According to ESPN, Aaron Hernandez has been indicted on murder charges in a 2012 double slaying in Boston (as confirmed by police spokeswoman Neva Coakley). Massachusetts law enforcement officials will hold an 11:30 a.m. news conference to discuss the details of their investigation into the deaths of Abreu and Furtado.

CNN is reporting that former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez pleaded not guilty Friday in the Boston-area death of Odin Lloyd.

It was his sixth time appearing in a courtroom since his June 26 arrest.

He is charged with first-degree murder in the June 17 death of Lloyd, a 27-year-old semipro football player. He also faces various weapons charges. He will be held without bail until his next court appearance on October 9.

From SI:

Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was a frequent user of angel dust and carried a gun with him at all times because he was paranoid, according to a new story in Rolling Stone.

“The Gangster in the Huddle,” published online Wednesday and in the next issue of the magazine, details Hernandez’s transformation from high school football star to alleged murderer.

Among the revelations in the story: Hernandez hung around with a cohort of gangsters, cut himself off from his family and teammates and regularly used drugs. The report, citing friends of his family, says he sometimes smoked “three or four blunts” during the drive home from games. He also started carrying a rifle in his gym bag because he worried his gangster friends might be trying to kill him. The Rolling Stone story says the tight end flew to the NFL Combine in February and told Patriots coach Bill Belichick he thought his life was in danger.

Hernandez had reportedly infuriated Belichick over the years with missed practices and thug-life stunts. In March, after Hernandez was involved in an alleged domestic incident, Belichick reportedly threatened to trade or release him after the 2013 season if there were any more disruptions.

ESPN reports:

Massachusetts State Police have recovered a gun they say was used in a 2012 double homicide in Boston allegedly linked to former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, according to multiple reports.

The gun was found in the car of Jailene Diaz-Ramos, 19, after she was involved in accident on June 21 on Interstate 91 in Springfield, Mass., reports say. It’s uncertain what connection Diaz-Ramos, who is from Hernandez’s hometown of Bristol, Conn., has to Hernandez.

CBS 3 in Springfield reported that ballistic tests show the gun is the same one used in July 2012 when Daniel Jorge Correia de Abreu, 29, and Safiro Teixeira Furtado, 28, were shot outside a Boston club. Witnesses have told police they were fired at from an SUV with Rhode Island license plates, a vehicle resembling one towed from Hernandez’s uncle’s house in Bristol. The shooting reportedly occurred following an altercation at a club between Hernandez, his group and others.

Hernandez remains jailed in Mass., charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Odin Lloyd on June 17. Hernandez has a probable cause hearing scheduled for Thursday. It has been widely reported that Lloyd may have had knowledge about the Boston slayings.

Authorities have not recovered the gun used in the Lloyd shooting. However, video cameras in Hernandez’s home appear to show him carrying a gun in the hours after the shooting.

PFT Reports:

A member of Aaron Hernandez’s family whom police wanted to question in connection with the ongoing murder investigation has died in a car accident.

The Hartford Courant reports that Thaddeus Singleton III, the son-in-law of Hernandez’s uncle, was killed when the car he was driving flew off the road and crashed into a pole. The car Singleton was driving was owned by Hernandez’s uncle. The death was ruled an accident.

It is unclear what police believed Singleton knew about the murder of Odin Lloyd, but the report says that police had been seeking to speak with him. Singleton had previously been convicted of multiple drug charges in Connecticut.

Singleton lived in Bristol, Connecticut, the hometown of Hernandez and both of the other men suspected of being involved in the murder of Lloyd.

According to CNN, text messages from the deceased Odin Lloyd, surveillance footage and a trail of blue Bubblicious gum will link former NFL player Aaron Hernandez to the murder of Lloyd’s life in the early morning of Monday, June 17th.

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UPDATE #3: Hernandez is also reportedly being investigated for his alleged link to a 2012 double slaying; more at CNN’s website.

UPDATE #2: According to ESPN, Aaron Hernandez has been charged with murder. He has reportedly plead not guilty.

UPDATE: The Patriots have effectively released Aaron Hernandez from the roster following his arrest (spotted on their Twitter).

From Yahoo! Sports:

Aaron Hernandez is in police custody after being arrested at his home on Wednesday morning.

The Patriots tight end has been part of an investigation into the death of Odin Lloyd, an associate of Hernandez’s who was found dead near the player’s house. Police believe Lloyd was killed by a gunshot to the head sometime between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. on June 17.

Multiple reports said Hernandez was taken from his North Attleborough home in what appeared to be handcuffs at about 8:45 a.m. Eastern time.
NFL Network showed video of about seven police officials showing up at Hernandez’s door on Wednesday morning. Hernandez answered the door and the police entered. Hernandez had a white shirt pulled over his arms, which were secured behind his back, and he was led into the police cruiser. The arrest was captured on video by the cameras that have been camped out by Hernandez’s house for a week.