Woman Who Encouraged Boyfriend To Commit Suicide Set To Start Prison Sentence

In July 2014 Michelle Carter who was 17 years old at the time successfully urged her boyfriend to kill himself via texts and phone calls.

On Wednesday, February 6th, the court upheld a 2017 involuntary manslaughter conviction that was given to Carter for the role she played in the suicide of her then 18-year-old boyfriend, Conrad Roy III.
She had been on the phone with Roy as he poisoned himself with carbon monoxide fumes from his pickup truck. Carter decided against a jury trial, but Judge Moniz ruled that she played a direct hand in Roy’s death by telling him to return to his car as it was filling with deadly exhaust. The court also cited texts she had sent to Roy to support their ruling.

Photo by AP/REX/Shutterstock (9500848a)<br />Michelle Carter awaits her sentencing in a courtroom in Taunton, Mass., for involuntary manslaughter for encouraging Conrad Roy III to kill himself in July 2014. Carter was sentenced Thursday to 15 months in jail for involuntary manslaughter<br />Texting Suicide, Taunton, USA – 3 Aug 2017

Her lawyers had asked judge Lawrence Moniz to allow Carter to remain free while they attempted to have the case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. “This case, legally, is not over,” defense lawyer Joseph Cataldo told the judge. “We fully intend to file an appeal to the United States Supreme Court within the next 90 days.”
Earlier on Monday the state’s Supreme Court also rejected an emergency motion to prevent the sentence from going into effect.