Newly released text messages appear to detail how a Massachusetts teen encouraged her online boyfriend to kill himself.
"Everyone will be sad for a while but they will get over it and move on," 18-year-old Michelle Carter texted boyfriend Conrad Roy III in reference to him dying by suicide.
The messages, released Friday by the Bristol County District Attorney's Office and obtained by The Huffington Post appear to show Carter encouraging her then-boyfriend to kill himself.
Roy, 18, was found dead July 13, 2014, inside his truck at a parking lot, where he used a combustion engine to induce carbon monoxide poisoning. Carter has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the teen's death.
'You Have To Just Do It'
The texts appear to show that Carter not only encouraged Roy to take his life, but even helped him figure out the best methods to do so.
"You have to just do it," she texted him, according to the documents. "You have everything you need. There is no way you can fail. Tonight is the night. It's now or never."
When Roy expressed hesitancy at going through with his plan, Carter sent him text messages expressing her frustration.
"You always say you're gonna do it, but you never do," she texted. "I just want to make sure tonight is the real thing."
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"Everyone will be sad for a while but they will get over it and move on," 18-year-old Michelle Carter texted boyfriend Conrad Roy III in reference to him dying by suicide.
The messages, released Friday by the Bristol County District Attorney's Office and obtained by The Huffington Post appear to show Carter encouraging her then-boyfriend to kill himself.
Roy, 18, was found dead July 13, 2014, inside his truck at a parking lot, where he used a combustion engine to induce carbon monoxide poisoning. Carter has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the teen's death.
'You Have To Just Do It'
The texts appear to show that Carter not only encouraged Roy to take his life, but even helped him figure out the best methods to do so.
"You have to just do it," she texted him, according to the documents. "You have everything you need. There is no way you can fail. Tonight is the night. It's now or never."
When Roy expressed hesitancy at going through with his plan, Carter sent him text messages expressing her frustration.
"You always say you're gonna do it, but you never do," she texted. "I just want to make sure tonight is the real thing."
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