By Ari Robbins

On Friday, June 16th, a Massachusetts Juvenile Court Judge found twenty-year old Michelle Carter guilty of the involuntary manslaughter of Conrad Roy III. Carter was found guilty of recklessly causing Roy III’s death. However, when eighteen-year old Roy III took his own life in 2014, he was alone. Roy closed himself in his truck in a Walmart parking lot and allowed a generator to fill his truck cab with carbon monoxide until he died. When he killed himself, Roy hadn’t spoken to Carter in person for over a year. The two maintained a close relationship entirely through text and e-mail. Continue reading →