TAUNTON, MA — Michelle Carter was more than 30 miles away when 18-year-old Conrad Roy III died in a shopping center parking lot, but her texts to him proved that she failed to act to prevent his July 2014 death, Judge Lawrence Moniz ruled Friday morning.

In a case that has drawn national attention, Carter, 20, of Plainville, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in a bench decision after she waived her right to a jury trial. | More…

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