person. that was michelle carter. he deleted all other text conversations with all other people? correct. and when the detective started to read the texts, he could not believe what he was seeing. it was one of those things where you keep reading and it keeps getting worse. and that put everything in motion. coming up the text messages no one could fathom. i had to read them a couple of times to really sort of take it all in. words that raised a disturbing question, was this a suicide or something else. i closed my eyes and i said, this is not real. when dateline continues.
people will say, everyone is responsible for themselves. he made that decision to do that. personal responsibility, that is important. but that being said, it was clear from the text messages and especially her text message where she said, he got out of the car and she told him to get back in the car. he didn t want to do it. michelle described listening to conrad die. sam, he just called me and there was a loud noise like a motor and i heard moaning like someone was in pain. and he would not answer when i said his name. i stayed on the phone for like 20 minutes. and that is all i heard. he killed himself. as the trial continued, there was a nagging question. why would she do this? she wanted the attention. when her friends were not hanging out with her or not spending time with her, she would say and do things to try
you knew their names and you met them. she was not somebody that he talked about. apparently he kept a lot to himself. by the time he was 17, he had checked into psychiatric facilities a few times, suffering from deep depression. on the day he was discharged, he attempted suicide by swallowing a bottle of cough syrup. he felt bad and i said, conrad, you have no idea how much you are loved and appreciated. he swore he would never attempt suicide again. and things did seem to be getting better. a year later, by june, 2014, conrad had graduated from high school, gotten a scholarship to college and earned his captain s license. that must have been a really big day. conrad getting his captain s license. it was. i was very proud of him. are you feeling good about the place he is in? i felt that he was still
not physically see this individual for over one year. and to bolster his case, michelle s lawyer introduced a set of text messages that the prosecution had not mentioned. ones where she tried repeatedly to help conrad, have you thought about getting professional help? like, i think i m gonna go away to a place to help me over come my eating disorder. where are you going? it s called mclean hospital, envelopment, massachusetts. i think it would be so good for you and we would get through our issues together. michelle carter was trying to talk him out of it. go to mcclain hospital. they will help you. she had nothing but resistance from conrad roy. one of the main points of your argument was that conrad roy had tried it before. he researched various ways to take his own life. that this was not something that was just created by michelle carter. right. michelle for a year
something and he was, like, smiling. conrad told his mom he was going to his friend s house and would not be back for dinner. but later that night, lynn said out of the blue, her daughter got a text message from someone quite unexpected. it was around 10:30 that night, michelle carter is asking where conrad is. and they are boyfriend and girlfriend now. this was news to lynn. she knew conrad and michelle had only seen each other in person a few times. the next morning, lynn woke up at 5:00 a. m., and noticed conrad was not home. she called around and drove by his friend s house but could not finds him. conrad was missing. a son disappears, a mom worries, and a dad receives a troubling clue. coming up. they saw his truck with the caution tape around it. the news is about to go from bad to worse. i said, are you sure? what are you talking about?