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Four shell casing from a .25 caliber pistol were found near the bodies. there were no foreign fingerprints inside the truck but there were several overlapping shoe prints from a mans shoe. >> this was on kind of the chrome-plated bumper area that had kind of a dirty grime, kind of oxidized layer on it. and when the individual stepped on the bumper, he left a negative impression. >> the autopsies revealed the women were killed the day they went missing, and there were no signs of sexual assault. ...

Killed. after hernandez returns the rented ultima the afternoon of the murder the manager makes a startling discovery. >> i found a piece of blue bubble gum and found what i thought was a bullet. >> the type of gun purchased by hernandez hours earlier. its not a bullet she finds but a shell casing. a ballistics expert testified that casing matches five others found at the murder scene. >> they were fired from the same unknown weapon capable of chambering ammunition. >> did you have an opinion. >...

The murder the manager makes a startling discovery. >> i found a piece of blue bubble gum and found what i thought was a bullet. >> thats the type of gum purchased by hernandez hours earlier. its not a bullet she finds but a shell casing. a ballistics expert testified that casing matches five others found at the murder scene. >> they were fired from the same unknown weapon capable of chambering .45 caliber ammunition. >> did you have an opinion as to the type of weapon that was? >> its consisten...

>> thats correct. >> did sergeant baker climb inside the dumpster? >> yes, he did. >> and he started throwing stuff from inside the dumpster into the bed of his pick up truck, right? >> stuff was being tossed out and collected. >> is that how you were taught to collect efrvidence? no. >> were you ever told that casing has been attached to a piece of chewed blue bubble gm? >> not that time i did my testing. >> she did find a partial dna match on the shell casing but the defense argus it got there...

>> did sergeant baker climb inside the dumpster? >> yes, he did. >> okay. and he started throwing stuff from the inside of the dumpster into the bed of his pickup truck, right? >> stuff was being handed out and it was being placed. >> has anyone ever taught you to collect evidence that way, sir? >> no. >> the gum and casing were found clumped together inside a piece of paper. but thats not how they were tested. >> were you ever told when you conducted this testing that the casing had been attach...

Chewing gum would be transferred to that shell casing that was attached? >> objection, your honor. >>over ruled. >> yes, i would agree with that. >> and remember the glock employee who said hernandez is holding a glock in his hand? hernandezs lawyer, jamie sulton, did his best to discredit that identification. getting the man to admit hes not an expert at identifying guns and that he wanted to help police. >> did it occur to you that it would help the prosecution try to convict aaron hernandez i...

For them. >> eric? >> and this being a circumstantial case, just like faith said it was a very tough case for the prosecution. ive defended people with circumstantial cases. and we as defense lawyer just hope that we can reach one or two jurors as holdouts which i thought it was going to be a hung jury. i did not think they would get a conviction. but the key piece of evidence in this case were the shell casing with the gum on it, which put him at the scene, which caused the defense attorneys to...

Dna at two places in the crime scene. on marijuana joint and piece of gun near the shell casing that is it is not showing you giving you an eyewitness. certainly i have abouting you a lot of evidence. bill: giving you premeditation is convincing of odin lloyd to get in the car and drive to the industrial area? >> no. premeditation aspect takes place in the their minds forming agreement to do it. the persuading of odin lloyd is beginning of that plan. bill: could that be a day before or minute be...

Searched his home. obviously, the jury went with the prosecution and probably believed it was the gun taken away. >> they never had any eye witnesses but did have hernandez dna on a joint, and also there was another piece of dna on something escaping me right now. >> the shell casing. >> thank you, dan. also a shoe print. listen to this. >> a representative from nike also on the stand says hernandez was wearing air jordan retro 11s in this video right after lloyds murder. impressions from that t...

There was some motive. there was videotape evidence before and after the crime. it was clear evidence putting aaron hernandez at the scene of the murder. there was dna evidence and a footprint evidence . it was a shell casing found in the car that he was driving. when you viewed all the evidence including the possession of various firearms in his home and in florida, i think it added up to a strong case against him. >> you were never able to tie motive to the fact that lloyd might be a person wh...