The murder of Odin Lloyd occurred on June 17, 2013, in North Attleborough, Massachusetts, USA.

His death made international headlines

when Aaron Hernandez, at the time a tight end for the New England Patriots of the National Football League, was investigated as a suspect
in the case. Lloyd had been a linebacker for a New England Football League(NEFL) semi-professional football team, the Boston
Bandits,[1] since 2007.[2]
Hernandez was arrested on June 26, 2013, and charged with the murder. Ninety minutes after his arrest, Hernandez was released by the
Patriots.[3] Police also arrested two other men in connection with Lloyd's death: Carlos Ortiz on June 27, 2013, and Ernest Wallace on June
28, 2013.[4][5] Prosecutors say both men were with Hernandez when they drove to the location of the murder.[6] On August 22, 2013,
Hernandez was indicted by a grand jury for the murder of Odin Lloyd. Nearly eight months later, Ortiz and Wallace were also indicted for the
murder.
On April 15, 2015, Hernandez was found guilty of first-degree murder, as well as five weapon charges, which required a mandatory sentence
of life in prison without the possibility of parole. He was tried for two separate murder charges for the 2012 double homicide of Daniel de
Abreu and Safiro Furtado, but was acquitted of these charges on April 14, 2017.[7] On May 12, 2016, Wallace was acquitted of first-degree
murder of Lloyd, but was convicted of being an accessory after the fact of the crime; he was sentenced to serve four and a half to seven
years in prison.[8] On June 27, 2016, Ortiz changed his 'not guilty' plea and pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact. In exchange for his plea,
prosecutors dropped the murder charge against Ortiz. He was also sentenced to serve four and a half to seven years in prison.
On April 19, 2017, at 3:05 am, Hernandez was found dead in his prison cell by correctional officers after apparently hanging himself with a
bedsheet. By killing himself before the appeal of his case could be completed, Hernandez's murder conviction was vacated, technically
returning him to a state of innocent until proven guilty. The court's decision to vacate was appealed by the prosecutors and the Lloyd family's
attorneys. In March, 2019 the Mass. Supreme Court overturned the entire doctrine of abatement ab initio, thus reinstating his original murder
conviction.[9]

Contents

 1Background
 2Death and investigation
 3Charges and trial
 4Timeline of events
 5See also
 6References

Background[edit]
Odin L. J. Lloyd

Born Odin Leonardo John Lloyd

November 14, 1985

Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

Died June 17, 2013 (aged 27)

North Attleborough, Massachusetts, U.S.

Nationality American

Occupation Semi-Pro Linebacker (Boston Bandits)

Odin Leonardo John Lloyd was born in Saint Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands and spent a few years with his family in Antigua, before they
moved to Dorchester, Massachusetts.[10][11][12] He was the first-born child and only son of Ursula Ward.[13] Lloyd is survived by at least one
sister, Olivia Thibou.[14]
He is survived by a maternal uncle, who said that he had last seen Lloyd on the Sunday before his death. [15] A neighbor, who described
himself as "a regular at a nearby park where Lloyd would go to work out — not hang out," described Lloyd as usually keeping to himself.
Citing Lloyd's physical condition, the neighbor said, "Of everybody on this street, he was the one who could take care of himself…So there
had to be some shaky stuff if he was the guy killed."[16]
Lloyd was a linebacker for the Boston Bandits,[17] a semi-pro football team. He had played for the team since 2007.[18]
At the time of his death, Odin Lloyd was dating Shaneah Jenkins, sister of the fiancée of Aaron Hern