Massachusetts State Police continue to search for evidence near New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez's home on Monday morning.
Officials scoured nearby waters for evidence relating to the Odin Lloyd homicide investigation. According to reports, at least six officers were at the house, some equipped with metal detectors, others were dressed in full scuba gear.
Law enforcement reportedly arrived at the scene and entered the home wearing gloves. Two search dogs also went inside the house, but one police dog was seen searching behind Hernandez's home, according to the NFL Network.
State Police arrived at Hernandez's home on Saturday searched inside and around the property for clues into Lloyd's murder. Officials reportedly left the NFL player's home carrying multiple evidence bags.
A police officer at the scene told the NFL Network that "this is way beyond what we're used to." The investigation is still active and ongoing, local authorities reported. No arrest warrant for Hernandez has been issued.
Lloyd's body was found on June 17. An autopsy confirmed his death was indeed a homicide, according to authorities. What Lloyd's exact connection to Hernandez is still unknown. The NFL player grew up in Bristol, Conn. The recent incident has reportedly shocked the community that was once proud to be the home of the New England Patriots' tight end.
"So all this that's going on for him today, it's overwhelming," Dustin Tucker, a former high school classmate and teammate who graduated with Hernandez in 2007, told USA Today. "I guess you could say it's overwhelming for our whole city. He represents us, too, and the whole city and everything that we stand for."
Hernandez may face legal and financial trouble if the investigation proves he has connections to the crime.
According to USA Today, the NFL's CBA now states in a player's contract that if he commits a "forfeitable breach" when he "willfully fails to report, practice or play" while healthy, retires, suffers an injury due to "an activity other than football which may involve a significant risk of personal injury" or "is unavailable to the team due to conduct by him that results in his incarceration."
The new clause in the NFL contracts mean Hernandez may have to pay back $37 million of his signing bonuses.
