theory. prosecutors were basically saying michelle convinced conrad to kill himself so she could be popular. they believed her plan was to get attention by being the grieving girlfriend. they pointed out a text exchange she had with conrad shortly before he died. and she says am i your girlfriend. and he talks about something else. he goes she goes, no, am i your girlfriend? i need to know, sort of, like, to tell people. so i think she wanted confirmation of the label before he died. reporter: a day before his death, the prosecutors say michelle tested out her plan of being the grieving girlfriend. she texted sam boardman i m losing hope, i think he really did it. even though she knew conrad was alive. three minutes later she texted conrad the generator will work 100% and quick. i don t get why you don t just use that. she s telling her friends that he s missing, he might ve committed suicide, when she knows exactly where she he is. she s talking to him. and then, she
she did not physically see this individual for over one year. reporter: 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 for my eating disorder to help me overcome it and stuff. where are you going? it s called mclean hospital in belmont, mass. i honestly think it would be so good for you and we would get thru our issues together. michelle carter was trying to talk him out of it. go to mclean hospital. they will help you. she had nothing but resistance from conrad roy. reporter: one of the main points of your argument was that conrad roy had tried this before, he had 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 and a half,