The story of Michelle Carter became the subject of “The Girl From Plainville,” a 2022 drama series on Hulu. For those not familiar, the basic facts, via NBC Boston, are as follows. Michelle met Conrad Roy in Florida in 2012, while both families were on vacation. Coincidentally, the two teens lived in neighboring towns in Massachusetts, according to Investigation Discovery, but nevertheless, the entirety of their relationship appears to have been via text messages and the like.
Both teens suffered from mental illness, and Conrad, in particular, suffered from depression and had made previous suicide attempts. On July 13, 2014, Conrad, who was 18 years old at the time, committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning in his pickup truck. Carter, who was 17 at the time, sent a series of text messages to Conrad, encouraging him to go through with it. At one point, Roy had thought better of his suicide plan and got out of the truck, but Michelle texted him to “get back in the truck.”
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Massachusetts did not have a law against goading someone into suicide at that time, so Carter was instead charged with involuntary manslaughter. She was convicted and ultimately sentenced to 15 months behind bars, according to The Associated Press.
If you or anyone you know is having suicidal thoughts, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
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