03-08-2017 17:25 via 10tv.com

Woman who sent texts urging suicide gets 15 months in jail

A woman who encouraged her suicidal boyfriend to kill himself in dozens of text messages and told him to "get back in" a truck filled with toxic gas was sentenced Thursday to 15 months in jail for involuntary manslaughter.Michelle Carter was convicted in June by a judge who said her final instruction to Conrad Roy III caused his death. Carter was 17 when the 18-year-old Roy was found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in July 2014.Juvenile Court Judge Lawrence Moniz gave Carter a 2½-year j
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