By Ryan Gorman and Associated Press Reporter Two associates of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez were indicted Friday on murder charges in the shooting death last summer of Odin Lloyd. A grand jury in Bristol County indicted both Carlos Ortiz and Ernest Wallace in the June 2013 killing of semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd, District Attorney C. Samuel Sutter said, and their lawyers are blasting the moves. Ortiz and Wallace, who are from Bristol, Conn., where Hernandez grew up, had previously been charged with accessory to murder after the fact and pleaded not guilty. They had been ordered held on $500,000 bail on the older charges and remained in custody.
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Carlos Ortiz and Ernest Wallace have been indited on murder charges
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Their lawyers blasted the moves and insisted their clients are innocent
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Experts believe the indictments will make it easier to convict Aaron Hernandez for the murder of Odin Lloyd
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