While Aaron Hernandez sits in prison, he awaits his next trial for the murders of two young men, gunned down in a drive-by shooting.
The victims' fathers know, like the Lloyd family, that they'll feel anguish as they go through a trial.
Eleven months ago Wednesday, while held for the murder of Odin Lloyd, Aaron Hernandez was indicted in two other homicides, the drive-by shooting deaths of Daniel Abreu and Safiro Furtado in Boston.
They had some sort of run-in at Cure Lounge, and Suffolk County prosecutors allege Hernandez then pulled his silver SUV up to a light at the intersection of Shawmut Avenue and Herald Street in the South End, opening fire from a .38 caliber Smith & Wesson revolver.
Authorities say they have the murder weapon and the car, found in the garage of Hernandez's cousin's home in Bristol, Connecticut.
"There's very substantial body of evidence that he killed these two young men," said attorney William Kennedy who is representing the families in civil cases.
Another key player in the case against Hernandez is his former friend, Alexander Bradley.
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Court documents say Bradley was in the car when Hernandez allegedly pulled the trigger the night of July 16, 2012, a night the fathers of these two Cape Verdean immigrants don't want forgotten with the conviction and life imprisonment of Hernandez in the death of Odin Lloyd.
"They recognize that the verdict in Fall River is separate from the case that they have. The case that they have is going to go forward and just like the people, the family is going to have to sit through many painful moments. They're going to be prepared to do the same," Kennedy said.
Furtado and Abreu, close friends in life, now lie side by side at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Mattapan.
"That's it. That's my son," Ernesto Abreu said, deferring any other comment to his attorney.
"The importance for me is that Hernandez pay," said Salvador Furtado.
Kennedy has filed civil lawsuits against Hernandez.
May 28 had been scheduled for the criminal murder trial in Boston. It was postponed and will likely be pushed back to later in the year.
