carter is one step closer to standing trial for allegedly convincing her 18-year-old boyfriend, conrad roy commit suicide. prosecutors arguing carter, now 18, encouraged him in dozens of text messages. >> she goes back, "when are you going to do it? stop ignoring the question." question mark, question mark, question mark, question mark. "you can't keep pushing it off." >> reporter: roy died of carbon monoxide poisoning in july 2014 after locking himself inside his truck in this kmart parking lot. at the time prosecutors say he was on the phone with carter for 47 minutes, at one point telling her he was getting out of the truck because he feared it wasn't working. >> he was scared. she told him to get back in the car. >> reporter: and just days before, in another text message, carter writing, "don't be scared. you're finally to be happy in heaven." >> it's inconceivable. i just don't understand how someone could do that. to encourage someone they claim to love. >> reporter: according to court documents, roy had attempted suicide and had been hospitalized before he had even met carter. and i

>> michelle carter is one step closer to standing trial for allegedly convincing her boyfriend, conrad royo commit suicide. carter now 18 is said to have encouraged him in dozens of text messages. >> she went back when are you going to do it, stop ignoring the question, question mark, question mark, question mark. you can't keep pushing it off. >> he died of carbon monoxide poisoning in 2015 after locking himself in this kmart parking lot in his truck. at one point he was telling her he was getting out of the truck because it wasn't working. >> he was scared and she told him to get back in the truck. >> it's inconceivablinconceivabd someone do that, ep courage someone they game to clof. >> according to court documents, he had attempted suicide before he met carter and one week before suicide, he expressed his desire to take his own life. he wrote, i can't get better i already made my decision and now the defense is trying to have the involuntarily manslaughter charge dropped. >> he brain washed her to the point where she is now accepting his idea of this is my only option. >> in a statemen

page 13 of commonwealth response to motion to dismiss] prosecutors arguing carter - now 18 - drove conrad roy to kill himself?encouraging him in dozens of text messages ? sot maryclare flynn, prosecutor (from august 2015 hearing discussing motion to dismiss) "he goes back, when are you roy died of carbon monoxide poisoning in july 2014 after locking himself inside his truck in this k-mart parking lot? [page 17/response] at the time prosecutors say he was on the phone with carter for 47 minutes?at one point telling her he was getting out of the truck because he feared it wasn't working ?[page 17/response] sot maryclare flynn, prosecutor (from august 2015 hearing discussing motion to dismiss) "the car was filling up and he was scared. she told him to get back in the car." and just days before- in another text message- carter great aunt (from august 2015 court hearing/outside court reax) it's inconceivable. i just don't understand how someone could do that. to encourage someone they claimed to love. according to court documents, roy had attempted suicide and had been hospitalized before he had e

prosecutors arguing carter - now 18 - drove conrad roy to kill himself?encouraging him in dozens of text messages ? sot maryclare flynn, prosecutor "he goes back, when are you gonna do it.. stop ignoring the question. question mark, question mark, question mark. you can't keep pushing it off." roy died of carbon monoxide poisoning in july 2014 after locking himself inside his truck in this k-mart parking lot? at the time prosecutors say he was on the phone with carter for 47 minutes?at one point telling her he was getting out of the truck because he feared it wasn't flynn, prosecutor "the car was filling up and he was scared. she told him to get back in the car." and just days before- in another text message- carter writing "don't be scared?you're finally to be happy in heaven." sot - claudette roy-viaol - roy's great aunt it's inconceivable. i just don't understand how someone could do that. to encourage someone they claimed to love. according to court documents, roy had attempted suicide and had been hospitalized before he had even met carter.. and in o

michelle carter is charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection to the twenty fourteen death of conrad roy carter allegedly sent the eighteen year old dozens of text messages before he took his own life or defense attorney is expected to appeal a judge's decision last year to dismiss the charge. look for much more on the story ahead on good morning america. new information this morning as the tax filing season kicks off today now there is a growing concern because of a move by federal lawmakers. if you owe money to the irs might start getting calls from debt collectors by march congress voted to hire private debt collectors we passed a new highway funding bill but also means scammers might try to properly do out of money. iris scans have been growing in popularity with ease using it to steal personal information your money and identities look for more on the story ahead on good morning america this morning what's app users are now a one dollars richer the figure facebook has messaging app which had been charging an annual subscription fee will now be free to choose the company also promise

prosecutors arguing carter, now 18 drove conrad roy to kill himself by encouraging him in dozens of text messages. >> she goes back, when are you going to do it. stop ignoring the question, question mark, question mark, question mark, you can't keep >> roy died of carbon monoxide poisoning, in july 2014 after locking himself inside his truck in this kmart parking lot. at the time, prosecutors say he was on the phone with carter for 47 minutes at one point telling her he was getting out of the truck because he feared it wasn't working. >> he was scared. she told him to get back in the car. >> and just days before, in a text message, carter writing don't be scared you're finally going to be happy in heaven. >> it's inconceivable, i just don't understand how somebody could do that, to encourage someone they claim to love. >> reporter: according to court documents, roy had attempted suicide and had been hospitalized before he had even met carter. and in one text message, two weeks before his suicide, his own life. i can't get better, i already made my decision. the defense now trying for a i

michelle carter stands accused of encouraging conrad roy to kill himself.oint to text messages between the pair where carter wrote, quote, don't be scared. you're finally going to be happy in heaven. but the defense claims roy already made up his mind. still, pruosecutors say carter played a big role. >> instead of attempting to assist him or notify a school official, counselor, family member, anyone, miss carter is alleged to have strongly influenced his decision to take his own life. >> all right. where do you stand on this? >> i hate this story for a number of reasons. first, she did the wrong thing as a person. but to make that causal connection between texting a boyfriend who was suicidal and you're 25 miles away and you're only corresponding with him via a phone, i don't think we can make the causal connection that those texts caused his death. >> why not? >> they hadn't seen each other in a year. >> right. >> he had already tried to take his own life before he even met her. so ladies and gentlemen of the jury, this person had his mind made up. he had

carter is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the connection to the twenty fourteen death of conrad roy carter allegedly sent the eighteen year old dozens of text messages before he took his own life. defense attorney is expected to appeal a judge's decision last year that was to dismiss those charges. look for more on this story ahead on good morning america the new information this morning as the tax filing season kicks off today now there is a growing concern because of the move by federal lawmakers if you owe money to the irs may start getting calls from congress voted to hire private debt collectors when it passed a new highway funding bill that also means that scammers might try to fraudulently dupe you out of your money iris scans have been growing in popularity with ease using it to steal personal information and identities and stick around for good morning america abc's mary bruce has more on how you can keep your money safe from scammers ahead at seven o'clock after daybreak this morning bad news from china could be good news the country's economic growth last year was the slo

carter is one step closer to standing trial for allegedly convincing her 18-year-old boyfriend conrad roy to commit suicide. prosecutors arguing carter now 18 encouraged him in dozens of text messages. >> she goes back, when are you going to do it? stop ignoring the question. question mark, question mark, question mark, question mark. you can't keep pushing it off. >> reporter: roy died of carbon monoxide poisoning after locking himself inside his truck in this at the time, prosecutors say he was on the phone with carter for 47 minutes. at one point telling her he was getting out of the truck because he feared it wasn't working. >> he was scared. she told him to get back in the car. >> reporter: just days before in another text message carter writing, don't be scared. you're finally to be happy in heaven heaven. >> it's inconceivable. i don't understand how someone could do that, to encourage someone they claim to love. >> reporter: roy had attempted suicide and had been hospitalize hospitalized before he even met carter and in one text message two weeks before his suicide, he expressed h