District Attorney Rollins claims that the texts were a campaign of abuse that led to the suicide. “You repeatedly told the victim that he should kill himself or die and waged a campaign of abuse that stripped the victim of his free will,” Rollins said.
One of the texts told Urtula to do “everyone a favor and go f***ing kill yourself, you’re such a f***ing stupid ass worthless shit.”
Rollins said that Urtula’s “suicidality began only as a result of Ms. You’s near-constant abuse.”
“Words matter,” Rollins’ statement said, “Demeaning language, ridicule, and verbal abuse can deeply impact people.”
Urtula family speaks out
The Urtula family read a statement in court describing driving to Boston for a day celebrating their son’s graduation and instead of finding themselves planning his funeral.
“We bear no feelings of anger or reprisal. We believe that time will take us through in the moments we mourn and celebrate his life,” the family said.
Early in the case, the defendant released some of the text messages. In those texts, she did try to stop Urtula. And she also alerted Urtula’s brother in the moments before his death.
