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How Michelle Carter urging her boyfriend to kill himself over hundreds of texts led to an involuntary manslaughter verdict
How Michelle Carter urging her boyfriend to kill himself over hundreds of texts led to an involuntary manslaughter verdict
Veronika BondarenkoJun 18, 2017, 12:59 IST
Michelle Carter cries while flanked by defense attorneys Joseph Cataldo, left, and Cory Madera, after being found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the suicide of Conrad Roy III, Friday, June 16, 2017.Glenn C. Silva (Associated Press)
On Friday, a judge found that 20-year-old Michelle Carter was guilty of involuntary manslaughter after sending texts that encouraged Conrad Roy III to kill himself when both were 17.
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The teens had met while on family vacation in Florida back in 2014 and, in the following months, started sharing stories of profound emotional instability over Facebook messenger and text.
Follow the deeply disturbing relationship that led to one young man's suicide and another young woman's guilty sentence.
