At the time of his death, Swartz was facing a potential conviction of 35 years and up to $1 million in fines for allegedly downloading thousands of scholarly articles from the online database JSTOR with a hidden computer connected to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's network. His family and supporters have been repeatedly pointing their finger at overzealous prosecutors to explain his suicide. And Stinebrickner-Kauffman agrees, even if she isn't sure what killed him.