Odin Leonardo John Lloyd, 27, was a semi-professional football player and an aspiring linebacker for the Boston Bandits. On June 17, 2013, after a night out, Lloyd was picked up from his home by Aaron Hernandez and two associates, Ernest Wallace and Carlos Ortiz. Lloyd sent his sister a series of uneasy text messages that morning — the last his family received. Later that day a jogger found Lloyd’s body in an industrial park in North Attleboro, Massachusetts; he had been shot multiple times.

Investigators tied Hernandez to the killing with several pieces of evidence: keys to a car rented by Hernandez were found in Lloyd’s pocket; surveillance showed Hernandez, Wallace and Ortiz returning to Hernandez’s house without Lloyd shortly after gunshots were heard near the park; a shell casing from the rental car matched casings at the scene; and Hernandez’s DNA was on a piece of bubble gum found near a casing. Prosecutors said they believed Hernandez felt betrayed by something Lloyd had said or done a few nights earlier at a nightclub. Hernandez, Wallace and Ortiz were arrested; Hernandez was charged with first-degree murder.