New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez’s house was staked out by the media today, and a car that left the house was shadowed by news helicopters to the Patriots’ home stadium, Gillette Stadium, and then to Boston according to the Boston Globe.
Hernandez has become embroiled in an unfolding murder investigation, but authorities have so far announced no arrests in the case. Hernandez was an acquaintance of Odin Lloyd, 27, a Dorchester man whose body was found Monday in an North Attleborough industrial park.
Shortly after 11 a.m., a white Audi SUV pulled out of a garage at Hernandez’s sprawling home. The vehicle’s tinted windows prevented reporters from identifying the driver.
Boston TV news outlets used helicopters to follow the vehicle to Gillette Stadium, where, they reported, Hernandez got out of the vehicle. They reported at around 12:15 p.m. that he was leaving Gillette, and helicopter footage showed the white Audi as it drove away, with cameramen on the ground at one point filming the driver as he stopped at a gas station.
The helicopters followed the car to Boston’s Boylston Street, where it entered a garage on Boylston near Copley Square at about 1:15 p.m.
At around the same time at Hernandez’s home, a white Nissan SUV pulled up to the end of the driveway. It appeared that the driver, a woman, either pulled something out of, or checked, the mailbox. The driver got back in and pulled the car into the driveway. The driver and another woman, both in their 20s, then got out of the car, carrying plastic shopping bags, saying nothing to the assembled media before going into the house. The car had left the home at around 6:30 a.m. today.
A horde of media, with about 10 satellite trucks and about 15 camera tripods set up, have been waiting on the sidewalk opposite Hernandez’s home.
Meanwhile the homicide investigation continues over the murder of Odin Lloyd.
As reported earlier, authorities have been searching for a part of a car mirror they believe is connected to Lloyd’s slaying. The investigation has included a search of Hernandez’s home.