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. . hi, im craig melvin, and what did you find? this is dateline. >> all of a sudden i realize, why are they late? theres something definitely wrong. he said your family was in an accident. and my world just dropped down underneath me. >> the scene told the story -- >> why did you find? >> somebody hit them. >> a deadly crash on a dark road. two gone, one barely alive. to a tragic accident. but look closer. can all of the broken glass and twisted metal, was there a clue to a crime? >...

wrong. he said your family was in an accident. and my world just dropped down from underneath me. >> the scene told the story -- >> why did you find? >> something i dont want to see again. >> yuck >> a deadly crash on a dark road. two gone, one barely alive. to a tragic accident. but look closer. can all of the broken glass and twisted metal, was there a clue to a crime? >> the last thing i wanted to have was to have to take a double fatality and not treat it as a homicide. >> murder. ...

Was just playing a game of sorts with ryan. >> he liked controlling everything, having to do with my life. he had threatened suicide twice, thats what i think was happening, i was playing his own card back at him. >> oh, i better kill myself then? >> yes. i do not think that they were text messages that were to be taken seriously. >> well when you look at them through justines eyes, they dont look seriously, but the jury did not look at it through your eyes? >> no. >> despite her conviction, and...

Was supposed to be two days after the accident. but other than that i do not remember a whole lot about march. >> what do you member of the last time you saw your boyfriend? >> i have no idea. i remember we spent fools of time together. >> you are inseparable basically? >> yes. >> in love? >> kids love. >> its pretty strong love that kid love, isnt it? >> i remember if i wasnt with him i was texting him all the time. >> but as for those texts following the argument with ryan just before the cras...

>> then her texts became somehow threatening. >> if i won, i would have you and i wouldnt crash my car. >> and ryan answered. >> you kill yourself, i kill myself. so come on, dont be selfish. >> thats the only thing i want to live for, you ryan. you keep me living. >> stop. you hurt yourself, ill know and ill do the same. >> thats why im going to wreck my car, because all i can do is [ bleep ] up. so you would rather me die because i want to kill myself. good-bye, ryan. i love you. >> then the f...

Justines car, there right above the mark indicating 85 miles an hour found an orange mark. its known as a slap mark, made, the experts testified, when the needle smashes against the console at high speed. and, finally, prosecutors revealed the reason, they said, behind it all. justine, like many 16-year-old girls, had a boyfriend. hers was named ryan. it was quite hot, this relationship. he was her world. but that day in march there had been a tiff. it had words. and so that night she drove ryan...

>> yeah. i remember if i wasnt with him, i was texting him all the time. >> but as for those texts following the argument with ryan before the crash, justine says, despite what any believe, she would never, ever have tried to commit suicide, knowing as she does that her grandmother, randys mother, killed herself when her dad was just a boy. in fact, she says, the most likely explanation is she was just playing a game of sorts with ryan. >> he liked controlling everything having to do with like m...

>> but, as for those texts following the argument with ryan before the crash, justine says, despite what any believe, she would never, ever have tried to commit suicide, knowing as she does that her grandmother, randys mother, killed herself when her dad was just a boy. in fact, she says, the most likely explanation is she was just playing a game of sorts with ryan. >> he liked controlling everything having to do with like my life, and hed threatened suicide twice. thats what i think was happeni...

>> and ryan answered. >> you kill yourself, i kill myself. so come on, dont be selfish. >> thats the only thing i want to live for, you ryan. you keep me living. >> stop. you hurt yourself, and i know and ill do the same. >> thats why im going to wreck my car, because all i can do is [ bleep ] up. so you would rather me die because i want to kill myself. good-bye, ryan. i love you. >> then the final message from ryan. >> you killing yourself is just another way for you to run away. >> just five ...

The experts testified, when the needle smashes against the console at high speed. and, finally, prosecutors revealed the reason, they said, behind it all. justine, like many 16-year-old girls, had a boyfriend. hers was named ryan. it was quite hot, this relationship. he was her world. but that day in march there had been a tiff. it had words. and so that night she drove ryan home, asked him to get out of the car, he said they were through. then justine drove north to clear her head. she was on h...