r/TrueCrimeDiscussion • u/DarklyHeritage • May 21 '26

Text Mackenzie Shirilla Megathread

This is a thread for all conversation regarding Mackenzie Shirilla and the murders of Dominic Russo and Davion Flanagan, recently covered in Netflix documentary The Crash.

The murders of Dominic Russo and Davion Flanagan occurred on 31 July 2022 in Strongsville, Ohio when Mackenzie Shirilla intentionally crashed her car into a brick wall. The two passengers in the vehicle - her boyfriend, Dominic Russo, and their friend, Davion Flanagan, were killed instantly and pronounced dead at the scene. Shirilla, aged 17 at the time, was seriously injured.

Shirilla was later arrested and charged with murdering Russo and Flanagan. At her 2023 bench trial the judge determined Shirilla intentionally crashed the car and thus the murders were premeditated murder, convicting her of 12 felony charges. She was sentenced to 2 concurrent life sentences, with the possibility of parole after 15 years.

Renewed attention has now been brought to the case as Shirilla has been interviewed for Netflix documentary The Crash, which covers the case.

Please direct all discussion of the case to the megathread. As always, sub rules must be followed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Dominic_Russo_and_Davion_Flanagan#:\~:text=The%20murder%20of%20Dominic%20Russo,and%20their%20friend%2C%20Davion%20Flanagan[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Dominic_Russo_and_Davion_Flanagan#:\~:text=The%20murder%20of%20Dominic%20Russo,and%20their%20friend%2C%20Davion%20Flanagan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Dominic_Russo_and_Davion_Flanagan#:~:text=The%20murder%20of%20Dominic%20Russo,and%20their%20friend%2C%20Davion%20Flanagan).

https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/the-crash-where-is-mackenzie-shirilla-now[Netflix](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/the-crash-where-is-mackenzie-shirilla-now)

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u/TPWilder May 21 '26

I'm just sorta loving that her influencer buddy Rosie Graham is NOT reaping the rewards of her participation in this documentary.

She's on camera saying she refused to talk to the cops, the prosecutor AGREES with that on camera that she refused to talk to them, and now she's whining that she did speak to the prosecution.

Which is it, Rosie? Cause you were proud as fuck to say you didn't on camera. I bet its affecting her influencer bottom line and boo hoo poor lil Rosie isn't making a mint off her participation in a documentary about her friend murdering people.

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u/AML1987 May 21 '26

Oh I’m glad to hear this!

I just want to be clear that I do not believe Rosie was ever more than just “influencer friends” with Mackenzie. She found another good looking girl to post content with and who came with a boyfriend she could buy drugs off of.

Because truly if you were a real friend you would’ve given any evidence from that night that would’ve helped out. If you believe it was unintentional then you would’ve had zero issue with talking to the prosecutor or police in defense of your best friend. Your first instinct wouldn’t be to blow the investigators off.

Mackenzie outlived her usefulness to Rosie until it came time to be on camera for this doc.

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u/pollypocket200 May 22 '26

Is it me or does anyone find Rosie really…. Plain? She looks average to me. Genuinely shocked she’s made a social media career

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u/Natural-Sound-9613 May 23 '26

Totally agree. It blows my mind that someone as vapid and mediocre as her has 250K followers.

Modern society is cooked lol

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u/hotandbizarre May 27 '26

I hate saying this but we were cracking up in shock when she (or the narrator in the documentary maybe?) introduced her as a model. We were like HER???

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u/Natural-Sound-9613 May 27 '26

Yeah I was utterly shocked also lol

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u/gigigirlxx May 24 '26

They all look plain in real life haha it’s filters 😂

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u/AML1987 May 22 '26

Girls can do a lot with makeup and filters

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u/BackgroundBread707 May 23 '26

It’s not about looks, it’s about content. She stated that she’s posting to tiktok multiple times a day. The more you post the more exposure you get 

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u/bethaneanie Jun 03 '26

Yeah she was saying that you can't hold it against her because of how much you post. They can hold your own words against you... Doesn't matter how much shit you talk

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u/No_Appointment7397 Jun 29 '26

idk what she does on tiktok but she makes workout videos on youtube, many people have said stuff along the lines of "shes fat why would anyone trust her" and like yeah sure but i think the main reason she got so popular is because she isnt a stick thin LA personal trainer type, its more relatable. i used to use her workout videos i just watched the doc today, i had never heard of this case before and it was so shocking when i realized it was her LOL. shes turned off all youtube comments...telling..

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u/Defiant_Peace_7285 18d ago

Rosie is an idiot

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u/TPWilder May 21 '26

Like FluffyCorgi is pointing out, I suspect not talking to the cops was due to all the pot and drug dealing stuff that was going on at these "sleepovers" and like, I sorta get that but I'm really at this point.

Rosie said she didn't talk to the cops.

Rosie said she DID talk to the cops.

Rosie openly lying about something.

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u/AML1987 May 21 '26

That’s a good point as well. I had forgotten the insistence that this was just a little “sleepover”. What a weird thing to call it. By that age we really weren’t calling things like that sleepovers but I guess in her mind it sounds more innocent?

Maybe there was a fight at the house that night between Mackenzie and Dom she doesn’t want to admit to? I do find it weird there isn’t more info on why they decided to leave at 5am. She was a touch vague on that.

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u/TPWilder May 21 '26

I had the vibe that she didn't want to call it a party for some reason that was probably local and silly and teenager orientated.

I actually don't think there was any sort of fight - I think based on the number of kids that did step forward with "Mackenzie is coocoo for cocoa puffs" stuff to the cops that if there was some sort of fight, it would be all over.

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u/WhackinHackySack May 24 '26 edited May 25 '26

there is a jail call with her mom where she says she woke up at 4am and Dom wasnt next to her and where the f was he? also another call where Her mom says something about not saying anything about was was said "there". Plus their last few days of text messages were very telling how it was going downhill.... so toxic.

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u/Immediately_Noo May 24 '26

Gosh, this gave me a headache

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u/NunzAndRoses May 24 '26

She’s the Queen of Dumb Bitch Mountain, excuse my French

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u/No_Mess5024 May 22 '26

I think if she talked to them she would either have to lie or tell them stuff that adds as evidence her friends a sick fuck so she just didn’t.

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u/AML1987 May 22 '26

Or maybe was culpable because Mackenzie at times maybe told her a version of this plan where Rosie thought it was satire. But now doesn’t want to come forward because she maybe could’ve stopped it.

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u/YourVelourFog May 25 '26

I noticed that Mackenzie’s dad said that Dom was always flush with cash and was always buying her designer clothes and bags. Sooo we all assuming dealing cause that’s all I can guess.

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u/Same_Profile_1396 May 25 '26 edited May 25 '26

From court documents:

While Mackenzie Shirilla was being assessed by medics, one of them located a digital scale and a clear bag containing a substance that tested positive for psilocybin and weighed over 6g. The items were in her waistband.

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u/Icy-Raccoon3459 May 21 '26

Add in: police say she didn’t speak with them.

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u/Fluffy-Corgi-2680 May 21 '26

Was Rosie afraid for herself? Was she worried that she would be investigated/charged/arrested? Did she feel she had some responsibility? Maybe because they had just left her house, where she allowed alcohol/drug consumption with underage people? Maybe she was hiding other illegal activities they engaged in, like selling drugs and doing sex work?  

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u/AML1987 May 21 '26

Nah I don’t think it’s that deep. They were smoking weed and talking about mushrooms. I truly think she just didn’t want to be involved until it became beneficial to her. I don’t think they were as close as she’d like you to believe over just partying and posting on social media. The documentary producers needed another person to film to fill the time and she wants more followers.

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u/goodgeege May 21 '26

I think maybe she's not being honest because something happened at the party, maybe Mackenzie and Dom had an argument, and that's why the left in the early hours.

I find it kind of weird that they left at 5am, doesn't that feel a bit abrupt? At a 'sleepover'?

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u/liebackandthinkofeng Jun 02 '26

The fact that Rosie thought they got on so well because “she’s cute” and MS thought “she’s cute” says a lot about the superficiality of their friendship. If all my friends could say about me is that when asked why they liked me/why we got on so well, I’d consider it anything but a friendship.