ATTLEBORO, Mass. - The case against former Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez regarding his possible role in a 2012 double homicide is gaining strength as a grand jury has begun listening to prosecutors lay out the links between Hernandez and the murders behind closed doors.
Hernandez, who is already being held in prison without bail for allegedly killing 27-year-old Odin Lloyd, is the focus of the separate grand jury probe, according to the Boston Globe.
Boston police made a possible connection between Hernandez and the double slaying after he became a suspect in the Lloyd murder. Hernandez has pleaded not guilty in the Lloyd case. He is due in Attleboro District Court for a probable cause hearing on Wednesday.
The victims of the double murder - Safiro Furtado and Daniel Abreu - were shot in the early hours of July 16, 2012.
The killings occurred in the South End district of Boston when an unknown person in a sport utility vehicle with Rhode Island license plates pulled up next to their car and began firing.
Hernandez, 23, was awarded a five-year contract extension worth up to $40 million by the Patriots a month after the double murder. He was released by the team within two hours of being arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the death of Lloyd.
Hernandez’s former teammates commence training camp later this week.
While Hernandez's appears in court Wednesday, Patriots coach Bill Belichick is scheduled to address reporters for the first time since Hernandez's arrest.
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