She tried to stop her boyfriend from committing suicide. Then she egged him on ... And was convicted of involuntary manslaughter.
This is the story of the texting suicide case.
This is the story of the texting suicide case.
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00:00Oh
00:09Oh
00:21Conrad's dead who's gone?
00:30This court
00:33Having reviewed the evidence and applied the law thereto now finds you guilty
00:52I saw him text her all the time, but I didn't think that they had a relationship like that
01:00a
01:10Lot of people tell me that I have a lot going for me. I have to be happy. I have to be happy
01:18Well, no, you don't have to be happy
01:21She
01:29Was struggling with her own mental health issues and recently sought care for her eating disorder at one of the area's top psychiatric hospitals
01:50I
01:52I
02:20Do have a lot going for me like
02:22Captain I
02:24Just got a job from the Boston Duck Tours to captain their boat. Like that's a huge accomplishment
02:53You
02:58Authorities are stunned to find that in the last week of his life
03:01Michelle asks Conrad when he's going to kill himself more than 40 times
03:22When Miss Carter realizes that mr. Roy has exited the truck
03:28She instructs him to get back into the truck
03:34Which she has reason to know is or is becoming a toxic environment
03:41inconsistent with human life
03:53Conrad Roy's aunt claims Carter later texted her
04:01Two and a half months after Conrad died detectives go to Michelle's high school. They want to talk to her
04:12She was 17 at the time of his death, but is being tried as an adult
04:22The
04:27Reality is Michelle Carter is the first person ever to have been convicted in Massachusetts or anyway anywhere as far as we know
04:34For having using words alone
04:36Convinced someone else to commit suicide
04:38She
04:51Did not issue a simple
04:54additional instruction
04:56Get out of the truck. Michelle Carter exploited my son's weaknesses and used him as a pawn in her own well-being
05:06She has not shown any remorse
05:08I
05:20Again I would say that she was a model inmate for the entire time that she was here