daughter, she is quite an amazing girl. a minister the family, detective gordon was digging for answers. hoping to discover why comrade may have taken his own life. i found out that 18 year old who do it in that manner. the detective figure there were clues on comrades telephone, found on his truck. and sure enough, he discovered a string of text messages left on the phone from just one 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
but i have everything lined up. and this one, on the morning of his death. okay, i m gonna do it today. do you promise? i promise babe. i have to now. like right now? where do i go? and you can break a promise. and just go in a quiet parking lot or something. have you ever seen anything like that in your career as a detective? no. it was clear to the detective that comrade had died by his own hand. but was what michel did actually crime? detective gordon detected contacted mary claire flynn. assistant da. he said, will you take a look at these text messages? i said sure i will. and it was a truly shocking. she checked with kelly rayburn, a colleague at the time, and they agreed that those text messages warranted further investigation. i couldn t believe what was in. them i had to read them a couple of times. clearly it s black and white for you. you know it s wrong. but is it black and white, we
seconds, muted. i remember calling scott and saying, are we sure we have the right girl? she just seemed so normal. a few months later, as the investigation continued, detective gordon decided to pay michel carter visit. he found her after school and approached her. michelle, the reason we came out here is because we were looking into con reds unfortunate passing. and she has no idea that she has been watched? she has no idea. does she look surprised? a little bit. but at that point i don t think she understood, really, what we had. and where we were going. at first, michelle told the detective that she tried to talk comrade out of suicide. how did you help him to try and see that suicide wasn t the right thing to do? well, i told him a lot of things. i told him that i loved him. yup. i told him that a lot of people loved him. and how without him nothing would be the same. i had personal issues that i
truck with caution tape around it. so you go out there to k mark yeah, i tell the police, that i m the father, they told me he was gone. an officer found conrad dead behind the wheel of his pick up truck. he s dad called lynn to tell her the awful news. i couldn t even see, i felt like i was drugged. i couldn t i couldn t eat, slept in the same clothes for days. the most horrible time in my life. the rest of conrad s family was in disbelief. i said, are you sure, what are you talking about? i just saw him. it just felt like all the blood is strained out of your body, to hear that kind of news. detective scoffed gordon of the fair haven police department was assigned to the case. his first impression was suicide by carbon monoxide. it was apparent that he placed a water pump in the rear of his truck and eventually he passed away as a result of the carbon monoxide.