Conrad Roy III's Father

I closed my eyes and I said, this is not real.

How can someone have an involvement in someone's death and only encouraged it?

Did you just feel like you'd been duped?

She's been consoling you this whole time.

I'm a very forgiving person, and the only thing I can say about the ways that she was with me is that she's just really, really not well.

The grand jury indicted Michelle for involuntary manslaughter.

She pleaded not guilty.

That's when the world heard the story for the first time and the debate began.

Was Conrad's death a suicide or a homicide?

Why would she do this?

She wanted the attention.

And at trial, Michelle makes a stunning decision.

Yes.

Is it a choice she'll regret when Dateline continues?

Michelle Carter was facing involuntary manslaughter charges for doing something teenagers do all the time, texting and calling each other.

And the world was watching.

Prosecutors Mary Claire Flynn and Katie Rayburn understood why.

This affects everybody, adults, teenagers, even parents with kids who don't even have phones yet.

Absolutely.

I think it's good to be thinking about what you're putting out there in the world because once you send it, you can't take it back.