The secrets keep on coming in the curious murder case…or cases…of former NFL star Aaron Hernandez.
The football player, who was dropped from the New England Patriots after being linked to a murder last month, has now become the focus of yet another homicide involving two men who were shot dead in Boston last year.
According to the Daily Mail:
Prosecutors are presenting evidence in the drive-by shooting deaths of Daniel Jorge Correia de Abreu, 29, and Safiro Teixeira Furtad, 28, to a Suffolk County Grand Jury.
The July 15, 2012 shooting took place after a fight broke out inside Cure, a South End nightclub. It was reported that Abreu and Furtado got into an argument with a group of other patrons, including Hernandez. As Abreu drove away from the club in his BMW with Furtado in the passenger’s seat, a silver or grey SUV with Rhode Island license plates pulled up to the car and started shooting.
The exact motive behind the killings of the two friends, who worked together for a cleaning company, is not known. The men did not know Hernandez, their relatives have said.
Police aren’t saying how the 23-year-old football star is linked to the silver or gray SUV, but they have cited a connection to the vehicle as the reason for their suspicion.
Hernandez is already in jail after being named a suspect in the shooting of semi-professional football player (and associate) Odin Lloyd. It is being reported that Lloyd could have known about Hernandez’s alleged involvement in the 2012 double murder and Hernandez reportedly killed him to keep him quiet.
On Wednesday, Hernandez appeared in an Attleboro, Mass. court for a probable cause hearing in the murder case against him, but the prosecution was granted a continuance, which means the hearing was postponed. The prosecution may look for an indictment from the grand jury at a later date.
Let’s hope that’s the last secret to come out of this bizarre and sad case.
SOURCE: Daily Mail | CBS
