Hernandez to Return to Court Oct. 21

Prosecutors say Hernandez fatally shot Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado after one of them apparently spilled a drink on him in the club

Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez did not appear in Suffolk Superior Court on Thursday afternoon for his pre-trial hearing int he 2012 double murder outside a Boston nightclub.

Prosecutors told the judge they have turned over pretty much all the evidence they have in the case to the defense. That includes more than 11,000 pages of phone records, audio interviews, police reports and photographs.

Hernandez is due back in court for his next pre-trial hearing on Oct. 21.

Prosecutors say Hernandez fatally shot Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado after one of them apparently spilled a drink on him in the club. They say Hernandez and a friend later found the men waiting in their car at a red light. He allegedly fired at least five shots into the car, killing the two men and injuring a third.

Hernandez has pleaded not guilty to the killings, which came about six weeks before he signed a five-year, $40 million contract with the Patriots. The team has since released the former University of Florida standout.

Hernandez is also charged in the 2013 slaying of Odin Lloyd, a semi-professional football player who was dating his fiancée's sister. Lloyd's bullet-ridden body was found in an industrial park near Hernandez's North Attleborough home last summer. Hernandez has pleaded not guilty in Lloyd's killing. His trial in that case is scheduled for October.

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