Teenager text messages to her boyfriend pressurize him to commit suicide

zainab quadri

September 1, 2015 10:53 AM

A teenager accused of manslaughter sent text messages which appear to prove she pressured her boyfriend to commit suicide.

Conrad Roy III

Prosecutors say Michelle Carter, 18, pressurized her boyfriend Conrad Roy III to commit suicide and she deleted the text message on his phone because she knew she could go to jail if police found her messages.

She is also accused of asking him to delete the texts from his phone, which were later found by investigators.

According to prosecutors, Carter pressured her boyfriend to go through with suicide for almost a week before he carried out the act, the Washington Post reported.

She is believed to have counselled him to overcome his fears, researched methods of committing suicide painlessly and lied to police, his family and her friends about his whereabouts.

Carter also very publicly mourned Roy's death on Facebook and Twitter, just three days before she was indicted.

Carter, who was 17 at the time, allegedly texted a pal after her boyfriend's death saying: “(If the police) read my messages with him I’m done. His family will hate me and I can go to jail."

She also made money off his death by organising a charity softball tournament in Conrad’s memory, where she pulled in more than $2,300 (460,000 naira) for mental health awareness.

"Life can be tough, but helping others makes it easier," she allegedly wrote under the account @michyc47.

Authorities accuse her of being a wolf in sheep’s clothing despite frequently speaking of her “love” for Conrad online.

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