The mother of Aaron Hernandez's alleged victim left court sobbing on Thursday as the prosecutor's opening statement revealed details of her son's murder. Ursula Ward later returned to court this afternoon as proceedings got underway in the former New England Patriot player's murder trial  in Fall River, Massachusetts. Hernandez, dressed in a sharp, dark suit, stared straight ahead and rocked from side to side, chewing gum as images of his friend, Odin Lloyd, flashed on a screen in front of him. He has pleaded not guilty to the murder. Hernandez's fiancée and mother of his young daughter, Shayanna Jenkins, sat behind him in court alongside his brother DJ and mother Terri. Mrs Hernandez was also seen wiping tears away in the courtroom.
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Four days before the Patriots play in the Superbowl, ex-NFL star player Aaron Hernandez's murder trial began in Massachusetts
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Victim Odin Lloyd's mother, Ursula Ward, left the court sobbing during opening statements as details of her son's violent death were revealed
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Lloyd's body was found with multiple gunshot wounds to the torso and head in a pit at an industrial park in June 2013
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Hernandez's fiancée, Shayanna Jenkins, was in court with his brother DJ
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Her sister Shaneah sat with Lloyd's mother - Shaneah was Mr Lloyd's girlfriend at the time he was killed
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Defense attorney Michael Fee played up Hernandez's Patriots connection and added that investigators 'locked on Aaron and they targeted him'
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