Aaron Hernandez had tons and tons of ability, skill and talent. ...that all got wasted.
He lost his beloved father tragically, deeply wounding him. Probably cutting any moorings that would have helped him most.
He made foolish, terrible choices to start down many bad roads.
This choices shaped him into a pretty terrible person in many ways and toward many people, even if he truly was a good friend to some.
He killed at least one person, likely more. Severely mistreated many others.
He died by either his own hand, full of loss, pain and hopelessness or by others who would not allow him to live any longer.
Either way, it does save lots of money and the possibility of him hurting others ~ or ~ potentially turning around his mindset and behavior.
His victims, their families and his own daughter are the real victims, as others have said.
Some of that makes me angry. Some, curious. Some, relieved.
All of it makes me sad.