True Crime: Aaron Hernandez, Crime Scene Locations and more on Google Earth.

Late in the afternoon of Monday, June 17, 2013 a body was found in a construction yard in North Attleboro Massachusetts, a Boston suburb. The victim was identified as Odin Lloyd, an associate of emerging NFL superstar Aaron Hernandez, who lived in a mansion near the murder site.

The story that unfolded would tell of other violent incidents with Aaron Hernandez as the main character. It exposed the paradoxical life of a charming and charismatic professional athlete and celebrity versus that of a thug with a hair trigger temper unable to control his fits of rage.

When 23 year old Aaron Hernandez was arrested for the murder of Odin Lloyd in June of 2013, fans of the New England Patriots and the public at large were stunned. He was known only as an extremely talented football star on the rise. The previous year he had signed a 5 year $40 million contract extension with a $12.5 million signing bonus. He was rich, had a beautiful fiancée, a new baby and lived in a fabulous house in an upscale suburban Boston neighborhood.

As details of the case came to light, questions arose. How could a young man with a dream life be involved with small time criminals, drug dealers, gang bangers and multiple murders? How could things go so terribly wrong?

This presentation illustrates significant events in the short and tragic life of Aaron Hernandez using Google Earth as a canvas.


My main sources of information:

All-American Murder The Rise And Fall Of Aaron Hernandez, The Superstar Whose Life Ended On Murderers’ Row
by James Patterson & Alex Abramovich with Mike Harvey

Aaron Hernandez’s Killing Fields Exposing Untold Murders, Violence, Cover-Ups, And The NFL’s Shocking Code Of Silence
by Dylan Howard

The Boston Globe archives


If you would like to skip to a specific part of the story, use the following index:

0:00 Introduction / Odin Lloyd Murder
3:42 Childhood and High School
7:34 The University of Florida
16:10 NFL Draft
17:12 NFL Rookie Season
19:33 NFL Season 2
21:36 The Boston Murders
33:38 Florida Trip and Alexander Bradley Shooting
40:50 Offseason in California
44:53 Odin Lloyd Murder
1:00:02 Arrest and Arraignment
1:02:59 Odin Lloyd Murder Trial
1:04:15 Boston Murders Trial
1:05:05 Suicide
1:05:44 CTE
1:06:56 Conclusion


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