Michelle Carter Guilty Of Her Boyfriend's Death

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

A Massachusetts judge found the young Michelle Carter guilty of involuntary manslaughter for the death of her then-boyfriend Conrad Roy III in 2014. The young man, according to prosecutors, was encouraged by Carter through texts and phone calls to kill himself.

Bristol County Juvenile Court Judge Lawrence Moniz made his decision earlier today.

Carter could remain in prison for more than twenty years, since despite being a minor, the crime committed allows him to be prosecuted as an adult.

According to the judge, Carter's reckless and reckless behavior caused Roy to be in a toxic environment. The judge spoke for about twenty minutes and emphasized that Carter's actions on the day of Roy's death were totally malicious.

When Moniz spoke, Carter was distressed at the defense table and began to cry, several times looking at his lawyer Joseph Cataldo.

"She [instructed] Mr. Roy to return to the truck [which she knew was filling with carbon monoxide] when she was well aware of the feelings he [had] exchanged with her: his ambiguities, his fears, their concerns,”said Moniz. "She did nothing. She did not call the police or Mr. Roy's family. Finally, she did not issue a single additional instruction [to Roy]: 'Get out of the truck.'”

Carter's trial began nearly three years after Roy, 18, died in a store parking lot in July 2014, after inhaling the deadly gas in his truck.

Carter, 20, was 17 when Roy was found dead. She was prosecuted for manslaughter in February 2015, after authorities discovered numerous text messages between her and Roy before committing suicide.

Those messages, as well as the calls between them, showed that Carter encouraged Roy's plan to deprive himself of life - even when he had hesitated to do so. For example, in the days before his death, she texted him, “You are ready and prepared. All you have to do is turn on the generator and you [will be] free and happy."

Roy's close friends knew that he had previously attempted suicide (and the judge on Friday made reference to two previous attempts). Although Roy was remembered as a popular young man, he also struggled with anxiety and depression.

Carter's family has also defended her, saying in a statement after she was charged: “Our hearts have been and continue to be broken by the Roy family. For everyone who doesn't know our daughter, she is not the villain the media has been portraying. She is a calm, kind and friendly girl. She tried immensely to help Mr. Roy in her battle with depression."

"The moment she needed one more friend, when she needed more help, she did the opposite," one of Roy's friends, Evenly Murdock, told People in 2015. "She will have to live with that for the rest of her life.."