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The judge found that Michelle Carter caused the death of Conrad Roy III, who intentionally filled his truck with canada goose outlet shop carbon monoxide in a Fairhaven, Mass., store parking lot in July 2014.
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“She did not issue a simple additional instruction: Get out of the truck,” the judge said.
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The judge said he did not take into account in his verdict Roy’s previous suicide attempts.
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