Family, his girlfriend. She sent messages of condolences, we need to be strong together. She gave me a lot of support. Just there for me when i needed her. But was there something about these two that no one knew . What are you seeing. A series of messages. I had to read them a couple of times to take it all in. Finally shocking. A tail of Text Messages leading to the darkest of discoveries. Keeping all of the lies straight is difficult. She did it masterfully. That is not normal. I close my eyes and i said this is not real. A story every parent needs to see. We need to know what is going on in our kids lives because it could be scary if we dont. It began as a chance encounter between to teens on vacation. She was a family friend that he met in florida. And ended two years later with one of them dead. He was smiling before he left the house and then he was dead a few hours after. An apparent suicide. He didnt seem like he was in any imminent danger. No, not at all. But there was danger from something teens do all of the time. Texting. Their cyber romance hit a nerve gripping the nation. And the people involved in the case gave us the inside story. The detectives who investigated the case. Were watching her. Yes. And it just keeps getting worse. A grieving father. I feel like i could fix a lot of things but i couldnt fix my son. And distraught family members who feel betrayed. I just kind of said no. Hi, this is Conrad Henry Roy iii. His mother lynn roy said he was an easy child. What kind of kid was he. Definitely sensitive. Never gave me a hard time with anything. Did well in school. Had friends. Loved baseball. The red sox. Yes. But playing baseball. Playing baseball. And he was just kind to everyone. Everyone said nice things about him. Were you two close . Very. Very close. Conrad was her first born. Two daughters would come later. Looking back, she remembers his early years as good ones. Every picture i have of him he looks like a little goofballch the happiest child. He was always happy. Conrad grew up around the new fishing town of new bedford, massachusetts, where his father and grandfather run a tugboat and barge business. His dad said he was destined to take to the sea from day one. I think he was two days old and we took him on the tugboat. I was hoping he would take over the business some day. Not only was conrad the first born, he was also the first grandchild. His aunt chrissy roy says his cousins adored him. My youngest henry would follow him around like a duck. He was the cousin that all of the kids look up to. But during his sophomore year in high school, her happygolucky son started to change. His father and i got divorced and i dont know one child that doesnt get affected by divorce. He was 16 at time. Yeah. And it is going through the hormones and he obviously had anxiety and depression. It just manifested at that time. He talked about it in this video diary. I feel like im definitely wired different from everyone else. Like there is something wrong with me. It was at 16 while struggling with anxiety and depression that conrad encountered a 15yearold girl named Michelle Carter. They met, conrads grandmother said when they went to florida to visit family. And this is supposed to be some r r. A week during school vacation. Her grandparents were friends with our great aunt. And his sister said my brother met a girl and the three of them all hung out with her for a short while. When they return from florida, conrad and michelle continued to stay in touch through Text Messages. Michelle lives in plainville, massachusetts, about an hour away. The two had a lot in common. She was a softball player and he played baseball. They were both quiet and funny and even though the two communicated regularly, conrads aunt becky said he never mentioned michelle. He had other girlfriends. She was not someone that he talked about. Apparently he kept a lot to himself. By the time he was 17, he had checked into psychiatric facilities a few times. Suffering from deep depression. His mom said one time on the day he was discharged he attempted suicide by swallowing a bottle of cough syrup. He felt bad. I said, conrad, you have no idea how much you are loved and appreciated. But he swore at that time after that that he would never attempt suicide again. And things did seem to be getting better. A year later, by june 2014, conrad had graduated from high school, gotten a scholarship to college and earned his captains license. This must have been a big day. Conrad getting his captains license. I was very proud of him. Are you feeling good about the place that hes in . I felt that he was still struggling. But i felt very, very positive that he wasnt going do anything to harm himself. It was right around this time when conrad recorded that private video shairiring his in most thoughts. I fell like i still have a long way to go to recover from this social anxiety, this feeling of insecurity. If i keep talking, keep talking, it is going to get better. On july 12th, he headed to the beach with his mom and two sisters. Lynn remembered walking the shoreline with her son. He seemed in good spirits that day. We talked about school and hes like im not sure where i am right now in my head. And i said, well, you just got your captains license, you deents have to worry about anything. If you dont want to go to school this fall, you dont have to make that decision now. Just as long as you are working and doing something healthy. Hes looking toward the future . Yeah. When they return from the beach, conrad drove his sisters to get ice cream. He was laughing. I said something and he was like smiling. Conrad told his mom he was going to his friends house and wouldnt be back for dinner. But later that night lynn said out of the blue her daughter got a text message from someone quite unexpected. It was around 10 30 that night and Michelle Carter is asking where conrad is. And they are boyfriend and girlfriend now. This was news to lynn. She knew conrad and michelle had only seen each other in person a few times. The next morning lynn woke up at 5 00 a. M. And noticed conrad wasnt home. She called around and drove by his friends house but couldnt find him. Conrad was missing. Coming up a family friend said they saw his truck with caution tape around it. The news is about to go from bad to worse. I said, are you sure . What are you talking about . It felt like all of the blood just drained right out of your body. When reckless continues. When reckless continues gong rings this is joe. combative yelling he used to have bad breath. Now, he uses a capful of therabreath fresh breath oral rinse to keep his breath smelling great, all day long. combative yelling therabreath, its a better mouthwash. At walmart, target and other fine stores. Word spread quickly. Conrad roy iii was missing. His family and friends growing more frantic by the hour. Search the everywhere for him. By midmorning, his mom decided to call 911. Police recorded line. I have to report my son missing. That evening, about 24 hours after conrad left his house, his father got a call. The family friend said they saw his truck at kmart with caution tape around it. So you go down there to kmart. And i think the police told my father that he was gone. An officer found conrad dead behind the wheel of his pickup truck. His dad called lynn to tell her the awful news. I couldnt even see. I was like i felt like i was drugged. I couldnt eat, slept in the same clothes for days. The most horrible time in my life. The rest of conrads family was in disbelief. I said, are you sure . What are you talking about . I just saw him. It just felt like all of the blood just drained right out of your body to hear that kind of news. Detective scottsdale gordon of the Fair Haven Police department was assigned to the case. His First Impression was suicide by Carbon Monoxide. It was apparent that he placed a water pump in the rear of his truck and eventually he passed away as a result of the Carbon Monoxide from that. To those who knew conrad best, it didnt make sense. Had they missed something. Conrad had been getting help, taking medication and seemed hopeful about his future. His grandmother remembered him using that pump to help out his dad the day before. I could still see the smile on his face, the smirky smile. And his father recalled them working on a job together a week earlier setting up fireworks on a barge. We were laughing and he seemed fine. The last thing i said to him is i love you and he said i love you back. So his family wondered what pushed him over the edge. As they struggled with their grief, they got comfort from a surprising source. Michelle carter. She reached out to lynn through Text Messages, consoling her saying conrad loved her very much. Did you feel like you were getting support or just oh, absolutely. A connection to conrad somehow. And i told her i loved her. She told me so many great things about myself that he said. She was just there for me when i needed her. Conrads aunts remember getting messages from michelle. She sent messages of consolences that she never tried so hard in her life to save someone and she wished that she could have saved him and the at wake she introduced him. I was shocked when she said im conrads girlfriend. I had no idea. Never heard of her name. Among conrads things were goodbye letters he had written to different people, like this one to michelle. It was very positive. Keep doing what youre doing, michelle. He loved the movie rocky and gave him a lot of inspiration and i dont know if it is the music or just the mentality of the movie. His dad loved it. And he quoted that to keep moving on and doing great things and after reading this letter you must have thought conrad and michelle had a special friendship that he wrote her this letter. I was very happy that she was in his life. Everybody wants to beloved. And especially he died so young. I thought she cared about him and loved him. I thanked 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, this is impressive. Here is a teenager, a High School Senior and shes only a month later starting to plan this large fundraiser. His whole family showed up. His aunt chrissy was impressed with michelle. Then just 17. I went up to haer parents at that fundraiser and i said you must be so proud of your daughter. Back in fair haven, detective gordon was kicking around for answers. Hoping to discover why conrad might have taken his own life. I just found it odd that an 18yearold would do it in that manner. The detective figured there were clues on conrads 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 Michelle Carter. Had deleted all other text conversations with other people. Correct. And when the detectives started reading the texts, he couldnt believe what he was seeing. It is one of the things where you just keep reading and it just keeps getting worse and that is what kind of put everything in motion. Coming up, the Text Messages no one could fathom. I had to read them a couple of times to take it all in. Words that raised a disturbing question. And was this a suicide or Something Else . I closed my eyes and i said, this is not real. When reckless continues. S and buying a car 100 online. Now weve created a brandnew way for you to sell your car. Whether its a year old or a few years old. We wanna buy your car. So go to carvana and enter your license plate answer a few questions. And our techno wizardry calculates your cars value and gives you a real offer in seconds. When youre ready, well come to you, pay you on the spot and pick up your car, thats it. So ditch the old way of selling your car, and say hello to the new way at carvana. Two days after conrad roys death, detective scott gordon of the Fair Haven Police department had found a clue and it was a bombshell. A string of Text Messages from Michelle Carter on conrads phone. What are you seeing . A series of messages that seem to be encouraging him to take his own life. Encouraging him to take his own life. To the detective, it was unmanageable. He learned michelle and conrad had been texting like teenagers do for almost two years. But a few weeks before his death, something changed. It seemed michelle started a campaign to get conrad to commit suicide. She even gave him suggestions on how to do it. Hang yourself, jump off a building, stab yourself, i dont know there is a lot of ways. Gordons partner, detective glenn cudmore also worked the case. He was looking at it and it was something to the effect, i cant believe what im reading. What was she saying. You promised me. Why havent you done it yet. You disappointed me. Ill take care of your family. The detectives poured over thousands of Text Messages and more they read the more disturbed they became. Like this em change before conrad died. You cant think about it. You just have to do it. You said you were going to do it. I dont get why you arent. I dont get it either. So i guess you arent going to do it then. Im just confused because you were so ready and determined. Conrad wrote back, im going to eventually. I dont know what im waiting for but i have everything lined up. And this one on the morning of his death. Okay, im gonna do it today. Do you promise . I promise, babe. I have to now. Like right now . Where do i go . You cant break a promise and just no go in a quiet parking lot or something. Have you ever seen anything like that in your career as a detective . No. It was clear to the detectives that conrad had died business his own hand but was what michelle did as crime. They contacted the assistance d. A. I want to send you these them. Messages if you could look at them and it was shocking. The first time you looked at these messages, what is jumping out to you. Pretty much everything, because everything was focused around you need to do it. Why havent you done it. Just get in the car. Leave your family. Everything will be fine. Do, it, do it and badgering. How could anybody be so cruel. She checked with her colleague at time and they agreed the Text Messages warranted further investigation. Had to read them a couple of times to take it all in. Does it feel like it wasnt real. Because you cant imagine that someone would actually send these to someone. And of course at that time we didnt know who Michelle Carter was and the family had never mentioned that name. Clearly it is black and white that you know this is wrong. But is it black and white, were Going Forward with this, this is a crime, i mean i would imagine for you it is complicated. Yes. It is our duty and responsibility to follow the evidence where it takes us and 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 . Shes young. Shes just a kid. And the words that she was saying in their Text Messages, it just didnt seem feasible. During the investigation, detective cudmore went undercover at that fundraiser homers for conrad he took photos of michelles every move. To confirm she was the one who sent those texts. He went one step further. He videotaped michelle as he dialed the number he got from conrads phone. Youre watching her . Yes. Answering the phone . Yes. That is a good sign. Yes. We had the right person. Did you just hang up. Let it stay on on for a few seconds mute the and she hung up the phone. And i said are you sure we have the right girl. She seems to normal. We tend to deal with people it is obvious they may commit crimes and this wasnt the case. She looked totally not the type of person i was expecting to see. On the one hand, you have her texting him telling him to take his own life, on the other hand your finding all of this information of her expressing her grief over the death of her friend. Right. It is like two different people. Exactly. Yes. A few months later, as the investigation continued, detective gordon decided to pay Michelle Carter a visit. He found her after school and approached her. Michelle, the reason why we came out here is were looking into conrads unfortunate passing. And she has no idea shes been watched . She has no idea. Does she look surprised . A little bit. But at that point, i dont think she understood really what we had. And where we were going with it. At first, michelle told the detective she tried to talk conrad out of suicide. How did you help him try and seek that suicide wasnt the right thing. Well, i told him that i loved him and i told him that a lot of people loved him and how without him nothing would be the same. And what i have personal issues that i got help for and i told him that he should with me and get the help that he needed but he refused. He said that no one would be able to help him and it would make him worse if he got help. Then, the detective asked her about having contact with conrad on the day he died . Did you think you had contact with him that day . I think so. Yeah. The detective knew that was a lie. We have a search warrant for your phone. Okay. So well be taking it. Wait, so youre taking my phone . Yes. When we took her phone, i think she started to understand a little bit. That we were looking a little more further into it than she expected. He followed her home and said michelles parents were very cooperative. They provided us with everything we needed. And that day we left with her cell phone and her laptop. Michelle has to know what is going on. But her parents, are they totally in the dark . I believe so. Absolutely. We still believe to this day this they werent aware of what was going on. That would have to be unsettled for the police to come to your house with a search warrant over a suicide that happened months ago. Absolutely. Yes. Did they have more questions . I believe they did and i think they were both a little shocked at us being there. After going through all of the evidence, including michelles phone and computer, prosecutors were convinced michelle was criminally responsible for conrads death. Words can harm and you don