Aaron Hernandez timeline
BOSTON (AP) — Key dates in the case of Aaron Hernandez: • June 8, 2010: Hernandez, a standout tight end drafted from the University of Florida, signs a fouryear contract with the New England Patriots. • Jan. 1, 2012: He sets a career best with 138 receiving yards in a win over Buffalo. • July 16, 2012: Two men, Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado, are shot to death in their car as they wait at a red light in Boston's South End neighborhood. • Aug. 27, 2012: Hernandez signs a five-year, $40 million contract with the Patriots. • February 2013: An associate, Alexander Bradley, is shot in the face in Florida. Bradley files a lawsuit alleging that Hernandez shot him after they argued at a strip club. • June 17, 2013: The body of Odin Lloyd, a semi-professional football player who was dating the sister of Hernandez's fiancee, is found about a mile from Hernandez's mansion in North Attleborough, Massachusetts. • June 26, 2013: Hernandez is arrested on a murder charge in Lloyd's slaying and taken from his home in handcuffs. He later pleads not guilty. The Patriots release him hours after his arrest. • May 15, 2014: Hernandez is indicted on two counts of firstdegree murder and other charges in connection with the shootings of de Abreu and Furtado. His lawyers say he is innocent. • May 28, 2014: Hernandez pleads not guilty to charges in connection with the deaths of de Abreu and Furtado. A prosecutor says Hernandez was angry because de Abreu accidentally bumped into him at a nightclub while dancing, spilling his drink. • Jan. 9, 2015: Hernandez goes on trial for murder in Lloyd's killing. • April 7, 2015: Prosecutors and Hernandez's lawyers present their closing statements and the case goes to the jury. • April 15, 2015: Hernandez is convicted of first-degree murder; carries a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment. • Feb. 14, 2017: Hernandez goes on trial for murder in the 2012 killings of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado. • April 6, 2017: Prosecutors and Hernandez's lawyers present their closing arguments. • April 7, 2017: The jury begins deliberating. • April 14, 2017: Hernandez acquitted of murder in the 2012 killings of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado.