On March 6, the 20-year-old Massachusetts woman Michelle Carter who encouraged her 17-year-old boyfriend to commit suicide over text message finally goes to court on manslaughter charges.Ā
Because she sent the confused and depressed teen text messages egging him on to finish himself off, she will stand before a jury later this winter for her role in his premature death.
If Michelle Carter hadnāt encouraged Conrad Roy III to commit suicide, he probably wouldnāt have done it on that day. Now a young man is lost forever.
Roy was 18-years-old when he died of carbon monoxide poisoning in 2014.
While meeting in court, Carterās defense attorney, Joseph Cataldo, told Taunton Juvenile Court Judge Lawrence Moniz that he isnāt prepare to defend his client. He asked the judge to push back the court day to April or May.
Judge Moniz was quick to reply.
āOh, thatās not happening. Thatās not happening,ā Moniz said in a hearing on Monday. āWeāre not going to put it out that far.ā
The pretrial hearing was on Monday. During that session the judge granted Carterās defense team funds to hire an expert to examine an antidepressant both Carter and Roy were taking at the time of his suicide.
Earlier this month, the judge had rejected this request. But on Monday, Carterās attorney explained that Celexa could be important to the defense case since it has been shown to increase peopleās suicidal thoughts.
On Monday, Moniz had to reverse his decision when the attorney present more facts about the drug.
Besides the drug side effects, Cataldo wanted to examine evidence of domestic abuse in Royās family.
In the 2014 incident, before Roy was found dead in his pickup truck in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, Carter, who was 17-years-old at the time, had sent Roy dozens of text messages encouraging him to kill himself.
Among her text messages, Carter told the troubled teen to go through with it. She wanted him to finish his life so he would stop complaining about his depression to her.
āYou have everything you need. There is no way you can fail. Tonight is the night. Itās now or never.ā
āSo what are you gonna do then? Keep being all talk and no action and everyday go thru saying how badly you wanna kill yourself? Or are you gonna try,ā she texted him days before his death.
āYouāre finally going to be happy in heaven. No more pain. No more bad thoughts and worries. Youāll be free.ā
Roy doubted whether or not he should do it, āI do want to but Iām like freaking for my family I guess. I donāt know.ā
Carter replied with encouragement: āConrad, I told you Iāll take care of themā¦they will be okay and accept it. People who commit suicide donāt think this much. They just could do it.ā
Ā SourceĀ awm.com
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