Conrad Roy III's Father

In her opening statement, Flynn drew a straight line from Michelle Carter's badgering and bullying to Conrad's death in the truck that night.

He kept saying that to her.

I don't want to do this.

It would hurt my family.

And she kept saying, don't worry about them.

All the fears that he brought up, she had a reason to go around them and convince him that those things weren't real.

There are people who are going to 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.

The Commonwealth put Sam Boardman on the stand to read that incriminating message.

And another one in which Michelle described listening to Conrad die.

But as the trial continued...

there was a nagging question.

Why would she do this?

She wanted the attention.

When her friends were not hanging out with her or not spending time with her, she would say things and do things to try to get their attention.

She wanted them to be friends with her.

It was a shocking theory.