(AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

BOSTON (AP) A man found dead in an industrial park about a mile from New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez's home had been killed, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

The state medical examiner identified the man as 27-year-old Odin Lloyd and ruled he was a homicide victim, Bristol District Attorney Samuel Sutter's office said. Lloyd's family said he was a semi-pro football player with a connection to Hernandez, whose home was searched by police.

Lloyd's mother, Ursula Ward, had said earlier police had told her the body was that of her son, who played for the Boston Bandits.

Read More...