What did Mackenzie Shirilla do after killing her boyfriend and his friend? Ohio teenager was found guilty of murder
STRONGSVILLE, OHIO: Mackenzie Shirilla, the Ohio teen who was found guilty of claiming the lives of her boyfriend and his friend after crashing her vehicle at 100 mph into a brick wall, had apparently left more than a dozen bizarre tributes on his online obituary in less than a month after committing the murders.
The 17-year-old convict posted a picture of hers along with the 20-year-old victim Dominic Russo, posing at Universal Studios.
What did Mackenzie Shirilla do after killing her boyfriend and his friend?
"I miss you nug," she wrote under the picture. "I still feel like you're just going to walk in the door any second. I miss your laugh and your perfect smile. I feel your energy around me every day I just wish it was physical. God u are the last person to deserve this you had such a perfect life ahead of you... I wish I told you all this more. Please wait for me."
In the early morning hours of July 22, 2022, Shirilla abruptly accelerated her Toyota Camry on Alameda Drive and collided it into the brick wall of a business unit in Strongsville near Cleveland.
She posted several photos of the pair to the online obituary less than a week after the accident and called Russo her "soulmate" and "love of my life."
Why did Mackenzie Shirilla kill her boyfriend?
Russo and his friend, Davion Flanagan, 19, lost their lives instantly after the accident. According to the prosecutors, Shirilla smashed into the building to end her toxic relationship with Russo, and Flanagan just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. The two were declared dead at the scene while the convict was unconscious and was trapped in the mangled vehicle and had to be extracted.
Before Shirilla started to drive the car, the trio reportedly had been smoking marijuana. Her attorney argued that Shirilla was not trying to kill her passengers and she simply just lost control of the car. "This was not reckless driving. This was murder," Cuyahoga County Judge Nancy Margaret Russo said Monday, August 14, before delivering her verdict, Fox News reports.
"She had a mission, and she executed it with precision. The mission was death," said the judge, as Shirilla wept.
Mackenzie Shirilla has been under the scanner recently for her social media posts
The teenager termed a "literal hell on wheels," came under the scanner for her questionable social media posts which include a now-private TikTok video. "I’m just one of those girls that can do a lot of drugs and not die," she said, staring into the camera.
After a four-day trial, a judge found the now-19-year-old Shirilla guilty of four counts of murder and other charges for the deranged plot. Her conviction carries an automatic sentence of life in prison with the possibility of parole after 15 years.