somehow? absolutely. i told her i loved her, she told me so many great things about myself that she has had. she was just there for me when i needed her. conrad s aunts also remember getting messages from the show this michelle. she never tried so hard in her life to save someone. and that she wishes she could have saved him. and at the week, she came through and introduced herself. i was a little shocked, though, when ice she said, i m conrad s girlfriend. i had no idea. i never heard of her name. among hundreds things were good by letters he had written to different people, like this one, to michelle. it was very positive. keep doing what you are doing, michele, keep moving on and doing great things. after reading this letter, you must of thought, oh, conrad and michelle really had a special friendship, that he wrote or this letter i was very happy that she was in his life. i think her for being there for him. just weeks after conrad died,
michelle contacted his family saying she wanted to raise awareness for suicide prevention by organizing a baseball tournament, homers for conrad. i was thinking, wow, here is a teenager, a high school senior. and she s only a month later, starting to plan this large fund-raiser. conrad s whole family showed up. his aunt chrissy was impressed with michelle, then just 17. i went up to her parents at that fund-raiser and i said, you must be so proud of your daughter. she is quite an amazing girl. unbeknownst to the family, that can fair haven, detective gordon was digging around for answers, hoping to discover why conrad might have taken his own life. i just found it odd that an 18 year old would do it in that manner. the detective figured they were clues on conrad s cell phone, which was found in his truck. and sure enough, when he-powered it up, he discovered a string of text messages left on the phone from just one person. and that was
and with all investigations, it is our duty and responsibility to follow the evidence where it takes us. and so, the evidence was taking us to michelle carter. so, the commonwealth office told detectives to keep digging and find out more about michelle carter. first reaction when you see her picture? she is young. she is just a kid. and the words that she was saying, in her text messages it just didn t seem feasible. during the investigation, detective cudmore went undercover at that fund-raiser homers for conrad. he secretly took photos of michelle s every move, to confirm she was the one who sent those texts, he went one step further. he videotaped michelle once he dial the number he got from conrad s phone. you are watching her answering the phone? yes, yes. that is a good sign. yes, we had the right person. did you just hang up? let it stay on for a few seconds, muted. i remember calling scott,
when conrad recorded that private video sharing his innermost thoughts. i feel like i still have a long way to go to recover from the social anxieties, this feeling of insecurity. but if i keep talking, keep talking, it s going to get better. on july 12th, conrad headed to the beach with his mom and two sisters. lynn vividly remembers walking the shoreline with her son. he seemed in good spirits that day. we talked about school, and he was like, i m not sure where i am right now in my head. i said, well, you just got your captain s license, you don t have to worry about anything right now. he is looking toward the future? yeah. when they return the beach, conrad drove his sisters to get ice cream. he was laughing and i said something and he was, like, smiling. conrad told his mom he was going to his friend s house and would not be back for dinner. but later that night, lynn said out of the blue, her daughter got a text message from someone quite unexpected.
michelle carter s appeal went before the massachusetts supreme judicial court. four months later, the court upheld her conviction saying the evidence against the defendant proved that by her wanton or reckless conduct, she caused the victims death by suicide. michelle began serving her sentence in february 2019, and after just under a year behind bars, in january 2020, she was granted early release with credit to earn for good behavior. i feel worse for her mother than i do for myself. that s a powerful statement. well your son died. i know, when i had the son that i did. and i could not be more proud of the young man that he was. kind, selfless and compassionate. everything. conrad s mom says this is a hard story to tell. but she hopes sharing it will help others. there are children in this