What was the deal with the silver SUV towed from the Lake Avenue home of Aaron Hernandez’s uncle, Andres Valderamma?
NBC Connecticut has learned from sources familiar with the investigation that it may have been in the Bristol garage for up to a year.
The silver Toyota 4Runner was first noticed when police were executing a search warrant at the home in relation to the murder of Odin Llyod in North Attleboro.
Sources say that Massachusetts investigators believe Carlos Ortiz and Ernest Wallace went directly to the Lake Avenue home after leaving Hernandez’s house in North Attleboro the night Odin Llyod was murdered.
Sources claim the family of Hernandez told detectives that the car belonged to Hernandez, and that he had received it upon signing with the New England Patriots. The family added that the SUV had been in the garage for “about a year,” untouched after Aaron dropped it off.
Sources claim that investigators learned the SUV is registered to a Rhode Island company, adding that members of the company told investigators they gave Hernandez the SUV in exchange for appearances and outings with clients.
It didn’t take long after that for investigators to match the SUV’s description to a car they were looking for in connection to a July 2012 double murder outside a club in Boston.
That connection brought the second search warrant issued for the Lake Avenue home. The Toyota 4Runner was seen being towed away by investigators last Friday.
Investigators were searching the Lake Avenue home as recently as Tuesday.
