About . Reporter grieving alongside his family, his girlfriend. She sent messages of condolences we all need to be strong together. She gave me a lot of support. Just there for me when i needed her. Reporter but was there something about these two that no one knew . What are you seeing . A series of messages. I had to read them a couple of times to really sort of take it all in. Utterly shocking. Reporter a trail of Text Messages leading to the darkest of discoveries. Keeping all the lies straight is difficult. She did it masterfully. Thats not normal. I closed my eyes and i said, this is not real. Reporter a twist no one saw coming in a story every ircht parent needs to see. We need to know whats going on in our kids lives. Because it can be very scary when we dont. Reporter it began as a chance encounter between two teens on vacation. She was a family friend that he met in florida. Reporter and ended two years later with one of them dead. He was smiling before he left the house. Then
Reporter grieving alongside his family, his girlfriend. She sent messages of condolences, we all need to be strong together. She gave me a lot of support. Just, there for me when i needed her. Reporter but was there something about these two, that no one knew . What are you seeing . A series of messages. I had to read them a couple of times to really sort of take it all in. Utterly shocking. Reporter a trail of Text Messages leading to the darkest of discoveries. Keeping all the lies straight is difficult. She did it masterfully. Thats not normal. I closed my eyes and i said, this is not real. Reporter now, a new twist, in a story every parent needs to see. We need to know whats going on in our kids lives. cause it can be very scary when we dont. Reporter tonight, the latest on a story of teens, Text Messages, and a complicated search for the truth. One time, the teenager vanished. Turns out, conrad had a dark secret, one he shared with someone close to him. What that confidant did and
Strong together. She gave me a lot of support. Just, there for me when i needed her. Reporter but was there something about these two, that no one knew . What are you seeing . A series of messages. I had to read them a couple of times to really sort of take it all in. Utterly shocking. Reporter a trail of Text Messages leading to the darkest of discoveries. Keeping all the lies straight is difficult. She did it masterfully. Thats not normal. I closed my eyes and i said, this is not real. A twist no one saw coming in a story every parent needs to see. We need to know whats going on in our kids lives, because it can be very scary when we dont. Hello. Welcome to dateline. 18yearold conrad roy battled depression and anxiety but seemed to be finding his way. He was headed to college and excited about his new job. Then, one night, the teenager vanished, it turns out conrad had a dark secret. One he shared with someone close to him. What that confidant did and did not do next would shatter tw
assistant d.a. maryclaire flynn. he said, i wanna send you these text messages. if you could, please just take a look at them. and i said, sure, i will. and it was just utterly shocking. reporter: she checked with her colleague katie rayburn and they agreed those text messages warranted further investigation. i couldn t believe what was in them. i had to read them a couple of times to really sort of take it all in. reporter: clearly, it s black and white for you that you know this is wrong. but is it black and white, we re going togo forward with this. this is a crime. i mean, i would imagine for you it s complicated. yes, and and with all investigations, it s our duty and our responsibility to follow the evidence where it takes us. and, so the evidence was taking us to michelle carter. reporter: so the commonwealth s office told detectives to keep digging, and find out more about michelle carter. first reaction when you see her picture? she s young. she s just a ki