{"id":25756,"date":"2021-09-01T19:50:01","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T23:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=25756"},"modified":"2021-09-01T19:50:01","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T23:50:01","slug":"new-true-crime-special-michelle-carter-love-texts-death-explores-how-texts-can-have-dire-consequences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/01\/new-true-crime-special-michelle-carter-love-texts-death-explores-how-texts-can-have-dire-consequences\/","title":{"rendered":"New True Crime Special &#8220;Michelle Carter: Love, Texts &#038; Death&#8221; Explores How Texts Can Have Dire Consequences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7070\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/investigation-discovery.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/investigation-discovery.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/investigation-discovery-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/investigation-discovery-560x315.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/investigation-discovery-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/investigation-discovery-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>From the outside, it seemed as though 17-year-old Michelle Carter and 18-year-old Conrad Roy had a modern clandestine romance, mostly communicating online via phone calls and texts while keeping their relationship secret from family and certain friends. But a darker secret was Conrad&#8217;s struggle with mental health issues, including depression. He confided in Michelle, and she seemed to be helping him. But Michelle had her own struggles, and no one expected this seemingly innocent relationship to have such a tragic end. What began with Michelle encouraging Conrad to seek help took a disturbing turn, resulting in Conrad&#8217;s suicide. When police search for answers, the true relationship between the teens is uncovered, and Michelle Carter finds herself on trial for involuntary manslaughter for the role she may have played in Conrad&#8217;s death. MICHELLE CARTER: LOVE, TEXTS &amp; DEATH will be available to stream on discovery+ Tuesday, September 7, and will premiere on ID @ 9PM.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re honored that Conrad Roy&#8217;s family trusted us to tell his story by sharing the raw and emotional video diaries he filmed about his struggles with loneliness and mental illness,&#8221; said Jason Sarlanis, President, Crime and Investigative Content, Linear and Streaming. &#8220;As the world becomes increasingly more digital it&#8217;s more important than ever to shed light on the fact that our words can have grave consequences, even online or by text.&#8221;<\/p><div id=\"morty-3339174447\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>MICHELLE CARTER: LOVE, TEXTS &amp; DEATH delves into the complicated relationship between Michelle Carter and Conrad Roy using an extensive archive of texts and online activity between the two teenagers, including video diaries from Conrad himself that provide a better glimpse into how he was struggling prior to his death. 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