Michelle Carter: Inside the Texting Suicide Case and Hulu True-Crime Series (Exclusive)
28.03.2022 - 17:15
/ etonline.com
Michelle Carter, who was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the 2017 texting suicide case surrounding the death of Conrad Roy, is at the center of Hulu’s latest true-crime series,, from creators Liz Hannah and Patrick Macmanus. The series recounts the events leading up to and following Roy’s 2014 suicide, which was spurred on by text messages sent from Carter, who appeared to encourage him to go through with killing himself.
With Carter the subject of renewed attention, here’s what to know about her case and the scripted series starring Elle Fanning. While the trial took place in 2017, the origins of the case dates back to 2012, when Carter and Roy first met in Florida during vacation.
The following two years, the two engaged in a relationship that largely played out over text message while only ever meeting in person again a handful of times in Massachusetts where they lived roughly 35 miles apart. Over thousands of text messages, Roy, who suffered from depression and social anxiety, told Carter he was going to attempt suicide. In the times leading up to the 2014 attempt, Carter had discouraged him from going through with it and to seek out professional help.
However, by the final time, Carter’s attitude changed and sent Roy instructions on how to kill himself. Her last text to him, after he tried to stop himself was “to get back in” the truck where he was inhaling carbon monoxide. At the same time Roy was preparing to kill himself, Carter started telling friends that he had gone missing.
And soon after it was revealed Roy was dead, she became the center of attention and sympathy among friends at her own high school and even some of Roy’s friends. As her popularity grew, the police began investigating Roy’s
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