In the aftermath of the conviction of former Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez for the murder of Odin Lloyd, it was expected that a date for the next murder trial of Aaron Hernandez would be picked within a matter of days. It wasn’t. It could be today.
According to the Associated Press, a hearing in the case arising from the July 2012 shooting deaths of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado happens Thursday. The judge could pick a day for the commencement of the trial then.
Originally, the double-murder case was due to go to trial in late May. Whenever it starts, the evidence against Hernandez in the second trial could be even stronger than the evidence in the Lloyd case. In connection with the killing of Lloyd, prosecutors had no murder weapon or eyewitnesses or motive. This case has all three -- along with a claim that Hernandez later shot eyewitness Alexander Bradley in the face and left him for dead in order to quiet him.