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As a junior in high school, arron hernandez is a sports hero, tearing up the football field, track and the basketball court. but then the 16-year-old's world crumbles. >> the coach walks in and he says, dennis has passed away. >> dennis hernandez, aaron's father, his anchor, dies after routine hernia surgery. >> he was just sad. he couldn't stop the tears. >> felt uncomfortable to see him so hurt. i felt bad for him. >> that father-son relationship comes up in jail conversations with the sheriff after hernandez was arrested. >> clearly, at 16 years old, losing your father it would be

>> -- aaron hernandez is found guilty of murdering odin lloyd. his mother and fiancee weep, but he shows no visible reaction. >> i raised my hand and said, thank you, jesus. my baby can finally rest in peace. >> we came to the conclusion that he did have a part in it. >> jurors tell cnn their decision wasn't easy, but, for them, the circumstantial evidence was convincing. >> aaron was the only one who knew where he lived, who drove the car, who drove home. they got out of the car. we saw the video. like nothing happened. four of them were in the car. three of them came back to the house. it's ...

He had the family traits, and his father and uncle were standout athletes. >> his older brother, dj, was a sports hero, too. bob montgomery covers high school sports for "the bristol press." >> aaron did track, in addition to football, and he also did basketball. he was described in any sport he played as a man playing with children. grad mcmillan and andrew mcgally played basketball with aaron in 1992. >> he practiced, like all the time. >> practiced, because his father, dennis, pushed him constantly. >> his father was pretty strict. he told me his father would make him shoot 500 shots before...

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>> if aaron planned in advance to murder odin lloyd, why would he do so in his own town? >> as the odin lloyd murder trial heads toward a verdict, aaron hernandez is still getting support from a former teammate, retired patriot kevin faulk. >> get the question all the time. do you think your boy did it? no, i don't want him to have done it, no. so if you want me to say no, no, i don't think he did it. >> aaron hernandez, as we sit here today -- >> hernandez gets a solid defense inside court, too. >> aaron hernandez is an innocent man. the evidence will show the investigation was sloppy and unp...