text messages to the point that he killed himself, flew back from south korea, that her text encouraged her boyfriend to kill himself. he killed himself may 20th before he was supposed to graduate from boston college. 47,000 text messages. law enforcement and prosecutors describing the messages in court. she texted him to kill himself, go die, told him her life and his family s life would be better off without him. we are starting a long process of holding this person accountable for what we see as egregious and reckless behavior. reporter: he had withdrawn from boston college and return to south korea after o toole s death. she is a naturalized citizen, described the situation,
sent 47,000 text messages, authorities say some of them urging her body to take his life. prosecutors read them aloud. it was revealed she was on the roof with her boyfriend when she jumped. here s gio benitez. reporter: tonight, former boston college student inyoung you facing a judge, charged with the involuntary manslaughter of her boyfriend alexander urtula. and how do you now plead? not guilty. thank you. reporter: prosecutors say he took his own life after 47,000 texts from you spanning two months. many urging him to go kill yourself and go die. prosecutors reading some of the texts in court. can you [ bleep ] go kill yourself? leave me the [ bleep ] alone. and if you don t die, i m going to [ bleep ] kill myself. reporter: urtula replying thousands of times, telling her he was hearing voices. i want you and the voices to stop. stop telling me how worthless and pathetic i am and how much i deserve to die. reporter: but the defense releasing other texts from
with involuntary manslaughter in her boyfriend s graduation day suicide has returned to the united states ahead of her arraignment. miss you made demands and threats with the understanding that she had complete and total control over mr. urtula, both mentally and emotionally. reporter: inyoung you of south korea is accused of manipulating alexander urtula physically, verbally and psychologically abusing her boyfriend, sending more than 47,000 texts in two months, some telling him to go kill himself or go die. but this week, you s legal team released more messages to the boston globe, claiming to show their client trying to intervene in those final desperate moments. the texts saying if you expletive love me, stop. if you ever expletive loved me, stop. we spoke to the suffolk county district attorney s office who said these most recent texts were just a small fraction of what happened. inyoung you will be arraigned tomorrow morning. david? will, thank you.
it shows the cite of a willful touching with no legitimate purpose. i don t know that it does that. so all it has to do is sort of be unclear, and the tie goes to the defense. okay. i want to talk as well about prosecutors charging the girlfriend, saying the girlfriend repeatedly pushed him to take his own life during their relationship. he said she was physically, verb al ally abusive. she sent messages that said go die, he and his family would be better off without him. she s currently back in her native south korea right now. but with that said, 37,000 text messages from her, how is this come pafred to michelle carter
found she encouraged alexander urtula to take his own life. ms. you made demands and threats with the understanding that she had complete and total control over mr. urtula, both ntally acurs fellow student inyoung you was physically, verbally, and psychologically abusive, sending thousands of texts, some urging him to quote, go kill himself. go die. in the 47,000 text messages, yes, there were many, many instances where she instructed him to do so. reporter: just 90 minutes before urtula s graduation from boston college in may, authorities say his girlfriend allegedly tracked him through his phone to a parking garage and was there when he leapt to his death. ms. carter will now be taken into custody. reporter: the allegations echoing the case against michelle carter, the young woman convicted of involuntary manslaughter after sending hundreds of texts urging her boyfriend to act on his suicidal thoughts. what complicates this case,