{"id":2102,"date":"2019-10-30T18:26:50","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T22:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/?p=2102"},"modified":"2019-10-30T18:26:50","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T22:26:50","slug":"manslaughter-charges-against-former-boston-college-student-similar-to-the-recent-michelle-carter-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/manslaughter-charges-against-former-boston-college-student-similar-to-the-recent-michelle-carter-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Manslaughter charges against former Boston College Student similar to the recent Michelle Carter Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recent charges filed against a former Boston College Student are similar to the landmark Michelle Carter case where the SJC found that passive conduct of sending text messages could constitute involuntary manslaughter, despite the fact that Carter was not present at the time of death in that case. \u00a0Inyoung You, 21, was recently charged with involuntary manslaughter in response to an incident where her boyfriend, Alexander Urtula, 22, jumped from a parking garage killing himself just only hours before his graduation from Boston College.\u00a0Authorities stated that You, who was also a Boston College student, was \u201cphysically, verbally, and psychologically abusive\u201d towards Urtula during their 18-month relationship.<\/p>\n<p>According to news reports, You was present at the parking garage when Urtula jumped because she had tracked his location.\u00a0 Prosecutors said that You repeatedly text Urtula encouraging him to commit suicide saying such things as, \u201cgo kill yourself\u201d or \u201cgo die\u201d and making statements that You, Urtula\u2019s family, and the world would be better off without Urtula.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors contend that You was aware of Urtula\u2019s depression and describe a pattern of abuse and manipulation throughout the relationship in which You allegedly exercised \u201ctotal control\u201d of Urtula both mentally and emotionally by the demands and threats she made to him.\u00a0 In the two months before Urtula\u2019s death, You sent more than 47,000 text messages to Urtula in which she told him to kill himself \u201chundreds of times,\u201d according to Rollins.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/manslaughter-charges-against-former-boston-college-student-similar-to-the-recent-michelle-carter-case\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Manslaughter charges against former Boston College Student similar to the recent Michelle Carter Case\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent charges filed against a former Boston College Student are similar to the landmark Michelle Carter case where the SJC found that passive conduct of sending text messages could constitute involuntary manslaughter, despite the fact that Carter was not present at the time of death in that case. \u00a0Inyoung You, 21, was recently charged with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-involuntary-manslaughter"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Manslaughter charges against former Boston College Student similar to the recent Michelle Carter Case &#8212; 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