On April 19, the Massachusetts Department of Correction announced that former New England Patriots tight end, Aaron Hernandez, had hung himself within his cell at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, a state-run maximum security prison in Shirley, MA.

Hernandez, 27, had been picked by the Patriots as a fourth-round draft pick in 2010. Hernandez was doing time in Souza-Baranowski after being charged with the shooting death of Odin Lloyd in 2013. The New England Patriots bailed Hernandez out the day of his charging, but through his actions and the result of the trial, he voided his contract because of the morals clause.

The body of Lloyd, who was dating the sister of Hernandez’s fiancee, was found in an industrial park in North Attleboro, just a mile away from where Hernandez lived. Hernandez was found guilty in April 2015 of first-degree murder, and was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. At the trial, Hernandez was also convicted of the unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful possession of ammunition.

During his time at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, Hernandez faced other court appearances. Five days before his death, Hernandez was acquitted after being charged with the double homicide of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado, two Cape Verdean cleaners who were shot in their car outside a Boston nightclub in July 2012. Hernandez was charged with a total of eight various counts, but the jury only found Hernandez guilty of illegally possessing a firearm. During the trial, prosecutors said that at the club, de Abreu and Furtado had bumped into Hernandez, which caused Hernandez to spill his drink.

A judge had frozen Hernandez’s assets awaiting the outcome of the criminal trial, after the victims’ families filed a lawsuit against Hernandez.

In a separate trial in May of 2015, Hernandez was also charged for witness intimidation after shooting Alexander Bradley, whom prosecutors believed to be a witness of the double homicide. The district attorney claimed that Hernandez shot Bradley after a fight at a bar, where Bradley remarked about the murder of the two men. Hernandez would end up settling with Bradley in February 2016, though the terms were not publicly available.

Hernandez was disciplined in May 2015 by correctional officers after he had been a lookout for an inmate who had gone into another inmate’s cell. That December, Hernandez was moved to a separate wing of the facility when guards found a homemade knife inside his cell.

While Hernandez may no longer be alive, his suicide was felt throughout the prison after the Department of Correction put the prison on lock down for a week, which included keeping all prisoners in their cells and denying visiting hours. While officials have not been specific about what they have been looking for, they have announced that they are doing  “a general contraband search that applies to the entire institution,” according to the Boston Globe.

The Worcester County District Attorney’s office announced on April 25 that they had found three notes written by Hernandez in his cell. The DA’s office also reported that within the cell there were “several pages” that were separate from the notes, according to the Boston Globe. While it is known that two of the three notes went to Hernandez’s next of kin, his fiancee Shayanna Jenkins-Hernandez and their four-year-old daughter, there is a third letter whose recipient remains to be known.

Hernandez’s legacy is also still being debated. While Hernandez was no longer part of his former football team, his daughter could possibly inherit his estate. Hernandez had been acquitted for the 2012 double homicide, making him innocent in the eyes of the law. Additionally, Hernandez’s lawyers are in the process of trying to appeal his murder conviction, a legal move that is now possible due to Hernandez’s suicide. This is made possible by Massachusetts laws which state that if a defendant dies and they still have not exhausted their appeals, the defendant’s case can go back to its beginning.

If a judge rules in favor of Hernandez’s lawyers, daughter Avielle Janelle Jenkins-Hernandez could inherit reportedly $8 million, minus probate and creditor fees.