I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth Vs Michelle Carter – Concrete Playground

Tackling a complex case, this documentary explores both the prosecution and the defence’s side of the story.

When Massachusetts teenager Conrad Roy was found dead in his truck in 2014, in a Kmart parking lot, it was ruled a suicide. But then the police investigating his passing discovered text messages sent to Roy by his 17-year-old girlfriend Michelle Carter, and noted the onslaught of words encouraging him to take his own life. That’s the case that I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth Vs Michelle Carter delves into, splitting the details across two parts — with the first charting the prosecution’s side of the story, and the second focusing on the defence.

It’s a tragic and complicated case, and it’s also one that inspires a…