BOSTON (AP) – Michelle Carter, the woman convicted of manslaughter for urging her suicidal boyfriend to kill himself in text messages that included, “Just do it, babe,” was released from jail Thursday after more than three months was shaved from her sentence for good behavior.
Carter, 23, walked out of the Bristol County jail in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, wearing the same white blazer, dark slacks and a dark turtleneck she wore last February, when a judge ordered her to begin serving a 15-month sentence.
The Plainville native didn’t speak as two jail staffers escorted her to an SUV where her lawyer and parents were waiting for her. She also declined to speak to reporters later Thursday as she reported to her probation officer.
State officials say Carter’s probation ends Aug. 1, 2022. She also can’t have any contact with her late boyfriend Conrad Roy III’s family and can’t profit from her story during that time.
Roy’s mother, Lynn Roy, said Thursday she’s looking forward to a “new chapter” in her life.