Former NFL star convicted of murder

Ex-New England Patriots player Hernandez, 25, looked to his right and pursed his lips after the jury forewoman read the verdict.

He has been convicted of the murder of Odin Lloyd, a 27-year-old landscaper and amateur weekend football player who was dating the sister of Hernandez’s fiancée. The first-degree murder conviction carries a mandatory life sentence without parole.

Hernandez’s mother, Terri, and his fiancée, Shayanna Jenkins, cried and gasped when they heard the verdict. Hernandez later mouthed to them: “Be strong. Be strong.”

For reasons that were never made clear to the jury, Lloyd was shot six times in the middle of the night on June 17, 2013, at an industrial park near Hernandez’s home in North Attleborough.