strong together. she gave me a lot of support, just there for me, when i needed her. 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 take it all in. really shocking. a trail of text messages, leading to the darkest of discoveries. keeping all the lies straight is difficult. she did it masterfully. i close my eyes and said, this is not real. a twist no one saw coming. and a story that every parent needs to see. we need to know what is going on in our kid s lives, because it can be very scary when we don t. hello and welcome to dateline . 18-year-old 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. 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 to famil
an expert witness. psychiatry east you dr. peter bregman to the stand. he debt he testified that the anti depressant michelle was taking impaired her judgment. [inaudible] and mixed in a real delusion, where she is thinking that it is a good thing to help him die. break-in also testified that he believes conrad was in control of the relationship and that he used the vulnerable and depressed michelle to help him commit suicide. he was constantly telling michelle and not telling his other friends, will you help me? reporter: the biggest hurdle for the defense, it seemed, was michele s admission of guilt to her friend sam. if you read the entire statement that she texted, she said, it is my fault, i told him to get back in. but then it continues to say but i didn t think he was ultimately going to do it. i wanted him to get help.