Trigger Warning: This article contains gruesome details of murder and violence, which may be triggering for some readers.
New attention has been drawn to Mackenzie Shirilla and her case following the release of the documentary 'The Crash.' Released on May 15, the documentary revolves around the then-17-year-old's case and how she crashed her car, resulting in the deaths of her boyfriend and his friend. Now, Shirilla's jail call with her mother has emerged, revealing further details about her case and her sentence.
Mackenzie Shirilla's Jail Call with Her Mother Revealed
According to PEOPLE, Mackenzie Shirilla made a call to her mother, Natalie Shirilla, after her arrest and incarceration. The call reveals Shirilla expressing her fear of not being able to become a mother. In the call, she tells her mother that she 'doesn't want to live here with these people.' Her mother, however, replies by stating that it does not sound 'that bad' anyway.
Further into the call, she tells her mother, 'I feel like I want to live off the grid, like, and I'm just — I'm just I'm thinking about like how I'm just gonna be like old when I get out of jail and like, I don't know, like I'm not gonna be able to have kids or like a family and sh-- like that.' In response, Natalie is heard telling her daughter not to go to that place and to just hold on. It has not been revealed exactly when the call between Shirilla and her mother took place.
About 'The Crash'
The official premise of the documentary reads: 'The Crash traces the investigation following the 2022 collision that killed Dominic 'Dom' Russo and Davion Flanagan and left the driver, Mackenzie Shirilla, as the sole survivor. Through bodycam and surveillance video, cell phone recordings, courtroom footage, and interviews with the families of all three people involved, the film reconstructs the events of that night. It follows the months-long investigation that transformed a presumed accident into a double-murder case.'
While Shirilla was convicted of 12 felonies and sentenced to 15 years in jail, she and her parents have maintained that she had no ill intent and that at the time of the crash, she had suffered from a medical episode that resulted in the tragedy.
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