to back it up, prosecutors pulled the speedometer from justine s car, and there above the mark an of 85 miles per hour found an orange mark. it s known as a slap mark. made, the experts testify, when the needle smashes against the console at high speed. and finally, prosecutors revealed the reason, they said, behind it all. justine, like many 16-year-old girls, had a boyfriend. hers was named ryan. it was white hot, this relationship. he was her world. that day in march, there d been a tiff. they d had words. and so, that night, she drove ryan home, asked him to get out of the car. he said they were through. then, justine drove north to clear her head. she was on her way home when detectives testified, she began texting ryan. apparently while behind the wheel. the first text, half an hour before the crash. good-bye ryan, just live your life knowing you did change me.
she did not swerve. and she drove head on into that other vehicle. to back it up, investigators pulled speedometer from justine s car, and there above the mark an of 85 miles per hour found an orange mark. it s known as a slap mark. made when the needle smashes against the console at high speed. and prosecutors revealed the reasoning behind it all. justine like many 16-year-old girl also a boyfriend. hers was named ryan. it was white hot, this relationship. he was her world. that day in march, there d been a tiff. they d had words. that night she drove ryan home, asked him to get out of the car, he said they were through. she began texting ryan. apparently while behind the wheel. the first text half an hour
she did not swerve, and she drove head-on into that other vehicle. to back it up, prosecutors pulled the speedometer from justine s car, and there above the mark an of 85 miles per hour found an orange mark. it s known as a slap mark. made, the experts testify, when the needle smashes against the console at high speed. and, finally, the prosecutors revealed the reason, they said, behind it all. justine, like many 16-year-old girls, had a boyfriend. hers was named ryan. it was white hot, this relationship. he was her world. but that day in march there had been a tiff. they d had words. and so, that night, she drove ryan home, asked him to get out of the car. he said they were through. then justine drove north to clear her head. she was on her way home when detectives testified, she began texting ryan, apparently while
lane, striking mrs. thompson s vehicle. but what evidence was there that justine had done it, as the law says, purposefully? investigators pulled the so-called black box out of justine s pontiac and analyzed the data and found another sign that pointed to suicide. she d taken off her seat belt. black box also recorded speed, acceleration and braking and found that justine was accelerating, flooring it, so to speak, in the five seconds before the crash, speeding up from 81 to 86 miles per hour before hitting the brakes at the last second. she did not swerve. and she drove head-on into that other vehicle. to back it up, prosecutors pulled the speedometer from justine s car, and there above the mark an of 85 miles per hour found an orange mark.
the indicating 85 miles an hour, found an orange mark. it s known as a slap mark. made, the experts testify, when the needle smashes against the console at high speed. and finally, prosecutors revealed the reason, they said, behind it all. justine, like many 16-year-old girls, had a boyfriend. hers was named ryan. it was white hot, this relationship. he was her world. that day in march, there d been a tiff. they d had words. and so, that night, she drove ryan home, asked him to get out of the car. he said they were through. then, justine drove north to clear her head. she was on her way home when detectives testified, she began texting ryan, apparently while behind the wheel. the first text, half an hour before the crash. good-bye ryan, just live your life knowing you did change me. my last words, i love you, ryan. then her text became somehow threatening.