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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...

>> reporter: there are people who are gonna say, "everyone's responsible for themselves, you know. he made that decision to do that." >> i think personal responsibility is something that's very important. that being said, it was clear from the text messages, especially her text message to sam boardman, where she said she told him to get back in the car. he didn't want to do it. >> reporter: the commonwealth put sam boardman on the stand to read that incriminating message -- and another one in which michelle described listening to conrad die. >> sam, he just called me and there was a loud noise...

Of text messages and they got their answer. >> lo and behold, on her phone, there was text messages to her friends describing what that phone conversation was like. >> reporter: the detective says a message michelle sent her friend samantha boardman explained it all. "sam, his death is my fault, like, honestly, i could have stopped him. i was on the phone with him. and he got out of the car because it was working and he got scared and i f-ing told him to get back in." >> and as much as we were in shock about her language prior to that, once we read that, that was really disturbing. >> reporter...