Earlier this week news leaked that the family and friends of former New England Patriot and convicted murderer Aaron Hernandez demanded his suicide notes be released to the respective recipients [click here if you missed that].
Apparently the letters are part of an ongoing investigation inside the Souza Baranowski Correctional Center and caused an immediate lockdown once the contents were revealed...
From The Boston Globe
The prison where Aaron Hernandez died is on lockdown as part of an investigation into “issues” involving the former football star that reach beyond his apparent suicide, the state’s top public safety official said Monday, while Hernandez’s family sought their own answers in the letters he left behind.
The Massachusetts Department of Correction initially objected to releasing the notes in full, and Daniel Bennett, the state’s public safety secretary, took the unusual step of appearing in court to argue the case. The judge and several lawyers conferred quietly in a sidebar session, but the conversation was recorded by court microphones and released to the Globe Monday afternoon.
“It’s in lockdown and one of the reasons is because of issues with Mr. Hernandez. And things that have happened with Mr. Hernandez,” Bennett said. The specific subject of the investigation was not discussed at the hearing.
In end the judge ruled that copies of the letters would be released to the family.
