The murder trial of former New England Patriots star tight end Aaron Hernandez continued Friday as the jury examined text messages that he exchanged with an alleged accomplice, including one just hours before the 2013 killing of Odin Lloyd.

Hernandez is currently on trial for the shooting death of Lloyd, who was dating his fiancée's sister at the time, in the early morning hours of June 17, 2013.

According to prosecutors, Hernandez and two co-defendants, Ernest Wallace and Carlos Ortiz, picked Lloyd up in a rented Nissan Altima and then drove him "to a secluded, isolated area in North Attleborough," said Bristol County prosecutor Patrick Bomberg, reports The Boston Globe. "There Odin Lloyd was shot six times. He was killed, and he was left in a secluded area." Hernandez is accused of being the mastermind behind the shooting. All of the suspects have pleaded not guilty.

On Friday, prosecutors presented evidence that Hernandez and Wallace exchanged several text messages in the days leading up the slaying. In many of the texts, Hernandez appeared to issue orders to Wallace.

"U grab everything out of car ... clip and cds and everything,", Hernandez texted Wallace six days before the murder, according to The Boston Globe.

"Yes, Sir," Wallace responded.

The next day, Hernandez sent Wallace a text in the afternoon, saying, "I need those [expletive] keys man jua bring dem back man I need them this [expletive] is crazy man."

Just before 1:40 a.m. on June 13, Hernandez texted Wallace again, writing, "Love u [expletive] I wanted to kill u but u kno I love u hit me tomorrow get some rest and tell the rest I love them," Hernandez wrote.

The two exchanged more messages over the next couple of days before Hernandez texted Wallace again at around 9:35 p.m. on June 16, several hours before Lloyd's death.

"Get ur *ss up here," Hernandez wrote. "If I don't answer call shay," an apparent reference to Shayanna Jenkins, Hernandez's fiancee.

Shortly before midnight on June 16, Hernandez texted Wallace again and told him to "make sure ur phone is on and charged."

Phone records also show that multiple calls were made from Wallace's phone to the victim in the hours before he was killed, reports ESPN. In addition, records showed Hernandez used his lawyer's phone to call Wallace repeatedly the night of June 17 after police had gone to his home and asked him to come to the station while they investigated Lloyd's death.

Ricardo Leal, who works for the phone company Sprint, testified for 3.5 hours Friday.

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