More Surveillance Footage in Hernandez Trial

Testimony in the murder trial of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez will resume in court Wednesday

More surveillance camera footage played Wednesday in the murder trial of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez shows headlights moving away from the crime scene the night of the killing.


Hernandez, 25, has pleaded not guilty in the June 17, 2013, killing of Odin Lloyd. Lloyd, 27, was dating the sister of Hernandez's fiancee. He was shot to death in an empty lot in an industrial park near Hernandez's home in North Attleborough.

Prosecutors on Tuesday played four grainy surveillance video clips that showed lights moving toward and from the scene.

On Wednesday, they played two more that showed headlights leaving the industrial park at 3:27 a.m., four minutes after Lloyd sent his last text message.

The grainy videos were taken from so far away that it is unclear how many passengers were inside or what kind of car it was. In some, it is not even clear that it was a car.

Also Wednesday, Massachusetts State Police Lt. Steven Bennett testified about footprints found at the scene. Among them was one made by what he said appeared to be a left shoe with three or four waves of a herringbone-type design in the middle of it.

An expert from the shoe company Nike testified Tuesday that Hernandez could be seen in surveillance video shortly before and after the killing wearing a Nike shoe with a herringbone design on the bottom. However, he also said that that is one of the oldest designs for shoe soles in the industry.

Bennett testified that the shoeprint was found a few feet from Lloyd's body and on the other side of two tire tracks.

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