Ohio teenager Mackenzie Shirilla, who premeditatedly killed her boyfriend and pal in a 100 mph crash, has been sentenced to 15 years to life in prison
- Mackenzie Shirilla, 20, sobbed as she learned her sentence for killing her boyfriend Dominic Russo, 20, and his friend Davion Flanagan, 19, on Monday
- She intentionally drove her car into a wall at 100 miles per hour in July 2022 in Strongsville, Ohio, killing her boyfriend and a friend
- The judge told Shirilla that the worst evidence against her was the “terrifying and tragic” surveillance footage of her crashing into the wall at full speed
An Ohio teen who killed her boyfriend and one of his friends in a premeditated 100 mph crash has been sentenced to 15 years to life in prison.
Mackenzie Shirilla, 20, sobbed as she learned her verdict on Monday for the July 2022 murders of her boyfriend Dominic Russo, 20, and his boyfriend, 19, Davion Flanagan.
In November last year, she was charged with murder, aggravated road homicide and aggravated assault, although she insisted the crash was an accident.
Prosecutors said she was on a “death mission” which she sees as a way out of their toxic relationship, and she scouted the route a week before the killing of him and his “cargo” boyfriend.
Mackenzie Shirilla, 20, broke down in tears on Monday when she was sentenced to 15 years to life for murdering his boyfriend and a friend in a premeditated car accident
Mackenzie Shirilla with her boyfriend Dominic Russo. She was convicted of his murder on Monday
Judge Nancy Margaret Russo said Monday that the most significant piece of evidence against Shirilla was the “terrifying and tragic” surveillance footage showing her speeding and crashing her Toyota Camry into the wall of a commercial building.
“This is the kind of evidence that you can never overlook,” Russo said.
“She had a mission and she carried it out with precision.” The mission was death.’
She said that Shirilla, who was 17 at the time of the accident, was a “literal hell on wheels.”
Last week, when Shirilla was convicted after a four-day trial without a jury, Russo said the two men in the car were horrified as she drove them to their deaths.
“There is no doubt that the two people in that car were absolutely terrified,” she said.
“That wasn’t reckless driving.” That was murder.’
Shirilla’s Toyota Camry is pictured after the crash in July 2022
The judge said Monday there was “no doubt about the absolute fear of the two people in that car.”
The court was shown footage of Shirilla crashing into a wall at 100mph
Shirilla’s lawyers had argued that the crash was an accident.
She and the two victims had smoked marijuana prior to the collision. Her family said they plan to appeal the verdict.
In a TikTok, she stares at the camera and explains, “I’m just one of those girls who do a lot of drugs and can’t die.”
After the accident, Shirilla searched the internet for modeling jobs in Los Angeles from her hospital bed.
And after her release, she attended a music concert in a wheelchair and was featured in a Halloween TikTok video dancing with friends who appeared to be disguised as a corpse.