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Of his whole argument, prosecutors misinterpreting massachusetts' law. to him this was clearly a suicide. that's why he wanted a judge, not a jury to hear the case. >> i thought the judge would apply the correct law on the facts and that conrad roy was just so suicidal that michelle carter did not cause his death. >> reporter: and that's how he began his opening statement. >> michelle carter was not present. michelle carter had been texting with him. she did not physically see this individual for over one year. >> reporter: and to bolster his case, michelle's lawyer introduced a set of text me...

We're watchin' fireworks. he seemed fine. like when i left, um, the last thing i said to him was, "i love you." and he said, "i love you," back. >> reporter: 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? >> oh, absolutely. >> reporter: a connection to conrad, somehow? >> uh-huh. and i told her i loved her. she told me so many great things about myself --...

Conrad is. and they're boyfriend and girlfriend now. >> reporter: 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 wasn't home. she called around and drove by his friend's house but couldn't find him. conrad was missing. coming up -- >> a family friend said they saw his truck with caution tape around it. >> reporter: the news is about to go from bad to worse. >> are you sure? i was like, what are you talking about? >> felt like all the blood just drained right out of your body. >> ...

Theory. prosecutors were basically saying michelle convinced conrad to kill himself so she could be popular. they believed her plan was to get attention by being the grieving girlfriend. they pointed out a text exchange she had with conrad shortly before he died. >> and she says "am i your girlfriend." and he talks about something else. he goes -- she goes, "no, am i your girlfriend? i need to know," sort of, like, to tell people. so i think she wanted confirmation of the label before he died. >> reporter: a day before his death, the prosecutors say michelle tested out her plan of being the gr...

She did not physically see this individual for over one year. >> reporter: and to bolster his case, michelle's lawyer introduced a set of text messages that the prosecution had not mentioned, ones where she tried repeatedly to help conrad. have you thought about getting professional help? like i think i'm gonna go away to a place for my eating disorder to help me overcome it and stuff. where are you going? it's called mclean hospital in belmont, mass. i honestly think it would be so good for you and we would get thru our issues together. >> michelle carter was trying to talk him out of it. go ...