Aaron Hernandez's alleged 'murder car' up for sale
Here’s a morbid sports memorabilia opportunity: the SUV prosecutors alleged the late Aaron Hernandez was riding in during a 2012 drive-by shooting that left two people dead is up for sale on eBay.
“This is the REAL DEAL !!!” the listing reads. ” … This is the 4-runner Boston Police had been searching for in connection with a shooting outside a boston nightclub.”
That would be the murders of Safiro Furtado and Daniel de Abreu, who were gunned down while stopped at a traffic light on July 16, 2012.
At the time of the murders, all cops knew was that the shots were fired from a silver SUV with Rhode Island plates. The trail went cold quickly until nearly a year later when Hernandez was arrested for the murder of Odin Lloyd. That investigation led police to the Connecticut garage of a Hernandez relative, where they discovered a silver 2006 Toyota 4Runner with Rhode Island plates.
Hernandez leased the vehicle shortly after being drafted by the New England Patriots in 2010. According to CNN, Hernandez took the vehicle in for regular checkups until the summer of 2012, when he stopped and instead offered to buy the vehicle outright from the dealership.
Prosecutors alleged Hernandez was the triggerman in the double homicide, stored the vehicle in his uncle’s garage and leased another vehicle the next day.
Hernandez was indicted for the murders of Furtado and Abreu in 2014, only to be acquitted by a jury in April. While Hernandez maintained his innocence in the shootings, there is no argument that the kill shots originated from inside the silver SUV, where Hernandez was a passenger and his former friend Alexander Bradley (who the defense claims shot Furtado and Abreu) was the driver.
Hernandez, who still faced a life sentence without parole for the murder of Lloyd, hung himself in his prison cell five days after the acquittal.
“The Toyota is just the way it came from the impound yard, and still has the black soot on the map lights, and sunroof switch where the police dusted for finger prints!!” boasts the listing on eBay.
The car also comes with a signed Hernandez Patriots jersey.
“We figured there’s a lot of sports people out there, a lot of people that want memorabilia,” seller Buddy Clair told CNN. “It’s just a strange thing to try to sell. We’ll just see where it goes.”
As of early Tuesday evening, bidding had reached $17,200 (assuming the bids are legit), though the reserve had not yet been met. Kelley Blue Book puts the value of the car between $10,800 and $13,000.
UPDATE: “Bidding” has now surpassed the $100,000 mark for the car, a sign that the Hernandez eBay vigilantes may be back.
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