Belichick on Hernandez: 'A Terrible Thing'

The former NFL player's coach breaks silence on the murder investigation.

New developments: in the murder case against former New England Patriots tight end, Aaron Hernandez, he was in court. Wednesday, as prosecutors won their plea, for more time to build their case against him, this, as Hernandez’s former coach, broke his silence. ABC’s Gio B. has the story.

This morning, Patriots’ head coach Bill Belichick is showing his personal side, speaking out for the first time, on Aaron Hernandez.

Having someone in your organization that’s involved in a murder investigation is a terrible thing.

The Patriots reunited that training camp where Hernandez would have been a key player. Hernandez, the former Patriots tight end, stands accused of killing his friend Odin Lloyd in June. Hernandez pleaded not guilty.

A young man loses his life and his families suffer tragic loss. As the coach of the team, you know, I’m primarily responsible for the people that we bring into the football operation.

This says Hernandez faced the judge Wednesday. He’s accused of murdering Lloyd. But Hernandez denies all charges. Prosecutors now say they need time to collect more evidence as suspicion grows that he had some involvement in a double homicide in Boston last year.

There continues to be additional evidence that is being presented and considered by the grand jury.

At that same court here and ABC’s News has learnt officers seized his cousin’s cell phone who shared a home with one of Hernandez’s alleged accomplices in the Lloyd murder. Now Hernandez’s case is reportedly prompting NFL teams to hire tattoo specialist to look at prospective players after investigators wonder whether the tats on Hernandez’s hands could have been a warning sign that suggests he has ties to gangs, something Hernandez denies. Meantime, head coach Belichick hopes for answers.

Learn from this terrible experience that we’ve had. We will become a better team from lessons that we’ve learnt.

And Hernandez has been in jail for four weeks. He’ll be there for at least another month as prosecutors gather more evidence to keep him there without bound.