Imagine being a young man, everyone thought was destined for greatness. You get recruited by one of the top universities in the nation for football. Then you get drafted onto a winning team in the NFL and help your team to make the super bowl. Imagine being another man who everyone admires in the community and against all odds, ends up playing semi-professional football. These 2 young men develop a friendship and one of them ends up murdered execution style. Is this the case of a misunderstood, mentally troubled young man or a sociopath in the making. Let’s find out more about this story on this next episode of The Criminority Report.
References:
Aaron Hernandez was sexually abused as young boy, report says - ESPN
Aaron Hernandez - Death, Career & Documentary (biography.com)
Who Was Odin Lloyd And Why Did Aaron Hernandez Kill Him? (allthatsinteresting.com)
Who Was Odin Lloyd? (boston.com)
Aaron Hernandez: Timeline of His Football Career, Murder Trials and Death (biography.com)
Aaron Hernandez's murder conviction reinstated by high court | CNN
How Aaron Hernandez Went From NFL Star To Murderer (allthatsinteresting.com)
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez
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