WPRO News and the Associated Press
Three Massachusetts state troopers have testified in the murder trial of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez about evidence they recovered.
Hernandez is charged in the June 2013 death of Odin Lloyd, who was dating the sister of Hernandez’s fiancee.
Trooper Zachary Johnson testified Thursday about going to Lloyd’s home the evening his body was found and alerting his family that he was dead. He also spoke about a safe police found in the closet of Hernandez’s master bedroom. Inside, he said, was a digital scale and a dish with what he said was marijuana residue.
Another trooper, John Conron, spoke at length about how he recovered video surveillance from Hernandez’s home. Hernandez Attorney Charles Rankin tried to shake Conron, by asking detailed questions on whther or not the seizure of evidence was ever officially documented.
Hernandez’s lawyers have tried to poke holes in the state’s case by going after how police handled evidence.
