399: What Netflix's "The Crash" Left Out | Proof, Receipts & Timelines | The Case of Mackenzie Shirilla

Summary

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Serialously with Annie Elise

Episode 399: What Netflix's "The Crash" Left Out | Proof, Receipts & Timelines | The Case of Mackenzie Shirilla

Podcast Host: Annie Elise
Date: May 18, 2026

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Episode Overview

This in-depth episode unpacks the real story behind Netflix’s "The Crash," examining the facts, overlooked details, and contentious evidence in the case of Mackenzie Shirilla. Annie Elise, known for her detail-driven true crime analysis, presents extensive research, evidence, and post-trial revelations—inviting listeners to critically assess whether this was a tragic accident or a deliberate act of murder.

Annie covers:

• The crash and its immediate aftermath
• Relationship history of those involved
• Judicial proceedings and trial revelations
• Social media and community reactions
• Insights Netflix left out
• Notable quotes and memorable court moments

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Setting the Scene and Community Impact

• Incident: On July 31, 2022, a car crash in Strongsville, Ohio, left Dominic Russo (20) and Davion Flanagan (19) dead; Mackenzie Shirilla (17 at the time) survived with severe injuries ([05:23]).
• Rumors vs. Facts: Initial confusion in the community—was it a tragic accident or something intentional? Annie frames the episode around the debate, saying:

  “...there’s a lot of division with this case...Is this a spoiled young girl lashing out, or just a horrific accident by someone too young to understand the consequences?” ([01:17])

2. Examining the Night of the Crash

• Timeline:
  • Crash occurred ~5:34 am ([05:23])
  • 911 call made at 6:15 am by a jogger
  • All three occupants trapped in a mangled car upon EMS arrival
• Community & Family Loss: Both Dominic and Davion were remembered for their ambitions and contributions ([05:53]).

3. The Background: Relationships, Past Incidents, and Character Portrayals

• Tumultuous Relationship:
  Mackenzie and Dominic had an on/off, volatile romance, with allegations of controlling and erratic behavior from Mackenzie, as reported by classmates ([09:06], [10:27]).
• Social Media Scrutiny:
  Community outrage grew as Mackenzie’s post-accident social media (weed costumes, light-hearted posts) surfaced, appearing to lack remorse ([10:27]).
• Prior Threats and Incidents:
  Key prior incidents admitted at trial include Mackenzie threatening to crash her car with Dominic as a passenger and aggressive confrontations—substantiated by calls, messages, and video evidence ([22:30], [30:11]).

4. Investigation and Arrest

• Evidence:
  • THC detected in Mackenzie’s blood; no mushrooms in system despite drug evidence in the car ([12:47]).
  • Security camera and car “black box” (EDR) data showed the car reached 100mph and Mackenzie never attempted to brake ([21:39], [23:35]).
• Arrest Footage:
  • Released in 2025, showing Mackenzie expressing concern for her jewelry over the charges:

  “Could you please be careful taking this one off so it doesn’t break? The bracelet, please.” ([15:00])

• Annie’s reaction:

  “Her first response...was to take care of a bracelet...That’s what rattled her. That’s what made her upset.” ([15:40])

5. Trial Highlights

• Legal Strategy:
  Mackenzie waived her right to a jury for a bench trial ([21:00]).
• Evidence Presented:
  • Surveillance clearly showed acceleration toward the building.
  • EDR data proved she floored the accelerator, never applied brakes; steering wheel made a hard right before impact ([23:35]).
  • Prosecution entered previous threats and recordings as proof of intent ([30:11], [33:10]).
• Defense Argument:
  Focused on medical explanations (POTS syndrome), possible passenger interference, or a panicked overcorrection ([39:04]).

Timestamps for Key Trial Evidence

• Crash Video & EDR data: [21:39] - [23:35]
• Prior threat recording: [30:11] - [33:10]
• Courtroom testimonies from families: [44:51] - [53:28]

6. Judgment and Sentencing

• Judge’s Verdict:

  “She morphs from a responsible driver to literal hell on wheels as she makes her way down the street. Mackenzie alone made the decision to drive the car, to drive an obscure route, a route she visited a few days before…She had a mission and she executed it with precision. The mission was death.” ([41:18])

• Mackenzie was found guilty on all counts: multiple counts of murder, felonious assault, and aggravated vehicular homicide ([44:31]).
• Sentencing:
  15 years to life; Mackenzie eligible for parole at age 34 ([73:23]).

7. Victim Impact Statements

• Jamie Flanagan (Davion’s mother):

  “My son did not have a clique of friends, but instead was a friend to all...We will never get to see the amazing man he was surely to become.” ([45:10] - [47:56])

• Christine Russo (Dominic’s mother):

  “No one wanted this to be murder...but this was not a car accident. The evidence inside proved that Mackenzie murdered my son Dominick...” ([49:49])

• Deep, heart-wrenching loss expressed; strong condemnation of Mackenzie’s perceived lack of remorse.

8. Post-Trial Developments & Ongoing Controversies

• Appeals & New Defense Claims:
  • New legal team argued unseen evidence (texts about Dominic grabbing the wheel) and medical episodes as alternate explanations for the crash ([73:47]).
  • Petition for new trial rejected for being one day late ([74:45]).
• Family Interviews & Public Perception:
  • Mackenzie’s mother defends her daughter in newly released interviews ([76:49]):

    “Show me one piece of evidence...that says she did this on purpose. Show it to me...But there isn’t any.” ([77:08])

  • Jailhouse calls with Mackenzie furthered the perception of her entitlement and lack of accountability ([79:29]).

9. Analysis & Reflections

• Host’s Perspective:
  Annie maintains her stance on intentionality, emphasizing the weight of evidence and demonstrating skepticism toward post-verdict medical explanations.

  “I never had too much hope that Mackenzie would show actual remorse...she’s always seen herself as the victim and probably always will.” ([78:29]) “Even if it was a medical episode...where’s the remorse and the accountability?” ([83:54])

• Invitation to Listeners:
  Annie encourages comments and votes on whether listeners think the crash was intentional or accidental ([82:59]).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• [15:00] Mackenzie (on arrest):
  “Could you please be careful taking this one off so it doesn’t break? The bracelet, please.”
• [41:18] Judge (on surveillance):
  “...She morphs from a responsible driver to literal hell on wheels...She had a mission and she executed it with precision. The mission was death.”
• [45:10] Jamie Flanagan (Davion's mother):
  “He made friends easily with his infectious smile. He was a gifted athlete...we are forever Nick Davion we miss you terribly but as Christians we pray with hope.”
• [66:22] Mackenzie (defendant’s final remarks):
  “I hope one day you can see I would never let this happen or do it on purpose. I wish I could remember what happened. I’m just so sorry. I’m heartbroken.”
• [73:23] Sentencing:
  “There’s a very good likelihood, Mackenzie, that you will spend the rest of your life in prison. That won’t be up to me. That will be up to the parole board.”

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Major Timestamps

• [05:23]: Crash incident and early investigation
• [10:27]: Social media fallout and community responses
• [14:04]: Arrest, bodycam footage, and public reaction
• [21:39]: Trial begins; EDR/car data explained
• [23:35]: EDR & prosecution’s arguments for intent
• [30:11]: Recording of threats; 404(b) evidence
• [41:18]: Judge’s statement on the crash & intent
• [44:46]: Mackenzie found guilty; family reactions
• [45:10]: Victim impact statements
• [73:23]: Sentencing and Judge’s reasoning
• [73:47]: New legal defense and post-trial filings
• [76:49]: Mackenzie and her mother's post-trial interviews
• [79:29]: Jailhouse calls revealing attitude, lack of remorse
• [82:59]: Annie seeks listener opinions

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Conclusion

Annie Elise’s deep dive exposes the limitations of the Netflix adaptation, presenting new insights, critical evidence, and raw family testimony. By presenting untold aspects—like the detailed timeline, digital forensics, and family dynamics—she invites listeners to reconsider the narrative and wrestle with the ambiguity between accident and intent. The discussion closes by challenging the audience to reflect on legal accountability, family bias, and the profound damages left in the wake of the crime.

Host’s Closing Remark:
“Be nice. Don’t kill people. Just be a good human and drive the speed limit.” ([85:30])

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Transcript

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[Mackenzie's Mother]

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I was just kinda shocked really.

[Annie (Podcast Host)]

I didn't really know how to process it all.

[Annie Elise (True Crime BFF/Co-host)]

The car's split in two.

[Narrator/Announcer]

It truly was a horrific crash site. There's a occupant inside. We gotta bust the window out.

[Annie (Podcast Host)]

I just felt like there was more

[Narrator/Announcer]

to the story than just an accidental crash.

[Annie (Podcast Host)]

Hey, true crime besties. Welcome back to an all new episode of Serial Asleep.

[Dominic Russo]

Foreign.

[Annie (Podcast Host)]

Welcome back to an all new episode of Serial Lessly with me, your host

[Annie Elise (True Crime BFF/Co-host)]

and your true crime bff, Annie Elise.

[Annie (Podcast Host)]

Now, if you are brand new, listening to this podcast or watching this YouTube channel for the very first time, let me just give you a breakdown. My name is Annie and what I like to do on here is not only deliver and present a true crime case to you, but do it in a way where it is the full deep dive going down the rabbit hole so that you don't to all the details, the social media activity, past relationships, everything that you find yourself googling yourself when you're watching a documentary. I find all that information out and then I present all of it to you. But my goal in doing that is to do it in more of a conversational way, as if your friend or best friend was telling you about this case that they just heard about and that they can't stop researching or thinking about or talking about. So again, if you're brand new, that's what we do over here. If you enjoy it, subscribe and follow the podcast. And you know, that's how it goes. Every single Monday, a brand new case. And then every Thursday I do an episode called Headline Highlights where I talk about everything happening in real time that week in the true crime world. Now today we are doing one of the infamous deep dives and you may have heard about this case. If you listen to True Crime or follow True Crime, you may have also seen clips of the trial or footage from the case in your TikTok feed or your Instagram Reels feed because it's the case of Mackenzie Shurilla, a name that a lot of people do know, but many don't. You also might be familiar with the name because Netflix just released a documentary about this case. Called the crash. And what's really interesting is there's a lot of division with this case. Many people believe that what happened was intentional, that this is, you know, the product and result of a spoiled young girl who had everything in her life. And then the moment she. Something went wrong, she decided to take it out on everybody else. While some say, no, this was absolutely accidental, she was too young to know how severe this was going to be and what her actions would truly cause. And there's a little bit of conflicting opinion out there. Now, I will say this personally. I first covered MacKenzie's case years ago, and with that, I have done extensive research. I've interviewed a lot of people close to the case. I participated in a documentary back then where I was shown a lot of privileged information before it even went to trial. Different things like that to where. My belief is that this was absolutely intentional. But again, not everybody agrees with that, and that's certainly okay. Which that's my point and why I'm coming on here today. I want to present the case to you with a set of fresh eyes, new perspectives, everything we've learned, things that have come out post trial so that then you can really decide for yourselves. What do you believe? Do you believe that this is all just a horrific, tragic accident, or do you believe that this was calculated and intentional? So let's start here. I want you for just a moment to imagine being a teenager again, because, and I say again because I feel like a lot of you aren't teens. I feel like we skew a little older over here, so. But if you are a teen, you're involved, too. But I want you to imagine being a teenager and you're just graduating high school. It's that super exciting time in your life where you're young, you're full of life, you have dreams, ambitions, there's parties, there's excitement. And like, you just can't wait for what's to come. But then you get word that three other teenagers who live in your area, potentially even our classmates of yours, were in a deadly car crash. And even more than that, one of the worst car crashes that first responders had ever seen in the Ohio area. It rattled the entire community. There was shock, grief, confusion. But above all else, there were a lot of rumors. Rumors that took what seemed to be a very simple yet tragic car accident and into something potentially far worse. So let's jump right in.

[Annie Elise (True Crime BFF/Co-host)]

In the early morning of July 31, 2022, the peaceful suburb of Strongsville, Ohio, nestled just outside of Cleveland, became the Scene of a heart wrenching tragedy that rocked its tight knit community forever. Initial reports began to surface about a devastating car accident involving three people. 19 year old Davion Flanagan, 20 year old Dominic Russo and 17 year old MacKenzie Shrilla. Both Davion and Mackenzie had just graduated from Strongsville High School just a few months earlier. Early on in the investigation, law enforcement believed that Mackenzie Shurilla somehow lost control of the Toyota Camry that she was driving and then crashed into a brick building on Alameda Drive at 5:34. It wasn't till approximately 45 minutes later at 6:15am That a passerbyer, a runner who was out morning jog, came upon the wreckage and immediately dialed 91 1. When law enforcement arrived, they found all three passengers unconscious, unresponsive and trapped within what was now just a brutally mangled car frame. The first responders from Strongsville Fire department worked quickly to help get Dominic, Davion and Mackenzie out of the car. Unfortunately though, both Dominic and Davion were declared dead at the scene. Mackenzie, who was driving the car, was critically injured and flown Metro Health Medical center investigators waited for the results of her blood testing which would show if drugs or alcohol played a role in this crash. The victim's families and the community were completely grief stricken and frankly just sick about this. Dominic and Davion now had their potential dreams and futures abruptly cut short. Dominic had started a successful business and always talked about all of his big plans for the future. And Davion was a fantastic football player, well known in the community and had plans to open up his own barber shop after high school. But now all of that was gone in an instant. The community's sadness and loss eventually led to many questions. Why was this a one car accident? If Mackenzie lost control of the car, how did that happen? What was going on inside the car leading up to this? Was Mackenzie intoxicated or under the influence of some type of drug? Why were all three of them even over on Alameda street in that part of town in the early morning hours? To begin with, it's not near where Mackenzie, Dominic or Davion lived. So where were they going and how could this possibly happen? Mackenzie underwent extensive medical treatment for her injuries and somehow survived. Miraculously. However, she said that she couldn't remember what happened leading up to the crash. She said that she had blacked out. Now just for a moment, I am going to draw on my personal experience for a second. A lot of you know who have been with me for a while on here that you know that I was in a horrific car accident when I was 16 years old. I wasn't wearing my seatbelt. I flew, hit the windshield, knocked out some teeth, ended up having brain surgery from how awful this car accident was. And I can say even now, I still do not remember anything from that accident. And I wasn't the one driving, but I was in the accident, and I'm still blacked out. I remember leaving the house that morning. I don't remember the accident. I don't remember the final. The moments coming out of the accident. The first memory I have is when first responders were already there on scene and they were cutting me out of my clothing and getting me out of the car. But I don't remember anything else.

[Annie (Podcast Host)]

So there has been a lot of

[Annie Elise (True Crime BFF/Co-host)]

speculation if Mackenzie was in fact blacked out during the accident or not, or even has a recollection of the memories leading up to the accident itself and if that's true or not. And I, while I don't know in her situation if she's lying or if it were true, and we'll talk more about that as we go on, but I do want to mention that it is entirely possible to black out even the events leading up to the collision itself, because for me, it. That is what exactly happened. So while law enforcement began going further into their investigation, many people in the community began to talk. And the community had strong, yet mixed feelings about what they thought happened here. Some people thought that this was just a tragic accident, but others who knew Mackenzie and Dominic and knew them more closely began to believe that this wasn't an accident at all. And instead, it was something far more sinister. Mackenzie and Dominic began dating in 2021, and they had an overall tumultuous relationship. They would break up, get back together, and then they would do it all over again. The pattern just was on repeat.

[Annie (Podcast Host)]

And I know that that can be sort of a vague statement saying that a relationship, you know, is tumultuous, but we're going to get into their relationship more in just a little bit here, so stick with me because a lot of information has come out since I first covered this case.

[Annie Elise (True Crime BFF/Co-host)]

Davion was one of Dominic's close friends. According to news reports, Davion, Dominic and Mackenzie were hanging out at a party and smoking a little bit of weed the night leading up to the crash. And Mackenzie and Dominic offered to give Davion a ride home. Mackenzie was described by people who knew her in high school as selfish and entitled, and she never had to really take any accountability for her actions. She always just kind of got away with everything. After Mackenzie began to recover from the accident, many of the posts on her Instagram and TikTok really upset people as well. And we will get into specifically what she posted here shortly. Don't worry. Most of her social media has now been deleted, so I couldn't find much except for a few screenshots here and there. However, people in the community who knew her from school commented on social media about Mackenzie's behavior, and all of those comments are still public. Some of the posts said that her parents knew about her drug use and that her mom would like of the pictures that she posted when she was smoking weed. And some pictures sparked outrage because people thought that she just was moving on with her life as if nothing ever happened, with no remorse at all. There were also some pictures Mackenzie posted with her and her friend dressed as a weed for Halloween, which also caused a huge stir online. Several classmates weren't surprised that this horrific tragedy resulted from Mackenzie's actions, even going as far as to say that she probably would have killed someone one day anyway and that she only cared about herself and herself only. Other people felt like Mackenzie had definitely done drugs and that that is what caused the crash. And the police seemed like they weren't doing anything about it. And now this was another situation where Mackenzie would just get away with her selfish and dangerous behavior once again, while all of that online speculation and discussion over what happened that tragic night wouldn't matter for much longer because a few days after Halloween, everything changed. It turned out that the police were not letting Mackenzie get away with anything, and they had been conducting a thorough investigation this entire time. On November 4, 2022, MacKenzie was arrested. According to court documents, McKenzie faced a total of 18 charges. Counts 1 and 2, aggravated murder. Counts 3, 4, 5 and 6.

[Mackenzie (Defendant)]

Murder.

[Annie Elise (True Crime BFF/Co-host)]

Counts 7, 8, 9 and 10, felonious assault. Counts 11 and 12, aggravated vehicular homicide. And all of these charges were related to that crash on July 31, 2022. Count 13, trafficking. Count 14, drug possession. And both of these charges were for the magic mushrooms that were found inside the car. Count 15, possessing criminal tools. And this was for a digital scale that was found in the car. So there were 15 charges in total related to the car crash and to the deaths of Dominic and Davion. The other three charges were for allegedly breaking into the Columbia Church of God in Columbia Station on July 19, 2022. Those charges were count 16, breaking and entering. Count 17, vandalism. Count 18, desecration. MacKenzie's blood test from the hospital revealed that she had THC in her system and that she was likely high at the time of the accident. After their investigation and talking to witnesses who saw her that night, even though mushrooms were found in her car, this was apparently not in her test result. Mackenzie's bail was set at $500,000, but she didn't get bailed out of jail and remained in juvenile custody until it was time for trial.

[Annie (Podcast Host)]

The body cam footage of Mackenzie's arrest was finally released in 2025. And I have to be real with you, it's an absolute doozy. And I don't use that word lightly. I personally hate that word. And I don't want to give too much away before I show you guys some of the clips, which, for those of you who are listening to the audio version of this, you'll be able to hear what's happening. But I do encourage you pop over to YouTube, watch the visual as well, because I think that will provide more context. But what I have to say is that Mackenzie shows absolutely zero remorse, zero remorse for any of the crimes that she was being charged with. Hi, Mackenzie. Step out for me. I'm Detective Jesu. I'm the one who's been investigating the crash.

[Detective Jesu]

You're under arrest for aggravated murder times two.

[Annie (Podcast Host)]

Okay? Nobody's gonna ask you any questions. Nobody's gonna bother you. Can I have your key, please?

[Mackenzie (Defendant)]

Could you please be careful taking this one off so it doesn't break? The bracelet, please.

[Annie (Podcast Host)]

You got it? You got it? Okay, Mackenzie, I'm gonna take your handcuffs off.

[Narrator/Announcer]

I need, like, all the jewelry and

[Annie (Podcast Host)]

everything to come off, okay?

[Mackenzie (Defendant)]

I can't wear any of it.

[Annie (Podcast Host)]

No, I need you to take it

[Narrator/Announcer]

off while you're in jail right now.

[Mackenzie (Defendant)]

I can't wear these.

[Annie (Podcast Host)]

No. Unfortunately, everything's gonna have to come off of right now.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Once we know when the detective comes back and we know for sure what's going on, everything's gonna be bagged up here.

[Annie (Podcast Host)]

It's not going anywhere. Sorry.

[Mackenzie (Defendant)]

This is like, one of those, which is really hard to get off.

[Annie (Podcast Host)]

That's fine. Take your time. Her first response to being told that she was being charged with murder was to take care of a bracelet, take care of a bracelet so that it didn't break. And then after being told that she could not wear any jewelry in jail, which obviously should be common sense, right? But I guess it's not all that common. Who knows? She started to break down. That's what rattled her. That's what made her upset because she couldn't wear jewelry into the jailhouse. I mean, again, it just kind of goes back for me at least into this spoiled, entitled young girl thinking that

[Annie Elise (True Crime BFF/Co-host)]

the world revolves around her.

[Annie (Podcast Host)]

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[Annie Elise (True Crime BFF/Co-host)]

Since she was a minor at the time of the crash and charged as such, there weren't many public details about this case that were released. However, all that changed in March of 2023 when prosecutors and the judge agreed to try her as an adult. When the crash occurred on July 31, 2022, Mackenzie was 17. Her birthday is on August 2, so she turned 18 just two days after everything happened. She had a hearing in April of 2023 via Zoom, where Mackenzie pleaded not guilty as the judge continued her bond at $500,000. But again, Mackenzie remained in custody. During the hearing, the prosecution told the court, the evidence in this case overwhelmingly indicates that these were intentional and purpose. On July 19, 2023, almost a year after the horrific crash, MacKenzie had her first pre trial hearing. During the hearing, Mackenzie did not accept a plea deal that the prosecution was offering and her lawyer indicated that they were prepared for trial. In the U S. You have a right to a trial by jury or a bench trial. If defendants want to waive their right to a trial by jury for whatever reason, they can. And this can be a defense strategy if for some reason they are worried about what a jury verdict would be. Some defendants may feel like they would have more of a fair shot if the judge were to decide their verdict based on the law, fearing that potential jurors would make their decision based on emotion and not the law.

[Annie (Podcast Host)]

Necessarily.

[Annie Elise (True Crime BFF/Co-host)]

However, that isn't the only reason that people waive trial by jury. There are a number of reasons why people choose that route. Additionally, defendants do not have to provide a reason to the court for their decision to waive a jury trial. So with that, that's what Mackenzie chose and her bench trial was set for August 7th. The first day of trial began on August 7th, just five days after MacKenzie's 19th birthday. During opening statements, the prosecution detailed all of the moments leading up to the devastating crash.

[Narrator/Announcer]

6:15 in the morning, Strongsville police and emergency personnel. I received the 911 call.

[Annie Elise (True Crime BFF/Co-host)]

They revealed the black box inside Mackenzie's vehicle had been clocked at 100 miles per hour. Black boxes aren't the official term. It's an EDR, or event data recorder. But these devices record driving and vehicle data from immediately before, during and after an automobile crash. And that wasn't all. They also had cold, hard evidence to prove this, because when the accident occurred, a nearby building security camera caught the entire thing on video. In the video, you can see MacKenzie's car going extremely fast before disappearing off the screen and ultimately crashing. The prosecution also said that this didn't just happen based on reckless driving either, and they would present a witness who overheard Mackenzie's threats that he observed at

[Narrator/Announcer]

that time, the defendant striking Dominic Russo with both hands and that he overheard her make a statement, an admissible statement. And she said, dominic, I'm going to crash this car. We find that it is especially important to her state of mind just two weeks later when she used a car to kill Dominic Russo.

[Annie Elise (True Crime BFF/Co-host)]

Despite this, MacKenzie's lawyer, Mr. McDonnell, of course had a much different perspective. He argued against the insinuation of intent. Instead, he said that this was a tragic accident rather than a premeditated act.

[Narrator/Announcer]

How can you come to any conclusion other than if anything, she's reckless? Is it just kids being kids? Is it Dominic grabbing the steering wheel? Is it Mackenzie maybe speeding and saying, oh my God, work out, it's late, I'm coming up to this, I better do something. And she goes like that to avoid an accident. Not acting purposely, but in fact trying to, to avoid it. Is it sudden acceleration, panic? Those are all possibilities.

[Annie Elise (True Crime BFF/Co-host)]

Mr. McDonnell also said that the side airbags going off in the final seconds before the crash could have contributed to the severity of the event. He said, and I quote, it occurred in about four and a half to five seconds before. It's a significant force that makes a huge sound. There's talcum powder or some type of powder that is let go. So if they only have five seconds of recordings, and those five seconds are all what happens after the airbag is deployed, how can you come to any conclusion other than if anything, she's reckless? During the course of the four day trial, many first responders and other witnesses were called to the stand. It turns out that there was more to the crash than just that video of Mackenzie flying by at 100 miles per hour. There was another building that captured footage of Mackenzie turning on the street before pressing on the gas. In this video, you can see Mackenzie driving at a completely normal speed, braking as she prepared to turn. As well, her blinker was on and was signaled to the correct direction that she was going. This video was key to the prosecution's argument that this was intentional and wasn't some wild situation where she was driving completely out of control the entire time. Even worse, experts spoke about the EDR box in MacKenzie's car and said that through their investigation, they were able to determine that Mackenzie had the gas pedal pushed all the way down and made no attempt to ever even use the brakes. The crash team analyst also said about one second before the crash, the steering wheel made a hard right turn of 142.5 degrees. It also showed the impact from a sign in the grass outside of the building, which may have triggered the airbags before slamming into the brick wall. Mackenzie's attorney questioned the analyst about the wheel moving in an attempt to insinuate that it's possible that one of the victims moved the wheel by saying that it's basically impossible to know who pulled that wheel and caused the crash. He also suggested that because it was dark, maybe it was hard for Mackenzie to see. But even in his defense, he conceded that Mackenzie's handling of the car was, in fact, reckless. When the prosecution reviewed the crash scene photos and the photos of the victims during their autopsies, everyone in the courtroom was extremely emotional, including Mackenzie. Dominic's mother, Christine Russo, testified the courtroom vibe changed instantly when she began her testimony. Everyone could tell that she had once cared deeply for Mackenzie. After all, Mackenzie had even lived with them for a while. But the love story that she painted between Mackenzie and her son Dominic was far from rosy. It seemed like they were always at odds with threats and arguments, overshadowing the good times. She also brought up a text message that Mackenzie sent her after the crash, where Mackenzie said, I remember turning onto the street and then my vision fades to black. It really kills me not being able to remember anything. I promise you I would tell you. I've been asking my therapist why I don't remember, and she said it's because of trauma, but I'm going to try to get hypnotized and make myself remember. Then Dominic's older brother, Angelo Russo, took his turn. The raw emotion in his voice said it all. He talked about how Mackenzie and his brother were constantly on and off again, saying, I witnessed a lot of negative behavior from her to my brother and that Just kind of pushed me away as a big brother figure because she just wasn't fair to him. One of Dominic's friends, Christopher Hench Martin, was also called to the stand to testify. This was to testify about an incident between Mackenzie and Dominic in a heated fight where she threatened him. According to court documents, on July 17, 2022, approximately two weeks before the deadly crash, Mackenzie was driving her vehicle on Interstate 71 with victim Dominic Russo as the passenger. When she threatened to immediately crash the vehicle. Mackenzie was upset over a disagreement between the two of them, which resulted in Dominic seeking the help of his mother, Christine Russo, through a phone call asking her to come and pick him up. Dominic's friend, Christopher Hench Martin, went to pick up Dominic and remained on the phone with Dominic during the incident. While on the phone, he heard Mackenzie state, I will crash this car right now. Mackenzie exited the highway onto Route 82 between Pearl Road and Bagley Road. As the friend pulled up to get Dominic, and Mackenzie's car pulled over to the side of the road, the passenger door opened and the friend observed Mackenzie striking Dominic with both of her hands. Dominic then exited the vehicle and left with his friend. The prosecution also brought up another incident in July of 2022 between Mackenzie and Domin. According to court documents, in July of 2022, within the same month as the deadly crash, Mackenzie again made multiple threats toward Dominic. Videos recovered from Dominic's cell phone revealed the altercation involving Mackenzie where she can be heard repeatedly degrading Dominic, threatening him and damaging his property. It is understood from the videos that Dominic was not comfortable letting Mackenzie inside of his home at the time, and he made multiple attempts to reason with Mackenzie to calm the defendant down and communicate with the defendant in a better manner. Mackenzie refused these attempts and can be heard banging on Dominic's house door, demanding to be let inside. Mackenzie called Dominic a multitude of degrading and highly inappropriate names. Despite Dominic's efforts trying to reason with Mackenzie, she refused to listen and continued her erratic behavior. Exceedingly important are the threats made by Mackenzie to Dominic throughout the incident. She threatened to key Dominic's car if he would not let her in, and she verbally counted down multiple times in an attempt to force Dominic to let her in. She repeatedly told Dominic that this was his last chance to let her in and she stated, and I quote, you're gonna come open this door right now or there's gonna be a serious problem. She threatened to break the handle off the door and can be heard hitting and damaging the door as well. Mackenzie stated and I quote, dom, I'm going to give you one last second or else I'm keying your car. Dominic then had to call his mom for help and stopped recording.

[Annie (Podcast Host)]

Now that phone call that I just described has actually been made public. The original call was about nine minutes long, but honestly, it doesn't really take the full nine minutes to see that Mackenzie was threatening him. She was antagonizing him.

[Dominic Russo]

But I forgot because you are a little weak.

[Annie (Podcast Host)]

You broke up with me earlier.

[Dominic Russo]

You really broke up with me earlier.

This is your last chance to open the door or you are not coming out of this house all night because I will not leave.

You literally broke. You literally broke up with me earlier. Like, like, what is the point? You're trying to. Like, you broke up with me like, early.

No, no, no. I didn't, I didn't, I didn't.

[Annie (Podcast Host)]

You said we're not together.

[Dominic Russo]

You really said that. Like, you really broke up with me earlier. Like, what are you trying to make like. Like, why would I just let you in if you break up with me and you're threatening to break my. Like you're starting to key my car, starting to break the doors. You're gonna keep my car if you find you don't.

Like, you don't let me in the house. Yeah, you do not open. Like I'm. You think I'm joking? You think I'm joking?

[Judge]

You think I'm joking?

[Dominic Russo]

Like I'm dead ass.

What? What are you dead ass about?

[Mackenzie (Defendant)]

Okay, I'm gonna give you one last

[Dominic Russo]

chance to open the door.

Ken, I can't open the door. I can't sleep here and fight. I like, we. We going to go to dinner. The be my grandparents. Like, I can't. I can't see.

[Annie (Podcast Host)]

Don't open the door.

[Dominic Russo]

I'm gonna let you know that right now.

[Christine Russo (Dominic's Mother)]

And then what?

[Dominic Russo]

What would happen? What are you trying to say?

You're not coming to dinner. You're not going to dinner.

What do you mean? What do you mean?

[Mackenzie (Defendant)]

You know it.

[Dominic Russo]

That's exactly what I mean. It doesn't. You don't know exactly what I mean. You're gonna come open this door right now or there's gonna be a serious problem.

I can't know. Like, you can't keep threaten. You can't keep making all your stats. Like I can't open the door out

of a place that you say is my home. I didn't kick you out.

You took all your and dip and

[Christine Russo (Dominic's Mother)]

said we were done.

[Dominic Russo]

I think we are done, Dom. Okay, ready? I'M gonna count to 10. The door is gonna open, okay? You're gonna open the door and stop hiding behind the door like a little fucking bitch. You hang up on me, we're done. I'm leaving.

Kenzie. There's nothing I could do. Like, this is. I can't.

[Judge]

I'm not. There is.

[Dominic Russo]

Stop being a little bit.

I can't let you in my house with how you're acting. Like it's as simple as that. Like there's no way. Like there's no way I should. Like, huh?

I'm just gonna break the handle off. It's already moving.

Break the loss. Like you're really gonna break into my house?

Yes, I will. I will break into my house.

[Annie (Podcast Host)]

You're right.

[Dominic Russo]

I will break into it.

Just. It's not. Not your house,

Dom. Now open the door. Now open the door. You have 30 seconds left on the phone call to open the door.

[Annie (Podcast Host)]

We're done.

[Annie Elise (True Crime BFF/Co-host)]

So if you're wondering how all of these prior acts were able to be brought into trial in the first place, since it's technically 404B evidence, it's because the prosecution filed motions to allow it in, saying that it went to Mackenzie's motive. According to court documents, the prosecution believed Mackenzie's past threats and aggression toward Dominic provided an important perspective of how Mackenzie responds in situations where she is displeased or in disagreement with others. Further, the evidence shows that she was aware of her ability to cause harm to the victims, especially by means of her own vehicle, and how she could use the power of threats and control to ultimately reach the outcome that she desired. The other act's evidence confirms that there was no mistake or accident in deliberately crashing her car and ending the lives of the victims. Dr. Esther Sing, a Metro Health System trauma surgeon who worked on Mackenzie's medical report, was also a witness in the trial. She told the court that Mackenzie told their team at the hospital that she did not remember what led to the crash. The prosecution also asked the surgeon to read part of the medical report. She said, and I quote, patient then became tearful, processing heavy loss and a depression. Since her accident, patient shared feelings of grief, guilt and shame. Patient stated she wanted to die and that it was her fault for killing her boyfriend. One of the prosecution's theories was that Mackenzie was afraid that Dominic might break up with her or really leave her. So instead, she decided to kill him with her car like she had threatened to do in the past. And poor Davion, who was just innocently trying to get a ride home, was collateral damage, and Mackenzie didn't even care if he died too. However, some people who were at the same party before the crash didn't recall anything crazy going on between Dominic or Mackenzie that night. So either something must have happened in the car or she planned on going through with it that night anyway. But the prosecution had even more damning evidence to prove this was in fact a premeditated planned murder because there was evidence that Mackenzie had been to that area of the crash just three days beforehand, and they showed the courtroom data of her cell phone being in that vicinity. They suggested this as proof that she was familiar with the scene before the day of the crash and believe that this was her attempt to scope out the area and come up with a plan. It was also brought up that maybe Mackenzie was trying to kill herself along with Dominic and Davion in the car, but just happened to survive.

[Annie (Podcast Host)]

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[Annie Elise (True Crime BFF/Co-host)]

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[Annie (Podcast Host)]

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[Annie Elise (True Crime BFF/Co-host)]

However, Mackenzie's attorney said that she was not suicidal in any way. Mackenzie's mother took the stand near the end of the trial. She had a very different angle on what might have caused that tragic crash. She said that Mackenzie has a condition called pots. Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, a condition which causes dizziness. When the connection between the crash and Mackenzie's condition was brought up, her mom said that it could be. Mackenzie's aunt also testified with a much different story of what Mackenzie and Dominic's relationship was like. She believed that the two were honestly head over heels for each other. Despite all of the rumors and talk about them having a rocky relationship. Many people felt that Mackenzie's mother's testimony was another example of her mom trying to excuse her daughter's bad behavior.

[Detective Jesu]

Sharilla is also facing charges of felonious assault and aggravated vehicular homicide. The judge says she'll deliver a verdict

[Annie Elise (True Crime BFF/Co-host)]

on Monday at 1pm and then the verdict was in.

[Judge]

There is nothing that I can do or say today that will return these two young men and their families. There is nothing I can say or do that will restore Mackenzie Shorell into the life she had before July 31, 2022. And there is nothing that I could say or do to restore the lives of these three families before the fateful moments on that day. This trial is a culmination of decisions made by one person to defend the those decisions have forever altered the futures of three families. And if you also begin and your decisions forever, Rob, Dominic and Tavian of the futures that they had before known. If there is one thing that can be taken away from this case, as painful as it is, it is this. Every decision we make is important. Every action we make is important. Regardless of whether the decision is a good one or a bad one, or the actions are good or not, the result is the same. The consequences ripple through time and affect many more people than one might think at the time of the decision. In criminal cases, the state carries the greatest burden under our law. Proof beyond a Reasonable Doubt As I previously stated, I considered all the evidence presented and at this point I would like to comment specifically on exhibit 802, the crash video. This is the type of evidence you can never unsee. You can never forget the visual or audio, just chilling and tragic. As you review that exhibit, you know that you are watching the oncoming deaths of two people and there is nothing that will stop it. The video clearly shows the purpose and intent of the defendant. She chose a course of death and destruction that day. Exhibit 802 crystallizes the dandy decision making of the defendant. She morphs from a responsible driver to literal hell on wheels as she makes her way down the street. Mackenzie alone made the decision to drive the car, to drive an obscure route, a route she visited a few days before and a route not recently taken by her. Mackenzie Olal chose the time to make the drive early in the morning when any reasonable person would expect that few people would be nearby to witness it or offer life saving assistance. She made these decisions despite knowing, as any reasonable person would, that her mission of death could have involved others. Not even in the car with her. Other people, other cars, pedestrians. She had a mission and she executed it with precision. The mission was death. Mackenzie alone decided to push the pedal to the floor and demand the ultimate speed of that vehicle to 9200 miles per hour. She alone decided what was to be. Mackenzie decided death was the ultimate goal. That day finds extended Mackenzie Chiron guilty of murder. To wit, Davion Flantail violation of a horrified code section 2903.02 a starship. Count two of the indictment. Count three, murder. The court having had count three tried to in pursuance waiver finds the defendant Mackenzie Shirell guilty of murder. To wit, Dominic Russo in violation of a hardy vice code section 2903.02B is charged to count three. Count four, murder. The court having had calport tried to proceed Waiver finds a defendant Mackenzie Shrilla guilty of murder to win Dominic Russo, violation of a hari bias code section 2903.02 B is charged in town 4. Count 5 before captain had count 5 tried to pursuant to waiver finds a defendant Mackenzie Shirella guilty of felonious assault to make Dominic Russo violation of a Harvard vice code section 2903.11 of the revised code is charged in count five of the indictment. Count six, felonious assault.

[Annie Elise (True Crime BFF/Co-host)]

Mackenzie was found guilty on all counts. In the video, you can see Mackenzie's family seated in the front row behind her, visibly upset. Upset and shocked. As Mackenzie was leaving the courtroom, you could hear her family speaking loudly to talk to her.

[Mackenzie (Defendant)]

Love you, baby.

[Annie Elise (True Crime BFF/Co-host)]

At Mackenzie sentencing, the judge heard victim impact statements from the victim's family.

[Jamie Flanagan (Davion's Mother)]

Your honor, my name is Jamie Flanagan. I am the mother of the victim, Davion Flanagan. I want to share a small part of what we lost on 7 21. I'm sorry, 7 31.

[Mackenzie (Defendant)]

2022.

[Jamie Flanagan (Davion's Mother)]

My son Davion is and always will be so much more than he was precious. He was an amazing soul with a hard goal. He gave to the world what he wanted most in his own life.

[Mackenzie (Defendant)]

Love.

[Jamie Flanagan (Davion's Mother)]

The kind of love that would rescue a friend in the middle of the night, no questions asked. The kind that would protect others and honor them. He made friends easily with his infectious smile. He was a gifted athlete. He had plans to go to barber school and open his own shop. My son did not have a clink of friends, but instead was a friend to all. He would go out of his way to show love and kindness to others, including those that were often cast aside by society. The less fortunate, the developmentally challenged, the hurting and the unvalued. Dion made sure that everyone that crossed his path knew that he truly saw them, that he valued them and that they were worth his time. Davion and my kids have had more than their fair share of heartbreaking, of hardship and of loss. Davion was adopted with his sisters from foster care. They're biological siblings. We are honored to be chosen or to have been chosen to be their parents their forever family. I am devastated by the loss of devion the world lost a truly special man. My girls lost their best friend, their protector. The one and only trusted family that has been by their side from day one. This alone or he alone understands the pain and loss that they have gone through and was always there for them. This fact alone breaks my heart. My girls for my family. So many dreams shattered, a future stolen. We will never get to see the amazing man that he was surely to become. He his life was precious. Like I said he was so much more than carnivore. I pray daily for strength and perseverance for myself and for my family. I also pray that Mackenzie will find true remorse in her heart and true recapitals. We thank all of those that worked so hard to help us bring justice for our son. We are forever Nick Davion we miss you terribly but as Christians we pray with hope.

[Defense Attorney]

We will make sure your memory lives

[Jamie Flanagan (Davion's Mother)]

on and we ache the day that we are united to get an eternal.

[Defense Attorney]

Hello, could you start with your name?

[Annie Elise (True Crime BFF/Co-host)]

Hi your honor.

[Jamie Flanagan (Davion's Mother)]

My name is Divine Flanagan. Davion was my older brother. The passing of David Martell Flanagan has been very difficult for me. We have gone through everything together since day one. Davion was a big brother to me and my aunt Leah. We all got adopted together and did not wealth. After Davion passed away a lot of trauma and past pain has came into my life causing it to be difficult to throw from his traumatime. D was not just a big brother to me for a role model in many ways he was the person interested to know because he made me Bill State taught me the importance of cherishing each moment and enjoying life. The memories we have are strong but leaving him has show me the value of life. Just how God works Stories you can't understand but is worth it in the end. I don't want this pain for anyone else. I don't want people to have to go through this. As an 8 year old I hate the fact that he is gone because someone decided to think what you like. Now that Davion is gone I feel stuck. I feel as if I can't move forward. I feel lost. I was he was the one who picked me up when I fell. Do have my best friend and the only person that has stayed with me. I would I would like you to give the longest possible sentence. I've known her for about three years and actually she's always taken the easy way out. She will be eligible for while my will be gone forever. Thank you.

[Christine Russo (Dominic's Mother)]

Thank you Christina's mother. No one wanted this to be murder McKenzie sh for this accident but this was not a car accident. The evidence inside is proved that Mackenzie Ch murdered my son Dominick as well as the AI there's no fix pulling in this case is the sure one want to thank sp police department in the state of Ohio for seeking the truth behind this crash. Thanks to them we all know what happened in that car that day. What we don't know is why. I wish I could change this every day. I lost three children in that crash and I did a ghost mile each day that I don't think about myself with Bosnia, my house brother Wilkin

[Mackenzie (Defendant)]

the

[Christine Russo (Dominic's Mother)]

cries heard from the shrill family and Frost yet the verdict are nothing more than a lack of remorse. Mackenzie Shirley had a choice dominate beyond interrupting we are all left here in new home but what they've done and Candidia lost can never be remedied in any way or by any person. July 31, 2022. Ago the first thing he said to me was oh, please don't listen to what everyone's saying on Facebook. Yeah, my son is dead, friend is dead. Social media Social media is made by the life of McAb and has made gain out of this outrage and tragedy. No one can imagine the pain of losing a child unless they've lost one themselves. The pain is forevermore. Time does not heal this wound McKenzie took going to prison because you did this, be thankful that you're still alive and in the future, whatever that may be Scam and Davion will round to of their futures, their hopes and their

[Mackenzie (Defendant)]

dreams

[Christine Russo (Dominic's Mother)]

has shown no mercy. Only God at this time can ever thank you.

[Annie Elise (True Crime BFF/Co-host)]

To hear their pain is so unbelievably heartbreaking and just unimaginable. When I was researching this case, I found a GoFundMe for Dominic's grave site. The GoFundMe was from his sister and it read. Hi everyone, I'm Dominic's oldest sister Dom tragically passed away on July 31, 2022. He was 20 years old and our hearts were left shattered to pieces. Since then, myself, my sister and mom find comfort in keeping his gravesite a sight to see for everyone to come and enjoy. It started as his parents and siblings trying to hide the dirt after his burial and it blossomed into this beautiful memorial site that keeps us working together. In honor of Dom, my mom tends

[Annie (Podcast Host)]

to it every day for hours.

[Annie Elise (True Crime BFF/Co-host)]

Whether it's printing pictures for everyone to look at, adding solar lights, adding decorations, keeping up the Landscaping around it, adding and exchanging hundreds of flowers, laminating letters and pictures, finding trinkets to add to it or beautiful statues etc. This is what we do it for for Dom and it's in honor of our beloved brother and son. Friends and family leave memorabilia, notes, pictures, things like that that remind them of Dom. Somehow yesterday his grave was set on fire and everything burned to the ground. Nothing was salvageable except a cement cross. Most of the items were irreplaceable such as flowers and ribbon from his funeral, letters from his nieces and nephews and friends and siblings and parents, stuffed animals, things that can't be replaced. The items cost us thousands of dollars and will cost us thousands to replace. Most items were very expensive. We spent on the flowers alone originally around $1200 each. Solar light decoration can range up to $50 a piece. We are asking for any donations from friends and family so that we can get his gravesite back to how it was and before July 31st of this year which marks his one year anniversary. Dom's grave means so much to us. Words can't explain. We miss and love you so much. Our new Chi baby. Until we meet again. Your sister loves you.

[Annie (Podcast Host)]

Since then the GoFundMe has been updated stating hi everybody, just wanted to say thank you for all of your generous donations. We were able to recreate Dom's grave beautifully. Any further donations will go to purchasing updated memorial items such as flowers, et cetera in the future. Thanks again. We love you so much Dom.

[Annie Elise (True Crime BFF/Co-host)]

So when it came to sentencing, the state gave their recommendations for sentencing and reasoning.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Gerard there's very little that I can say after hearing from those who love Dominic and Davion in regards to the impact that the defendant's conduct had on these families lives. And we have received a series of letters that has been submitted on behalf of the defendant. And in summarizing these they describe her as a good student and a loving and caring person and that she could never do something like this. And they continually, despite the verdict, refer to this as an accident and an unfortunate accident and tell you that she is also a victim. And there are just a few things that I think is important for the court to consider in determining a sentence today. Part of the evidence in this case and introduced in trial was evidence from the defendant's cell phone. There were search warrants executed on her various social media accounts, her school records, her medical records, things of this nature. And I think that who she actually was is directly contradictory to what is painted by the letter submitted on behalf

[Judge]

of her today I'm not even cool.

[Annie (Podcast Host)]

I'm just one of those girls that can do a lot of drugs and not die.

[Mackenzie (Defendant)]

At all. Can he best sweetie.

[Annie Elise (True Crime BFF/Co-host)]

I'm the kind of girl that can do drugs and like not die. I'm the girl you die for. Both of those videos were posted on her tick tock.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Shortly after the crash, Strongsville police were notified that they had received concerning emails from the community that the defendant and her mother were seeking employment with the Los Angeles Modeling agency. Kenzie Shirella said to Vitali, thank you for the comment. I would love to work with you guys. I've been emailing you guys a lot. Such a great opportunity. Thank you.

[Judge]

Is there a date?

[Narrator/Announcer]

There is not a date on this, your honor. Based on the investigation, it was delivered to the police while the defendant was still in the Metro Health hospital. So it was during that time period. She was in the hospital for several weeks. Shortly after being released from the hospital, the police were provided additional videos of the defendant from her wheelchair as she attended a concert down in the flats. And again, your honor, I'm introducing these to the court to show the shocking lack of remorse. This was something that was being exhibited while the investigation was still going on before she was charged and arrested in November of last year. And these were the sort of things that were coming to the police. And the shocking lack of remorse coupled with the fact that the defendant was reported driving an automobile shortly after this event that she was seeing in Strongsville again driving a car in spite of the fact that as her mother testified, she got dizzy sometimes from a condition that she had to take salt pills for. In spite of the fact that it was in fact her mother who provided her with the car that she used to take Dominic and Davion's life.

[Annie Elise (True Crime BFF/Co-host)]

And I'm just gonna say it. I literally cannot with any of this with her. I literally cannot with this. The Instagram post while Mackenzie is in the hospital days after the ACC incident with her and her mom responding to a modeling agency in la. Are they out of their minds? I mean maybe, but I think we know now where Mackenzie may have learned some of her behavior, which no shade but just saying. Mackenzie's mother also gave a statement before sentencing. And honestly when I was watching this, I could not believe it. I contemplated if I wanted to include the whole thing. But I think it really is important because it gives so much insight into what all of these claims about who Mackenzie is and how she acts were really about.

[Defense Attorney]

Can you start with your name?

[Mackenzie (Defendant)]

I just want to say Am I allowed to address them?

[Defense Attorney]

Sure.

[Mackenzie (Defendant)]

I just want to say to the families that I'm broken, sad and lost in my heart first for everyone.

[Jamie Flanagan (Davion's Mother)]

Okay.

[Mackenzie (Defendant)]

Be here most of me and down

[Jamie Flanagan (Davion's Mother)]

with your love of their life.

[Mackenzie (Defendant)]

And he was. Okay. Okay. And then, your honor, this was a terrible, tragic, nightmare accident to it happened that she has no memory of and she will never emotionally or physically recover of it. Recover from it. She almost died too. And we're asking that you please not run the sentence as an executive whose family we all love each other. That morning of the accident, she called. I got a phone call. There was a car accident. And so I went to the hospital and I didn't even know who was in the car. They haven't confirmed it. And I was missed out so much. We loved him. So I called down like over and over again. He was going to answer the phone and he didn't answer the phone. So that I tried to call his mom and she didn't answer the phone either. And I still didn't know who was in the car. I didn't even know she was alive. I didn't know what was happening. So then we were in the waiting room and then mom ended up think she did call me. So I answered the phone and I was like, oh my God. Like, I don't even know who was in the car. Like, what's happening? Was that doc? And she said, what do you mean my son is dead? And I was like, I'm so sorry. And then she said something like, and now I have to wait till your kids out of the hospital. And then I didn't hear the rest of the. I just. I was like, we loved him so much. I hung up the phone. I did not talk about social media and I didn't even know what was going on yet. Okay? So that was it in the hospital, that vitality, folks. I commented on that because somebody had called her a murderer.

[Jamie Flanagan (Davion's Mother)]

Okay.

[Mackenzie (Defendant)]

And she would. She's not a murderer. So she don't even have her phone as much as the police have still had it. It.

[Dominic Russo]

Okay.

[Mackenzie (Defendant)]

So I jumped on and I was like, you know, she's not a murderer. She's more sad than her than most people commenting. She's been trying to get with you just an accident. So I commented on really that because of the modeling opportunity. I don't even. Who cares about that? I don't want them to refer to her as a murderer. Okay? And I don't even know how that comment have gotten on the phone because the police still had her Device. And she could not access her phone or social media. That's why I did it. And I had called them, asking if they shut down social media because people calling her a murderer and making death threats and organizing groups to, you know, take her out when she got out of the hospital and stuff. So I don't even want her. I don't care about. I don't care about social media. I just wanted them to stop calling her a murderer. So when she did come to and she did come out of surgery, multiple surgeries that she wouldn't see, all these people calling her because she would never, ever, ever murder. A love for life. Okay, Halloween. For three months after the accident, she only went his clothes. She would only use the accent. She would only listen to the music he wrote. Okay. For three once, it was a shrine of him next to her with photos and things that he liked and this flower that lights up that he got her because he wanted it to be fresh alive forever. It's like a little beautiful. Okay, she's got this. Why do that next to her? So she was crying for three months. So her friend asked that she wanted to go out to her dream Halloween. And it was an ou. And she didn't even want to go. She said, I don't know. Should I could go? She could even walk yet, apparently. So I told her, I said, baby, please go. It's Halloween. You've been laying for three months, crying, only listening to his music. Please go. Have just a moment of fun. A moment of fun. So we told her to go. My husband drove her. I brought her back home. And she just needed a second of fun from losing her whole world. Her whole world. So it was honest. We told her to Don't. And that concert she went to with Don's closet, Abby, they picked her up. They brought her there. That was done. Mackenzie and Don and Abby all decided to go into this concert together while they were in the hospital. That was for death. Everything she did after the accident was either in honor of him, to propose to him, or just be by him any way that she can. She's devastated and trashed. He was the air that she breathes. Okay. And they went with his cousin. We spent all kinds of time with him after the accident. What was the other thing?

[Defense Attorney]

I'm hearing an awful lot about your daughter. I'm not hearing very much at all.

[Dominic Russo]

They all.

[Mackenzie (Defendant)]

They all loved each other. They all spend every day together. You know what I mean? I don't.

[Dominic Russo]

I don't.

[Defense Attorney]

And isn't that part of the problem, Mrs. Shirella.

[Mackenzie (Defendant)]

Sorry.

[Defense Attorney]

Isn't that part of the problem? That they all trusted each other? Isn't that part of.

[Mackenzie (Defendant)]

It's not a problem at all.

[Defense Attorney]

It's a problem how they all ended up in the car together and two of them ended up dead. I understand.

[Mackenzie (Defendant)]

I understand what it looks like. I'm saying that it was a tragic accident. She would, you know.

[Defense Attorney]

Well, we're going to have to disagree on that. Right? And I respect your position that you

[Mackenzie (Defendant)]

disagree with me, but anyway, that's. I just wanted to address those. We told her to go to those things and that she did go in, got me to the family. So look at that. Don't look at them with look and not look on them.

[Defense Attorney]

This is that those things are not relevant.

[Mackenzie (Defendant)]

Not at all.

[Judge]

Not at all.

[Mackenzie (Defendant)]

I agree. If you would. If you would have a moment, all you would need is five minutes of a conversation to have with her to learn who she is. Just then you don't need five minutes to learn who she is and what she's capable of not doing anything.

[Annie Elise (True Crime BFF/Co-host)]

And you see for yourself, the freaking audacity. I mean, I don't even know where to start, but let's break this down. First of all, that was the most insincere apology made to the victims families that she could have possibly come up with. Second, why the hell was she referring to Davion as a new friend? I'm glad the judge called her out on this and said, well, does that make his death less bad? Instead of a statement on behalf of Mackenzie, I believe she made these things 100 times more worse for her. Her entire little speech was trying to argue what the prosecution just said about her instead of, I don't know, saying just about anything else. It is truly unbelievable. Mackenzie spoke and begged the judge for mercy.

[Mackenzie (Defendant)]

Oh, God. So deeply sorry. I hope one day you can see I would never let this happen or do it on purpose. I wish I could remember what happened. I'm just so sorry. I'm heartbroken. I love Doc and Davrion. We were all wrenched and down with my soulmate. I wish I could take all your pain away. And I'm so sorry. And to my family, thank you for the support and all the love you guys give. Thank you for me. I love you all so much.

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[Annie Elise (True Crime BFF/Co-host)]

When it came time for sentencing, the judge did not mince words and the judge absolutely slammed Mackenzie.

[Defense Attorney]

Today is the sentencing of the defendant for the purposeful and intentional murders of Davion Flanagan and Dominic Russo. And in a way, it's the second time their families are gathered again to grieve. It's also a day when Mackenzie's family will grieve for the future of their daughter. All three of these families and the friends of these families are suffering. And all of their lives have been irrevocably changed because of the actions of the defendant. The unintended and collateral consequences of a selfish, intentional and cruel decision by McKenzie will ripple forever in time. It's literally changed history because it's ended. Two lives. Two young men are dead. Their deaths were horrible, terrifying and tragic. I will say again, if any reasonable person reviews exhibit 802, there can be no doubt in your mind what happened this night. There can be no doubt of the absolute terror of the two people in that car. The defendant controlled all the events. She chose the day. Specifically, she chose a date just before her 18th birthday. She chose to drive the car, the time to drive the car. She chose an obscure, previously scouted route through an industrial parkway. She chose the target to hit and the victims. She chose the means and the method to follow through. She planned and purposefully executed the events of July 31, 2022. The review of the evidence supports the factual findings, the forensic testimony, the testimony of the first responders, the testimony of the emergency room doctors who treated the defendant, the testimony of the coroner's medical examiner, testimony of those who knew the victims and the defendant, and the testimony of the BMV official who provided evidence that not only did the defendant deny any medical condition when applying for her license, which her mother co signed and attested to, but also that just after the accident, Mackenzie renewed her driver's license and again denied any medical condition. In fact, the defendant was so concerned about driving that, as the state mentioned during the investigation, she asked if they could just suspend her license for 10 years. It is hard to fathom how a person could be concerned about their driving privileges having just been responsible for the deaths of two people. There was no medical condition that caused this as an accident. There was no mechanical failure of the car. The record is clear on the facts and the evidence. Her mother's uncorroborated statements without any medical testimony or records is not persuasive. It is also important to remember that even if Mackenzie intended to also die in this crash, that is irrelevant. A failed suicide attempt is not a defense to murder. And even in a murder suicide attempt, when a perpetrator executing the plan survives the other, death or deaths are still murder. There's only one person who's responsible for the pain of everyone in this room. That person is you, Mackenzie. Nobody else is responsible. This isn't the fault of Dominic's family or Davion's family or your family. And I know that each of you have asked your questions to yourselves. What if. What if I had done this or that? The truth of it is none of us can control the intentions of another. And when there is a purposeful intent to harm or kill someone, it is the perpetrator alone who bears the responsibility for the choice and the consequences and the harm that follows. The difficulty for sentencing today, honestly, is whether or not I believe you should get consecutive sentences. I'm troubled that should I give you a concurrent sentence that people will believe that somehow I'm being disrespectful to one of the victims. And on the other hand, I have to weigh the punishment. There's a very good likelihood, Mackenzie, that You will spend the rest of your life in prison. That won't be up to me. That will be up to the parole board. And that will be up to you to a great extent.

[Annie Elise (True Crime BFF/Co-host)]

MacKenzie was sentenced 15 years to life, meaning she will be at least 34 years old during the first time that she is eligible for parole. And unless Mackenzie shows true change, takes accountability for her actions, or does some serious self reflection to realize the devastation that she caused to her victims families, she will be lucky if she gets out the first time she's up for parole.

[Annie (Podcast Host)]

So that now leads us into some major updates in this case. After her trial, Mackenzie got a new legal team. And they were doing everything in their power to prove that Mackenzie was innocent. They claimed that she had a medical episode that occurred at or around the time of the car accident, what they're calling, quote, the incident. And they're saying that that medical episode caused her to ultimately lose consciousness, which then resulted in the crash. They also claimed that key evidence in the case had been missed during her trial. Evidence that they say proved that Dominic was actually the one threatening Mackenzie and not the other way around. Now this proof that they had, it was text messages from Mackenzie's phone. And one of the text Messages is from July 17, 2022. It was sent at 12:45pm, so just afternoon and it said, quote, can you come get Dom? He just grabbed my steering wheel on the highway trying to spin out my car and hurt me, end quote. Then that same day, just a few Hours later, at 4:27pm, Dom texted MacKenzie saying, quote, I'm sorry. To which she responded, that is not enough to fix it this time. So with these messages, her new legal team is saying, no, no, look, he is the one who put her life at risk in the past. He is the one who would antagonize her. We have a history here. We have a pattern, which to be honest, I think there was probably toxicity in both directions in this relationship. In October of 2024, MacKenzie's defense team then filed its post conviction relief petition, otherwise known as a pcr. And in this, they requested a new trial. But get this, you can't just file those things whenever you and your defense team are, you know, feeling up to it. It's something that has to be done in a timely manner. And Mackenzie's defense team, well, they were one day past the deadline that is mandated by Ohio law. So Judge Nancy Margaret Russo, the same judge who found her guilty during her trial and denied this petition, which, look, I can understand the frustration with that technically yes. You got to follow the rules. If it's mandated by state law, there's a deadline. I also can see the argument where people will say it was only one day late. Like, you know, don't be so rigid. Let it go in all of these things. But then I think when you do that, you have to make allowances for two days late or three days late. I don't know. So I understand the frustration here, but I also understand why the decision was made. So then Mackenzie's parents broke their silence. Now, up until this point, they were not doing interviews or any public appearances whatsoever. Now, why they finally decided to. Who really knows? Maybe it was a Hail Mary. Maybe it was trying to humanize the situation. It's really unclear, and I want to play some of it for you, because if nothing else, I feel like it's fair to say this family sure has the audacity. Okay. Now, again, if you are listening to the audio version of this, it will be clear, but there will be captions and video on the YouTube video.

[Mackenzie's Mother]

I struggled with this because how can I feel bad that these two boys died and feel grief with these families and then be absolutely overjoyed that my kid is alive? Show me one piece of evidence, one that says she did this on purpose. Show it to me. Here it is.

[Dominic Russo]

That's it.

[Mackenzie's Mother]

Then she's right where she belongs, and she's guilty of it. But there isn't any. There's no evidence what was going on in that car other than the information they gleamed from the black box information.

[Mackenzie (Defendant)]

And these poor families think she did it intentionally, and she didn't. And there's like. And they don't know. There's information they didn't see. There's information they didn't have. There's information we didn't see or have.

[Defense Attorney]

Should she be in prison for murder?

[Mackenzie's Mother]

No, absolutely not.

[Annie (Podcast Host)]

Should she be in prison for aggravated vehicular homicide?

[Mackenzie (Defendant)]

I don't even know.

[Mackenzie's Mother]

I don't know about the aggravated part, because I don't think you can still say why was going on the car.

[Annie (Podcast Host)]

Should she be.

[Mackenzie's Mother]

Should she have been charged with reckless vehicular homicide, two counts? Absolutely. Absolutely.

[Mackenzie (Defendant)]

If it was medical, what kind of hopes.

[Annie (Podcast Host)]

What kind of expectations do you have for Mackenzie's future?

[Mackenzie (Defendant)]

That the truth will set her free? That's what I need to have happen. The truth. That there was no intent.

[Defense Attorney]

That part.

[Mackenzie (Defendant)]

The truth will set her free.

[Annie (Podcast Host)]

So when I first saw this interview, my jaw was on the floor. Honestly, I don't even really know why. I mean, Mackenzie's mom had proved to us before that she just rambles and makes excuses for her daughter. So I don't know why I expected her to change or for there to be a different tone to this conversation or what, but it did somehow still surprise me. And I think if I were Mackenzie, I'm just, you know, putting myself in her shoes for a moment, I'd be

[Annie Elise (True Crime BFF/Co-host)]

telling my mom, you know, zip it,

[Annie (Podcast Host)]

stop talking, go into hiding. I don't need you speaking on my behalf anymore. Because at this point, this point, if she keeps it up, she may ruin any chance of Mackenzie ever getting out on parole. And while we're on the topic of the whole Sharilla family, we also have to go over another thing. I never had too much hope that Mackenzie would show actual remorse. I think she's entitled. I think she thinks that the rules don't apply to her. And I just never expected to see genuine remorse from her because to me, Mackenzie has already proved that she has always seen herself as the victim and that she probably always will think that way. And in the summer of her of 2025, there were some jail calls between Mackenzie and her mother that were released. One of the calls was from August of 2023, and it was about a court hearing that Mackenzie had been through. And instead of just describing this call to you, I'm going to play you some clips again because I feel like it is much better hearing things through their mouths and how they deliver the statements. So take a listen.

[Mackenzie (Defendant)]

How you think I did okay. Yeah. That prosecutor was pissing me off, though. I don't know what he's like. I was getting so pissed off, like, I wanted to, like, get up and be like, shut the up and like, tell him to sit, like, so bad. He was pissing me off. He was so I was ready for anything. We got nothing to hide. You could ask me anything you want, like butter, bread and cookies. Yeah, yeah. I'm excited to see how that you please have somebody get that to work for you. Oh, no, I'm going to. This is just irritating as fuck. Yeah, yeah. Like, I don't like how I can't come out of my room. Why the am I on a seven day hold? That just pisses me off. It's just part of the procedure. There's nothing you can do about that. And I'm so scared about, like, me and I lost the love of my life and a good friend, and now I have to deal with this grief the rest of my life and deal with, like, being scared to drive and stuff like that's just like. I know, honey. There's nothing I can do about that, though. Can you just pay my bond and get me out of here, please? Like, go to a bailed bondsman and see if they can take attention. Why aren't you listening? I'm gonna hang out. I am listening. I said thank you to somebody when you were talking. I don't know how much an appeal is. Okay, so can we just wait until Monday? Okay, yeah, let's just wait until Monday. And when I can just probably. I'm probably. They're probably going to take my bond away on Monday. That's what I mean. So let's just wait. That's what you mean? They're probably going to say there's no more bond on Monday. No, we don't know that that's true or not. I know this whole situation sucks because you're just gonna have to wait. This is just wrong. What the they're doing is so wrong. And they're just trying to. I know. Yes. I'm getting very irritated, like, and I need to get the out of jail because they're just trying to fuck me over bad as fuck.

[Annie (Podcast Host)]

MacKenzie also brought up her medical condition, claiming that it had now gotten worse ever since being in jail, and that now she was having even worse episodes than she ever had before.

[Mackenzie (Defendant)]

First of all, when I got diagnosed, nobody ever told me that could, like, anything about driving. Exactly. No said nope. And if they. If we do have to, then we will. Yeah. Like, I don't care. Like, why would we lie and just not do that. If I knew that what could affect my driving, I probably would never drive. Like, well, no. No people. No people are allowed to drive with that. So don't say that. Ever since I got in here, it's been bad again. Like, I don't know what it is. Like, Like, I blacked out the other day and, like, it was so weird. It was, like, not normal. Like, it wasn't, like, bad how it usually is, but it was also, like, not, like, good. I don't know how to explain it. It was like the first time I ever had a blackout like that. Like, it was, like, weird as. I don't know how to explain it. Well, just make sure you're eating okay when you get your comment. If you can do your commentary, make sure you get some chips.

[Annie (Podcast Host)]

Now, like I said, those calls were back in 2023, so who really knows whether she was exaggerating those blackouts, exaggerating the symptoms, just. Just trying to look better for her trial, who knows? But it does seem to me at least, like she still is standing by the idea that she had some sort of medical condition. And I'm really curious to know what you think about that, though, because when this case first exploded, it felt like, honestly, the overwhelming majority of people believed that Mackenzie was guilty, that this was intentional. Entitlement, audacity, all those words, right?

[Annie Elise (True Crime BFF/Co-host)]

No question.

[Annie (Podcast Host)]

But now with some of these text messages coming out and Mackenzie and her medical condition claims, do you feel the same? Do you feel like there's room for, you know, questioning that and that maybe it's not as black and white as people thought? Do you think that those text messages are enough to potentially change the outcome of this case? And do you believe that there's a world in which some other scenario occurred and that's what caused the crash, that it wasn't mackenzie's doing? Whether it was one of the passengers grabbing the wheel or some sort of genuine medical episode that triggered it, I don't know. Let me know in the comments. Like I said at the beginning of this episode, I still firmly believe what I believe about this case. Yes. I don't think that those text messages are great, but again, I think it just shows toxicity from both sides. I still think that even if it was a medical episode, I would imagine that there would be a level of remorse.

[Annie Elise (True Crime BFF/Co-host)]

Even if.

[Annie (Podcast Host)]

When I've gotten into a car crash in the past and if, like, I had someone in the car and I just rear end somebody, you're remorseful. Even if it's an accident, you know, and so even if it was this thing that she had no control over, where's the remorse and the accountability with that? To say, like, I'm devastated. I can't believe this happened. Like my illness, I need help. I don't know. It's just not quite landing for me. But maybe I'm rigid in my views. Who the hell knows? So curious to know what you guys think about this case. Maybe I will also throw a poll up on Spotify just so that we can gauge what everybody's thinking. But take a quick second. If you're watching this on YouTube, leave a comment that says, I think this was intentional or I think this was an accident, and we can gauge the responses. And for all of my podcast listeners, if you're listening to this on Spotify, you can vote on the poll. But if you're listening on any apple, leave a review for the podcast and let me know. In the section where you can write a review, let me know what you think about this case. So thank you so much for listening. Let me know too if you watched the Netflix documentary the Crash and what your thoughts are now after seeing that as well. But I always like to come on here and cover some of the documentaries that I'm familiar with already with the case that Netflix covers because there's only so much information you can squeeze into 90 minutes or even like three 45 minute episode episodes. And I feel like sometimes a lot of the minutia, you know, the details get lost within it. And so that's why I'm here to give you the deep dives, to give you all the information that maybe isn't shown because it can't be squeezed into a 60 minute episode. So. So again, if you're brand new and this is the first episode of mine

[Annie Elise (True Crime BFF/Co-host)]

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[Annie Elise (True Crime BFF/Co-host)]

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