GUILTY MA - Conrad Roy - Urged by Friend to Commit Suicide - Fairhaven #3

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Texts revealed during trial of young woman accused of encouraging 18-year-old to commit suicide

June 8, 2017

Two months after Michelle Carter's 18-year-old then boyfriend Conrad Roy died of carbon monoxide poisoning after locking himself in his truck, Carter texted a classmate that "his death was my fault."

I could've stopped him," Carter texted a classmate in September 2014. Carter texted that she and Roy were on the phone the day of his suicide in July when Roy "got out of the car ... he was scared."

Carter texted that she "told him to get back in."

"I couldn't have him live the way he was living anymore," Carter texted the classmate. "I started giving up because nothing I did was helping, but I should've tried harder ... it's my fault, I could've stopped him ... all I had to say was, 'I love you, don't do this' one more time, and he'd be here."

Carter, 20, is charged with involuntary manslaughter after she allegedly urged Roy to commit suicide, purportedly documented in thousands of text messages. But Carter maintains her innocence.


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[YaYa_521]

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[Allabouttrial]

Didn't realise there was a thread for this case. Just saw it as it appeared on recent posts. Not many cases penetrate but this one has always stuck with me. The note he left for his dad was just heart breaking.

 

[SusanDonim]

Just seen the series about this case advertised on Channel 4 in the UK.

Will give it a watch as I hadn't heard of this one before.