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Hernandez's neighbors still in shock over events on quiet street

There are a lot of questions that still have to be answered, including some we haven't even considered. Like this: Hernandez's fiancee, Shayanna Jenkins, told

Michael Rosenberg

Hernandez's neighbors still in shock over events on quiet street
Hernandez's neighbors still in shock over events on quiet street /
Hundreds of media swarmed outside Aaron Hernandez's house in normally quiet North Attleboro, Mass., last month.
Hundreds of media swarmed outside Aaron Hernandez's house in normally quiet North Attleboro, Mass., last month / Reuters

There are a lot of questions that still have to be answered, including some we haven't even considered. Like this: Hernandez's fiancee, Shayanna Jenkins, told police she and Hernandez installed their surveillance system because "there had been several recent break-in attempts at their residence." Several break-in attempts? Really? There? The couple only lived there a few months. This is the kind of neighborhood where people sleep with their doors unlocked without worrying. At least, it was.

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Michael Rosenberg
MICHAEL ROSENBERG

Michael Rosenberg is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, covering any and all sports. He writes columns, profiles and investigative stories and has covered almost every major sporting event. He joined SI in 2012 after working at the Detroit Free Press for 13 years, eight of them as a columnist. Rosenberg is the author of "War As They Knew It: Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler and America in a Time of Unrest." Several of his stories also have been published in collections of the year's best sportswriting. He is married with three children.

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