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LYNN ROY:
I saw him text her all the time,
but I didn't think that they
had a relationship like that.
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JESSE BARRON:
 It's sort of impossible
 to understand what happened
 'cause it's so far from,
 you know,
 acceptable human behavior.
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REPORTER: The trial
 of a Plainview woman
 accused of encouraging
 her friend to kill himself
 through text messages
 is now under way.
We're all left wondering
what happened.
 Now we have this opportunity
 to see inside their minds.
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-(SEAGULLS SQUAWKING)
One level of the conversation
is a kid that's gonna
kill himself.
 And there's another level
 that's a romantic fantasy.
MARIN COGAN:
 The question is, can you cause
someone else to commit suicide?
KATIE RAYBURN:
She keeps at him, Your Honor.
At him and at him.
The defendant's own words:
"His death was my fault.
I told him to get back in."
Mr. Roy himself stated:
"I want to die."
PETER BREGGIN:
 She thought she was doing
 absolutely the right thing.
 It's a perfect storm
 of a tragedy.
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