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Timeline Of Aaron Hernandez Investigation

NORTH ATTLEBORO (CBS/AP) -- A chronology of events in the investigation of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez in connection with a friend's death:

  • Prosecutor's Timeline: Monday June 17th:
  • 1:12 a.m.  Hernandez leaves home with 2 others
  • 2:32 a.m. Hernandez arrives at Odin Lloyd's home
  • 3:07 a.m. Lloyd's text to mom: "Did you see who I am with?"
  • 3:22 a.m.  Lloyd's text to sister: "NFL. Just so you know."
  • 3:23 a.m.  Car travels down gravel road/gunshots heard
  • 3:27 a.m.  Car leaves industrial park
  • 3:29 a.m.  Car returns to Hernandez home
  • 5:30 p.m.  Lloyd is found dead in an industrial park a mile from Hernandez's home.
Odin Lloyd
Odin Lloyd. (Family photo)
  • June 18: Police spend hours searching Hernandez's home as another group of officers search the industrial park.
  • June 19: The Bristol County district attorney's office says the state medical examiner ruled Lloyd's death a homicide. A man files a lawsuit claiming Hernandez shot him in the face after they argued at a strip club in Miami in February.
  • June 20: A news helicopter follows along as Hernandez drives from his home to the Patriots stadium. State police search brush with metal detectors and poles on a road leading to the entrance to Hernandez's subdivision.
  • June 21: CytoSport, which makes Muscle Milk and other supplements for athletes, says it's ending Hernandez's endorsement contract, effective immediately, because of the investigation. The Hernandez investigation leads officers to a Providence strip club, but police wouldn't say what they were doing there. Family members say Hernandez and Lloyd were together the night Lloyd died.
  • June 22: State police with dogs return to Hernandez's home to conduct an additional search.
  • June 24: Officers don wetsuits to search woods near Hernandez's home.
  • June 26: Hernandez is taken from his home in handcuffs and driven away in a police cruiser.

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