surveillance video
789
00:45:34,523 --> 00:45:36,650
leaving the house with a trash bag,
790
00:45:36,734 --> 00:45:42,448
and allegedly inside of that bag was a
rigid object the size of a gun lockbox.
791
00:45:43,532 --> 00:45:45,367
The video evidence
would suggest
792
00:45:45,451 --> 00:45:48,620
that she helped to spirit the weapon
out of the house,
793
00:45:48,704 --> 00:45:51,665
and then she's asked,
"Where'd you put it?"
794
00:45:52,624 --> 00:45:55,502
And during that time,
did you do anything with the box
795
00:45:55,586 --> 00:45:57,755
that was in the bag
that was in the trunk of the car?
796
00:45:57,838 --> 00:45:58,726
I did.
797
00:45:58,756 --> 00:46:00,716
- And what did you do with it?
- I disposed of it.
798
00:46:00,799 --> 00:46:04,595
And when you say you disposed
of it, where did you dispose of it?
799
00:46:04,845 --> 00:46:06,096
Um, in a dumpster.
800
00:46:06,847 --> 00:46:08,390
And where was the dumpster?
801
00:46:08,682 --> 00:46:09,725
I don't know.
802
00:46:11,643 --> 00:46:15,814
So, then, it's a question of,
is she being purposely obtuse,
803
00:46:15,898 --> 00:46:21,236
or is she somebody
who genuinely forgets things like that?
804
00:46:21,320 --> 00:46:22,571
Okay, so there's...
805
00:46:22,654 --> 00:46:26,241
Just in fairness, there's certain things
you remember and other things you don't.
806
00:46:26,992 --> 00:46:27,992
Yes.
807
00:46:28,786 --> 00:46:32,706
So, it just never
all made sense.
808
00:46:33,332 --> 00:46:35,459
The jury found it laughable.
809
00:46:36,293 --> 00:46:39,546
No matter what she said,
they weren't gonna believe much of it
810
00:46:39,630 --> 00:46:41,465
because she doesn't seem credible.
811
00:46:42,090 --> 00:46:45,177
There was nothing that suggested
she was ever gonna give up Aaron.
812
00:46:46,345 --> 00:46:49,264
Tell us how
your relationship started.
813
00:46:50,474 --> 00:46:54,686
Um, in high school,
we had a couple classes together,
814
00:46:54,770 --> 00:46:56,438
so our relationship kind of evolved.
815
00:46:57,397 --> 00:46:59,024
And how did it evolve?
816
00:46:59,316 --> 00:47:02,528
We would talk a lot more,
817
00:47:02,611 --> 00:47:06,198
pass notes back and forth, um,
talk on the phone.
818
00:47:08,200 --> 00:47:09,743
When you look
at junior year,
819
00:47:09,827 --> 00:47:13,664
it was a buildup
to what I would call "best friends."
820
00:47:13,747 --> 00:47:16,959
The first day of school,
my dad was a correctional officer,
821
00:47:17,042 --> 00:47:18,669
so he was already at work.
822
00:47:18,752 --> 00:47:22,881
Aaron came over and we did...
We smoked two blunts,
823
00:47:22,965 --> 00:47:26,301
we got my dog high,
and we walked right up to the school,
824
00:47:26,385 --> 00:47:28,846
first day of school, like king shit.
825
00:47:28,929 --> 00:47:32,099
Quarterback, tight end, stone happy.
826
00:47:33,141 --> 00:47:35,602
We used to horseplay,
that was our thing.
827
00:47:35,686 --> 00:47:38,397
We used to love horseplaying
and having fun with each other,
828
00:47:38,480 --> 00:47:41,775
because we were just kids full of life.
829
00:47:43,777 --> 00:47:46,071
Aaron and I had an
on-and-off relationship
830
00:47:46,154 --> 00:47:48,782
from the 7th grade
to the Junior year of high school.
831
00:47:49,992 --> 00:47:52,744
Aaron participated with many people.
832
00:47:52,828 --> 00:47:56,915
I was a small piece
of Aaron's sexual activity.
833
00:47:59,918 --> 00:48:01,128
At that time frame,
834
00:48:01,211 --> 00:48:04,673
the girls didn't really hang out
with the boys after school, um,
835
00:48:04,756 --> 00:48:08,719
so me and Aaron experimented
and it was something that,
836
00:48:09,344 --> 00:48:13,932
I'll be honest with, we continued
because we probably enjoyed it.
837
00:48:14,016 --> 00:48:15,016
Um, hello.
838
00:48:17,185 --> 00:48:22,190
If I look at it now in the year we're in,
yes, we were in a relationship back then,
839
00:48:22,274 --> 00:48:25,569
but at the time...
you don't look at it like that.
840
00:48:29,197 --> 00:48:32,576
In school, there wasn't a lot of kids
that were out of the closet,
841
00:48:32,659 --> 00:48:38,624
and the few that were, I used to feel
like, "Golly, like, what a homo."
842
00:48:38,707 --> 00:48:41,585
Here I am, the football player,
I was in such denial.
843
00:48:41,668 --> 00:48:43,837
Such denial because I was an athlete.
844
00:48:44,504 --> 00:48:49,676
"You mean to tell me that the
quarterback and the tight end was gay?
845
00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:51,345
He sleeps with other men?"
846
00:48:52,012 --> 00:48:54,598
No. It doesn't sit right with people,
847
00:48:54,681 --> 00:48:57,893
it doesn't sit right
within our own stomach at that time.
848
00:49:00,812 --> 00:49:04,399
It was weird, it was like,
after doing it, it was like, "Fuck this.
849
00:49:04,483 --> 00:49:06,026
Does... Did someone catch us?
850
00:49:06,109 --> 00:49:07,819
Did... Did someone know?
851
00:49:09,988 --> 00:49:14,826
Dude, if we get caught, like, it's ruined.
Like, our parents are gonna disown us."
852
00:49:16,828 --> 00:49:20,123
I was a young father,
fresh out of the Marine Corps,
853
00:49:20,207 --> 00:49:27,047
a corrections officer, coaching football
with two all-American boys.
854
00:49:27,130 --> 00:49:31,593
If I told you that I didn't want
both of my sons to be heterosexual,
855
00:49:31,677 --> 00:49:33,053
I'd be lying to you.
856
00:49:33,136 --> 00:49:38,225
I... I would say that I feel terrible
857
00:49:38,308 --> 00:49:41,019
for the way you must have felt
at that age.
858
00:49:41,103 --> 00:49:44,815
If there's any blame or shame
to be put here, it's on me.
859
00:49:45,607 --> 00:49:49,987
I was homophobic just as much
as Mr. Hernandez was.
860
00:49:51,196 --> 00:49:53,949
Aaron was extremely
terrified of his father finding out.
861
00:49:54,032 --> 00:49:58,662
I mean, Mr. Hernandez
was well known as a man's man,
862
00:49:58,745 --> 00:50:01,999
a father that slapped the faggot
right out of you.
863
00:50:02,833 --> 00:50:05,210
As DJ Hernandez
writes in his book,
864
00:50:05,293 --> 00:50:09,006
there was a time Aaron,
inspired by his female cousins,
865
00:50:09,589 --> 00:50:10,799
wanted to become a cheerleader.
866
00:50:11,883 --> 00:50:14,469
Dennis Hernandez
put an end to that very quickly.
867
00:50:15,929 --> 00:50:19,099
I remember
when Aaron's dad was ever around,
868
00:50:19,182 --> 00:50:21,101
Aaron would kinda whisper, like,
869
00:50:21,184 --> 00:50:22,811
"I better be good right now."
870
00:50:22,894 --> 00:50:26,815
He knew he had to be on a different set
of behavior around his father,
871
00:50:26,898 --> 00:50:29,818
and I was very similar,
so it was something that
872
00:50:29,901 --> 00:50:33,238
we just had the ability
to turn it on and turn it off.
873
00:50:33,321 --> 00:50:35,782
We had to hide what we were.
874
00:50:38,410 --> 00:50:43,081
I started playing football in high school
mainly because of influence from my dad.
875
00:50:44,499 --> 00:50:48,211
I learned pretty quickly
that people, especially in my town,
876
00:50:48,295 --> 00:50:52,549
would never look at a masculine
football player and think he's gay.
877
00:50:52,632 --> 00:50:55,552
So, by the time I hit puberty,
I knew I was gay,
878
00:50:56,136 --> 00:51:00,390
um,
and then that quickly made me realize
879
00:51:00,474 --> 00:51:02,976
I had to suppress that
as much as possible.
880
00:51:04,519 --> 00:51:06,313
So, my beard was football.
881
00:51:07,105 --> 00:51:11,318
Just in general, football is
a very masculine sport
882
00:51:11,401 --> 00:51:14,821
and I relied on all the stereotypes
of a football player.
883
00:51:15,447 --> 00:51:20,202
Just a lot of testosterone and the
aggressiveness and hitting each other,
884
00:51:20,285 --> 00:51:22,621
all these things that you would assume
885
00:51:22,704 --> 00:51:25,499
middle America wouldn't think
of a gay man.
886
00:51:26,666 --> 00:51:30,587
You hear things from everybody,
family, your buddies,
887
00:51:30,670 --> 00:51:32,923
people throw around the word "faggot"
like it's nothing.
888
00:51:33,507 --> 00:51:38,720
Whether they're being hateful about it or
calling something "gay" like people do,
889
00:51:39,846 --> 00:51:42,557
when you're in the closet,
you associate all that negatively.
890
00:51:44,226 --> 00:51:46,812
I even, trying to fit in,
would say those things.
891
00:51:46,895 --> 00:51:50,607
So, I don't think anyone
ever thought twice that
892
00:51:51,316 --> 00:51:52,442
I could have been gay.
893
00:51:55,320 --> 00:51:58,281
You got some flamboyant faggots
walking around.
894
00:51:59,282 --> 00:52:00,408
Well, they want you?
895
00:52:00,492 --> 00:52:03,286
Yeah, well,
they don't fucking look at me.
896
00:52:04,246 --> 00:52:05,747
That's crazy if they're out there.
897
00:52:06,248 --> 00:52:08,834
That they just go around,
because... And prance it.
898
00:52:08,917 --> 00:52:10,168
You know what I mean?
Just let it out.
899
00:52:10,252 --> 00:52:11,711
Yeah, it's just ridiculous.
900
00:52:11,795 --> 00:52:14,840
And people talk to them, like, what
the fuck are you talking to them for?
901
00:52:15,674 --> 00:52:17,342
Well, that's who they are.
What are you gonna do?
902
00:52:17,425 --> 00:52:20,387
You're gay, or you do this,
you do that. What are you gonna do?
903
00:52:20,470 --> 00:52:25,225
Well, it's just, like,
overly done, like ridiculous.
904
00:52:25,308 --> 00:52:27,811
Yeah, I know.
They really think they're women.
905
00:52:27,894 --> 00:52:29,396
One hundred percent.
906
00:52:30,355 --> 00:52:33,441
People in the gay community
use the slang term "beard."
907
00:52:33,525 --> 00:52:37,654
Um, a beard is for a man...
908
00:52:38,155 --> 00:52:41,783
For a gay man, a beard would be
the female you date
909
00:52:42,784 --> 00:52:46,121
as a cover for your sexuality.
910
00:52:47,581 --> 00:52:49,541
I think all closeted guys
go through that stage
911
00:52:49,624 --> 00:52:52,961
where you have to make a decision
on what you do,
912
00:52:53,044 --> 00:52:56,256
what you're willing...
What you're willing to risk, um,
913
00:52:56,339 --> 00:52:58,425
how important it is to you to...
914
00:53:03,555 --> 00:53:05,265
be true to yourself, in a way.
915
00:53:06,016 --> 00:53:09,895
I think Aaron, for instance,
had the girl that he had the baby with.
916
00:53:09,978 --> 00:53:11,938
A lot of gay guys go that route,
917
00:53:12,731 --> 00:53:16,860
but they just haven't been honest
with their partner,
918
00:53:16,943 --> 00:53:19,613
and it's unfortunate
and it's sad that...
919
00:53:19,696 --> 00:53:25,202
The extremes that some people feel they
have to go through just to try to hide.
920
00:53:27,245 --> 00:53:31,416
At some point in high school,
did his dad die?
921
00:53:31,499 --> 00:53:32,470
He did.
922
00:53:32,500 --> 00:53:34,419
Okay. Tell us what happened.
923
00:53:34,502 --> 00:53:35,837
Objection, Your Honor.
924
00:53:35,921 --> 00:53:37,005
Sustained.
925
00:53:37,088 --> 00:53:40,967
You recall that he died while
he was having surgery in the hospital?
926
00:53:41,051 --> 00:53:42,219
Objection, Your Honor.
927
00:53:42,302 --> 00:53:43,303
Overruled.
928
00:53:43,386 --> 00:53:44,386
Yes.
929
00:53:44,846 --> 00:53:46,890
And Aaron was 16 at the time?
930
00:53:47,432 --> 00:53:48,432
He was.
931
00:53:53,855 --> 00:53:57,859
My mother had called me
and told me what happened.
932
00:53:59,486 --> 00:54:00,946
It shocked us all.
933
00:54:01,029 --> 00:54:05,033
This wasn't cancer
or this wasn't something slow coming,
934
00:54:05,116 --> 00:54:08,245
I mean, this was routine hernia surgery
that he came out dead.
935
00:54:10,914 --> 00:54:13,792
At that point,
all I could think about was,
936
00:54:13,875 --> 00:54:16,169
"Get in touch with Aaron.
Get in touch with Aaron."
937
00:54:20,882 --> 00:54:22,592
I wanted him to be around someone
938
00:54:22,676 --> 00:54:26,346
that he knew cared about him,
cared about his father.
939
00:54:27,347 --> 00:54:32,060
I was able to pick him up
and we kinda just drove aimlessly
940
00:54:32,143 --> 00:54:36,856
through all of Bristol and the surrounding
cities for probably about three hours.
941
00:54:42,279 --> 00:54:44,239
There really wasn't even
a lot of conversation,
942
00:54:44,322 --> 00:54:46,825
it was just being there for him,
943
00:54:46,908 --> 00:54:50,662
just feeling his energy
on how much he was hurting.
944
00:54:55,625 --> 00:55:00,130
When the news came
that Dennis Hernandez had passed away,
945
00:55:00,213 --> 00:55:04,092
it was an absolute, utter shock
to the entire community.
946
00:55:05,593 --> 00:55:10,640
I never have been to a wake with the
amount of people that were there.
947
00:55:12,726 --> 00:55:17,897
It was a day in January, and it was
freezing cold and windy, windy.
948
00:55:20,191 --> 00:55:24,321
And the line was wrapped around
the O'Brien Funeral Home,
949
00:55:24,404 --> 00:55:28,325
and I waited in line for two-and-a-half
hours to pay my respects.
950
00:55:31,995 --> 00:55:33,038
When I saw him
at the wake,
951
00:55:33,121 --> 00:55:35,415
it was like looking
into a new person's eyes.
952
00:55:35,498 --> 00:55:36,916
Something had changed.
953
00:55:37,751 --> 00:55:39,002
I just couldn't believe it.
954
00:55:39,085 --> 00:55:42,922
It was a guy who had no emotion
at his own father's wake.
955
00:55:44,966 --> 00:55:48,928
And I instantly said to myself
after I left that funeral home,
956
00:55:50,263 --> 00:55:52,974
"This is not good. This is not good.
957
00:55:53,058 --> 00:55:57,354
Aaron is not gonna
take this well at all,
958
00:55:57,437 --> 00:56:01,066
because him and his father
were so, so close."
959
00:56:02,317 --> 00:56:03,943
I had to say, I think it was
960
00:56:04,027 --> 00:56:07,447
the turning point of everything
in Aaron's life.
961
00:56:09,324 --> 00:56:12,869
When Dennis was there,
Aaron mirrored him,
962
00:56:12,952 --> 00:56:15,246
and that's where you get
a lot of those similarities.
963
00:56:16,623 --> 00:56:18,416
What's gonna happen next now, you know?
964
00:56:18,500 --> 00:56:22,837
It's when you have someone who's that
rock, who you can go to for everything,
965
00:56:22,921 --> 00:56:24,798
who's that role model for you,
966
00:56:24,881 --> 00:56:27,842
someone that can set
your foundation of values
967
00:56:27,926 --> 00:56:31,388
to make sure that you're gonna be
a good man, a good father,
968
00:56:31,471 --> 00:56:34,682
and a good member of the community
and now that's all gone.
969
00:56:39,020 --> 00:56:43,066
Nothing dishonorable
about your father passing away, right?
970
00:56:43,149 --> 00:56:44,901
Nothing shameful about that.
971
00:56:45,485 --> 00:56:47,153
Nothing to be embarrassed about.
972
00:56:48,405 --> 00:56:51,950
Sad, mourn, yes, all of that.
973
00:56:53,368 --> 00:56:56,871
Would have been nice if he had a mother
that could have mourned with him.
974
00:56:57,497 --> 00:57:00,417
Instead, she chose to...
975
00:57:02,210 --> 00:57:07,382
engage in a relationship
with Tanya's husband.
976
00:57:09,884 --> 00:57:12,470
I mean, to deal with
the death of your father is one thing,
977
00:57:13,221 --> 00:57:17,809
but to deal with the fact that your mother
then goes out within a matter of months
978
00:57:17,892 --> 00:57:23,648
and has a relationship
with a family member's husband,
979
00:57:23,731 --> 00:57:26,985
and he goes then to
live in Aaron's house!
980
00:57:28,695 --> 00:57:30,113
Let me tell you something...
981
00:57:30,989 --> 00:57:32,073
a young man...
982
00:57:33,116 --> 00:57:35,034
...Aaron's age?
983
00:57:36,995 --> 00:57:40,248
You don't want to wake up
on Sunday morning
984
00:57:41,207 --> 00:57:45,545
and see some other dude
making bacon in his underwear
985
00:57:46,546 --> 00:57:48,006
in your house.
986
00:57:49,549 --> 00:57:51,718
Sleeping in your father's bed.
987
00:57:53,428 --> 00:57:58,224
So this must have thrown him
into such a tizzy, I can't even imagine.
988
00:58:00,268 --> 00:58:02,729
You made decisions,
that... There's...
989
00:58:03,354 --> 00:58:06,316
You don't, like... They're the worst.
990
00:58:06,399 --> 00:58:09,486
I don't put you down,
and you fucked my whole life up.
991
00:58:10,320 --> 00:58:12,197
You don't put me down,
but I fucked your whole life up?
992
00:58:12,280 --> 00:58:13,406
I ain't living with that.
993
00:58:13,490 --> 00:58:14,532
You did!
994
00:58:14,616 --> 00:58:15,950
It is, but I forgave you
995
00:58:16,034 --> 00:58:17,327
- and it's over with!
- No, no...
996
00:58:17,410 --> 00:58:18,411
Yes, you did!
997
00:58:18,495 --> 00:58:21,039
I was the happiest
fucking little kid in the world,
998
00:58:21,122 --> 00:58:22,457
and you fucked me up.
999
00:58:23,082 --> 00:58:24,918
And I just lost my father.
1000
00:58:25,001 --> 00:58:26,794
And I had to go to college.
1001
00:58:26,878 --> 00:58:28,713
And I had nobody.
1002
00:58:28,796 --> 00:58:30,673
What the fuck
did you think I was gonna do?
1003
00:58:30,757 --> 00:58:32,509
Become a perfect angel?
1004
00:58:32,592 --> 00:58:33,593
Oh, my God...
1005
00:58:33,676 --> 00:58:34,886
If I was with you right now,
1006
00:58:34,969 --> 00:58:37,013
I would've probably punched
the shit out of you, like...
1007
00:58:37,096 --> 00:58:38,067
I don't even know why...
1008
00:58:38,097 --> 00:58:40,475
You bring me to this level.
1009
00:58:42,143 --> 00:58:45,188
After Tanya left Jeff Cummings,
1010
00:58:45,271 --> 00:58:51,236
what effect, if any, did that have
on Aaron's relationship with Tanya?
1011
00:58:51,319 --> 00:58:52,695
It brought them closer.
1012
00:58:52,987 --> 00:58:54,155
In what respect?
1013
00:58:55,198 --> 00:58:57,951
Very close, like,
she was like a Mom figure to him,
1014
00:58:58,034 --> 00:59:00,119
and she was... He was like a son to her.
1015
00:59:02,205 --> 00:59:06,417
Because of this, Aaron
doesn't want to even be in his house,
1016
00:59:06,501 --> 00:59:12,840
so he now goes to spend most of his time
over there at the cousin's house.
1017
00:59:14,759 --> 00:59:16,844
Aaron was able to be
1018
00:59:16,928 --> 00:59:21,099
someone that he wasn't able to be
at his house over there.
1019
00:59:23,560 --> 00:59:25,853
He had a very structured upbringing
1020
00:59:25,937 --> 00:59:28,815
when Dennis Hernandez
was running his boyhood home.
1021
00:59:28,898 --> 00:59:33,444
Over at Tanya's house, there was
more partying, there was more smoking,
1022
00:59:33,528 --> 00:59:35,154
there were more unsavory characters
1023
00:59:35,238 --> 00:59:38,658
that you wouldn't necessarily want
a 16-year-old to hang around with.
1024
00:59:39,158 --> 00:59:43,580
At 114 Lake Avenue, Aaron
meets Carlos Ortiz and Ernest Wallace.
1025
00:59:44,330 --> 00:59:46,916
These guys were familiar
with prison and prison life
1026
00:59:47,000 --> 00:59:48,668
and what leads you to prison,
1027
00:59:48,751 --> 00:59:50,920
and that's what Aaron Hernandez
was exposed to,
1028
00:59:51,004 --> 00:59:54,799
and really sought in the years
after his father died.
1029
00:59:56,009 --> 01:00:01,472
Did you know Ernest Wallace
and Carlos Ortiz to use any drugs?
1030
01:00:01,556 --> 01:00:02,640
- Yes.
- Okay.
1031
01:00:02,724 --> 01:00:04,726
And did you ever see them use any drugs?
1032
01:00:04,809 --> 01:00:05,697
Yes.
1033
01:00:05,727 --> 01:00:07,270
What kind of drugs
did you see, then?
1034
01:00:07,353 --> 01:00:09,397
Um, marijuana.
1035
01:00:09,480 --> 01:00:13,318
They would smoke what you call,
like, a blunt filled with PCP.
1036
01:00:15,570 --> 01:00:18,364
Sources say that
Massachusetts investigators believe
1037
01:00:18,448 --> 01:00:21,117
that Carlos Ortiz and Ernest Wallace
1038
01:00:21,200 --> 01:00:23,995
went directly to the Lake Avenue
home in Bristol
1039
01:00:24,078 --> 01:00:27,290
after the alleged murder of Odin Lloyd
in North Attleboro.
1040
01:00:28,291 --> 01:00:31,586
Because of that, police started
to focus on that house.
1041
01:00:33,046 --> 01:00:35,340
We learned the police
were searching the house
1042
01:00:35,423 --> 01:00:38,426
of Aaron's cousin, Tanya Singleton.
1043
01:00:38,509 --> 01:00:41,137
And while they were
conducting the search,
1044
01:00:41,679 --> 01:00:44,974
of course, everyone's parked outside
to see what's going on.
1045
01:00:45,767 --> 01:00:49,646
The police are seen
loading up a silver SUV
1046
01:00:50,438 --> 01:00:56,152
from inside the garage
onto a flatbed truck and taking it away.
1047
01:00:56,861 --> 01:01:01,449
We learned through police sources
that the SUV
1048
01:01:01,949 --> 01:01:05,745
was actually a car that the Boston
Police, different police department,
1049
01:01:05,828 --> 01:01:07,080
had been looking for
1050
01:01:07,163 --> 01:01:12,001
in connection with an unsolved
double murder case from Boston.
1051
01:01:16,964 --> 01:01:19,634
Safiro Furtado
and Daniel de Abreu
1052
01:01:19,717 --> 01:01:21,386
were hardworking immigrants
from Cape Verde.
1053
01:01:21,469 --> 01:01:23,721
They worked two jobs cleaning at night.
1054
01:01:25,682 --> 01:01:28,601
Had been found shot and killed
outside of a nightclub
1055
01:01:28,685 --> 01:01:30,019
in the Theater District of Boston.
1056
01:01:31,938 --> 01:01:35,525
The car was shot up
after they left the nightclub
1057
01:01:36,025 --> 01:01:41,572
and that witnesses remember seeing a
silver SUV speeding away from the scene,
1058
01:01:42,365 --> 01:01:45,284
and they hadn't been able
to find the silver SUV.
1059
01:01:46,953 --> 01:01:49,580
The detectives called me to tell me
1060
01:01:49,664 --> 01:01:53,626
that the car had actually been found
in Aaron Hernandez's cousin's garage,
1061
01:01:53,710 --> 01:01:57,505
hidden, covered with cobwebs,
hadn't been used in a year.
1062
01:01:58,756 --> 01:02:00,049
This is unbelievable.
1063
01:02:00,550 --> 01:02:05,012
Actually have the murder car in his
house, it was, um, pretty compelling.
1064
01:02:06,764 --> 01:02:10,017
The Suffolk County
Grand Jury returned indictments
1065
01:02:10,852 --> 01:02:15,398
charging Aaron Hernandez
with two counts of first-degree murder
1066
01:02:15,481 --> 01:02:20,361
for the shooting deaths
of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado.
1067
01:02:21,279 --> 01:02:23,948
When the victim's car
stopped at a red light,
1068
01:02:24,031 --> 01:02:28,411
the SUV pulled up beside
the victim's car on the right.
1069
01:02:28,911 --> 01:02:34,125
Aaron Hernandez then fired
a .38 caliber revolver multiple times
1070
01:02:34,208 --> 01:02:36,836
from the driver side of his vehicle
1071
01:02:36,919 --> 01:02:40,548
into the passenger side
of the victim's vehicle.
1072
01:02:42,925 --> 01:02:48,723
This double murder that Hernandez is now
indicted for happened in July of 2012.
1073
01:02:48,806 --> 01:02:54,479
About a month later, he signed a five-year
$40 million contract with the Patriots.
1074
01:02:55,605 --> 01:03:00,359
That would've meant,
if the evidence is proven in court,
1075
01:03:01,277 --> 01:03:06,699
that he would have shot
and killed two men in Boston
1076
01:03:07,784 --> 01:03:11,829
and then went on to play
a whole season of football.
1077
01:03:13,080 --> 01:03:14,540
How does someone do that?
96498
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