US woman who sent texts urging suicide convicted of manslaughter

A woman who sent her boyfriend a barrage of text messages urging him to kill himself when they were both teenagers was convicted Friday of involuntary manslaughter. Juvenile Court Judge Lawrence Moniz found that Michelle Carter caused the death of Conrad Roy III.

Carter cried as the judge explained his reasoning but remained stoic when the verdict was read.

Sobs broke out throughout the courtroom when the verdict was pronounced. The judge ruled that

Carter, now 20, can remain free on bail but ordered her not to make any contact with Roy's family and can't leave the state. She faces a sentence of probation to 20 years

in prison.

The sensational trial in Taunton offered a window into teen depression and suicide through text messages and Facebook communications. Carter was 17 when she sent Roy dozens of messages urging him to take his own life in July 2014.

Roy, 18, was found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in his truck in a store parking lot in Fairhaven.