Police recovered a shell casing after an Enterprise Rent-A-Car manager threw it away.

On Tuesday, jurors in the Aaron Hernandez trial were shown a .45 Glock shell casing that was recovered from a dumpster on the property of an Enterprise Rent-A-Car in North Attleborough, Massachusetts.

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The casing was covered in a blue "gum-like substance," which has unexpectedly turned a piece of cotton candy-flavored Bubblicious into an important piece of evidence.

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On June 18, 2013, the day after Odin Lloyd was murdered, investigators visited the Enterprise Rent-A-Car in North Attleborough. The day before, Aaron Hernandez had returned a silver Nissan Altima he'd been seen driving the morning of Lloyd's murder.

The manager told investigators that Hernandez had returned the silver Altima around 5:30 p.m. on June 17, and "apologized for damage to the driver's side exterior side view mirror and driver's door," and that he said he was not sure "how the damage occurred." She also told police that Hernandez had offered her a piece of blue Bubblicious during the return process.

While cleaning the Altima, the manager threw away items Hernandez had left behind, including a "piece of chewed blue bubble gum and a 'bullet'." (The "bullet" was the .45 shell casing pictured above.)

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