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Conrad Roy committed suicide. That much we can all agree on. But did text messages from his long-distance girlfriend, Michelle Carter play a role in his death? And if so, what sort of punishment \u2014 if any \u2014 should she face? Michelle egged him on. She encouraged him to take his life. But she wasn\u2019t physically at the scene of his death, and she didn\u2019t purchase any of the equipment he used to take his life. At what point are we culpable for our words?

Then Kristin tells us the tragic tale of a family fishing trip gone horribly wrong. In 1912, when Lessie and Percy Dunbar took their two boys fishing in Louisiana, 4-year-old Bobby Dunbar went missing. A search ensued. They captured alligators and split open their guts, hoping to find the young boy\u2019s remains. They even blasted the water with dynamite, thinking it might dislodge his corpse. It was no use. He was gone without a trace. But then, eight months later, Bobby turned up. But was it really Bobby?

And now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases.

In this episode, Kristin pulled from:
\n\n\u201cWhose child is this? Lost and found youth claimed by two mothers\u201d The Tacoma Times
\n\n\u201cThe Ghost of Bobby Dunbar\u201d This American Life
\n\n\u201cWas he Bobby Dunbar?\u201d Associated Press

In this episode, Brandi pulled from:
\n\n\u201cDeath By Text: The Case Against Michelle Carter\u201d episode, 48 Hours
\n\n\u201cDeath By Text\u201d by Marin Cogan, thecut.com
\n\n\u201cRead the text messages at the heart of the Michelle Carter trial\u201d by Nik DeCosta-Klipa, Boston Globe
\n\n\u201cMichelle Carter found guilty by judge in text message suicide case\u201d by Dan Glaun, masslive.com

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