Conrad Roy III's Father

But later that night, Lynn says, out of the blue, her daughter got a text message from someone quite unexpected.

It was around 10.30 that night.

Michelle Carter is asking where Conrad is, and they have 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 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.

Word spread quickly.

Conrad Roy III was missing.

His family and friends, growing more frantic by the hour, searched everywhere for him.

By mid-morning, his mom decided to call 911.

That evening, about 24 hours after Conrad left his house, his father got a call.

So you go down there to Kmart.

An officer found Conrad dead behind the wheel of his pickup truck.

His dad called Lynn to tell her the awful news.

I couldn't even see.

I felt like I was drugged.

I couldn't eat, slept in the same clothes for days.