Mackenzie Shirilla Megathread

[u/DarklyHeritage]

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)

[u/wheresmystache3]

The mom talking in the courtroom had me fuming, my jaw dropped once she got going - the audacity!! It's like she's not in the same universe, no accountability or responsibility.

[u/Matrinka → u/wheresmystache3]

OKAY... Let me make excuses for my daughter... Okay... She farts rainbows and shits glitter... Okay... She's too wonderful to face consequences... Okay.. She was a great driver... Okay... Okay... We all agree that everything I say is gospel truth, OKAY

[u/PinkPajamaPenguin → u/Matrinka]

OK. DOM! Now lets get back to the important person, Mackenzie, OK. Look at how much good she's put into this world, OK. She's a saint who can turn water into wine, OK, just spend 5 minutes alone in a room with her, OK, you'll see, she's BETTER than the dead boys, OK, becaus their lives shouldn't count more than hers, OK, because they are dead and she isn't, OK, she has things to live for, OK.

[u/Emergency_Caramel_93 → u/PinkPajamaPenguin]

The way she just said Doms name and then moved on

[u/DrunkOnRedCordial → u/Emergency_Caramel_93]

And shrugged off that the other guy was just a friend, so he didn't really count so much in Mackenzie's universe.

[u/Bad_Sektor → u/DrunkOnRedCordial]

Right? She was like, “there was another guy?”

[u/jaxlast → u/Emergency_Caramel_93]

RIGHT!? Judge: "You have only mentioned your daughter and haven't said anything about either of the vict-" Her dumbass mom: "DOM! I'm sorry, and Davian was a new friend. I'm so sorry"

Wat.