--- description: Michelle Carter, 18, later raised money for mental illness in her friend's name title: High School Senior Indicted for Allegedly Encouraging Suicide image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # High School Senior Accused of Encouraging Friend to Kill Himself  by [Daniel D'Addario](/author/daniel-daddario/)  ## Daniel D'Addario Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 28, 2015 7:27 PM CUT  by [Daniel D'Addario](/author/daniel-daddario/)  ## Daniel D'Addario Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 28, 2015 7:27 PM CUT A teenage girl is [facing manslaughter charges](http://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/local%5Fnews/kp-student-charged-with-manslaughter-in-fairhaven-friend-s-death/article%5F821a5d5e-be30-11e4-ada1-7b43f5417c27.html "undefined") for allegedly encouraging a male friend to commit suicide. Michelle Carter, 18, of Plainville, Mass. is accused of having sent text messages to Conrad Roy III as he attempted to kill himself by carbon monoxide poisoning last July, encouraging him to remain in the idling truck as it filled with exhaust fumes. A police report read in part: --- > “” --- Carter, an honor roll student, went on to raise money for mental illness in Roy’s name and wrote on social media about suicide prevention. She has been indicted as a “youthful offender.” \[[_The Sun Chronicle_](http://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/local%5Fnews/kp-student-charged-with-manslaughter-in-fairhaven-friend-s-death/article%5F821a5d5e-be30-11e4-ada1-7b43f5417c27.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3727387/michelle-carter-plainville-suicide-manslaughter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3727387/michelle-carter-plainville-suicide-manslaughter/"},"headline":"High School Senior Accused of Encouraging Friend to Kill Himself","datePublished":"2015-02-28T19:27:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:48:41.985Z","description":"Michelle Carter, 18, later raised money for mental illness in her friend's name","url":"https://time.com/3727387/michelle-carter-plainville-suicide-manslaughter/","keywords":["Suicide","Crime","U.S."],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel D'Addario","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-daddario/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3727387/michelle-carter-plainville-suicide-manslaughter/","name":"High School Senior Accused of Encouraging Friend to Kill Himself"}}]}] ```