Amir S. Hudson, 36, was killed in his Warren, Michigan, home on October 28, 2014. A former college football player from Coatesville, Pennsylvania, Hudson held a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice and was working as a security guard. Friends described him as a kindhearted Gentle Giant with an infectious smile who could lighten the mood in any room.

Investigators arrested 25-year-old Andrew Watts in connection with the killing. Prosecutors said the attack grew out of a tumultuous relationship and that Watts was driven by shame and internal conflict over a sexual relationship with Hudson for which Hudson had reportedly paid him in marijuana. Prosecutors alleged Watts fatally shot Hudson in the residence and charged Watts with first-degree premeditated murder. Watts pleaded a defense that he suffered from mental illness and that the killing was not premeditated but an act of emotional distress after a sexual encounter.

Are there details about Hudson’s last days or the relationship that anyone can share to help clarify what happened?