NFL Patriots Aaron Hernandez Charged With Murder

Update 2:42 p.m.: Hernandez has been charged with murder. See more details below.

Original Post: NFL tight end Aaron Hernandez, who has been embroiled in a murder investigation for more than a week, was taken from his home in handcuffs this morning, leading to speculation he may soon be charged in the shooting death of a close "associate." Massachusetts State Police say the charges will be revealed when he appears in court later today.

Police have been surprisingly quiet about their findings in the case of Odin Lloyd, an associate of Hernandez's who was found dead near the New England Patriot's home on June 17. As recently as yesterday, they were insisting that no suspects had been named in the murder case and they even got a judge to seal all documents in the case. Yet police showed up at his house this morning, placed the 23-year-old in handcuffs, and took him away in a police cruiser. It appears he was not given a chance to surrender voluntarily.

According to various law enforcement leaks, Hernandez was allegedly with the victim on the night he was killed and possibly tampered with potential evidence before police could review it. There were multiple reports last week that he would be arrested for obstruction of justice, but that never came to pass. (Or it just did; but several days too late.)

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