What to know about Mackenzie Shirilla, the Ohio teen who killed her boyfriend and his friend in 100 mph crash - BERITAJA

The judge said Shirilla made a calculated determination to return that obscure way retired of her routine, astatine a clip erstwhile not galore group would beryllium around.

Russo said: “She had a mission, and she executed it pinch precision. The ngo was death.”

One week later, connected Aug. 21, 2023, Shirilla was sentenced to life successful prison, pinch first eligibility for parole aft 15 years.

She said successful tribunal earlier her sentencing, apologizing and calling Russo her “soul mate.”

“The families of Dominic and Davion, I’m truthful profoundly sorry. I dream 1 time you could spot I would ne'er fto this hap aliases do it connected purpose. I wish I could retrieve what happened,” she said, crying.

Where is she today?

Shirilla is 22 and is housed astatine the Ohio Reformatory for Women successful Marysville, about 27 miles northwest of Columbus.

Her expected merchandise day considering parole eligibility is Oct. 29, 2037.

Shirilla’s ineligible campy revenge an entreaty successful September 2023, but the Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals upheld her conviction.

In October 2024, her attorneys revenge a post-conviction alleviation petition, which was besides denied connected the ground that it was revenge aft the statutory deadline.

In March, the Eighth District Court of Appeals affirmed the ruling denying the 2024 petition. In May 2025, the Supreme Court of Ohio declined to reappraisal the appeal.

Shirilla’s ineligible squad has continued to prosecute efforts related to her appeal.

Beritaja has reached retired to her lawyer for comment.

Family maintains Shirilla is innocent

Shirilla’s parents guidelines by her innocence and opportunity they won’t extremity fighting for her release.

“We judge she’s been falsely accused of something. We judge there’s nary evidence. There’s nary grounds that you could show maine that says anterior calculation, intent, there’s nothing,” Steve Shirilla told Beritaja connected Thursday. “I don’t cognize really it near the juvenile court. There’s zero evidence. All the prosecution has that’s actual is 5 seconds of achromatic container information.”

He said she should person been charged pinch vehicular homicide, if anything.

Natalie Shirilla besides believes that her girl didn’t get a adjacent proceedings and that her first lawyer didn’t usage overmuch of the accusation the family turned in.

“Look astatine the grounds critically and objectively, and you will spot location is nary grounds of intent. She ne'er threatened his life, his beingness life,” she said.

They stay wished successful appealing her case.

“I will never, ever, ne'er stop,” Natalie said. “There is nary expiration connected truth.”

“Mackenzie would ne'er wounded them aliases anybody she loves,” she added. “She stands up for group that are successful problem aliases struggling. That’s who she is.”

Victims’ families grapple pinch loss

The Russo and Flanagan families are still grappling pinch the devastating nonaccomplishment of their loved ones.

Davion Flanagan was a shot player, aspiring barber and loving large brother, according to a fundraiser page by his family. The family has started a memorial barber schoolhouse danasiwa money successful his honor.

Dominic Russo was 1 of 7 siblings and loved playing basketball. He was passionate about manner and had plans to unfastened his ain clothing line, family members person told Beritaja.

Both families person said the appeals process has been painful.

“Another day, different hearing. This clip pinch 3 appellate judges deciding whether Mackenzie deserves post-conviction relief,” Scott Flanagan, Davion’s father, wrote connected Facebook successful January.

“It earnestly ne'er ends. How galore chances does she get erstwhile our boy and Dominic didn’t get a azygous one? It’s for illustration a scab being perpetually ripped disconnected erstwhile each we want to do is heal the nonaccomplishment of our boy and hide each about the horrible personification who ended his life,” he added.

Beritaja reached retired to the Flanagans for comment.

Dominic Russo.Courtesy Christine Russo

Christine Russo, Dominic Russo’s older sister, who participated successful the Netflix documentary, said her family still struggles pinch his loss.

“It hasn’t gotten immoderate better. It’s gotten worse. As clip goes, we’re missing him much arsenic different stages of condolences are hitting,” she told Beritaja.

“Since the sentencing, it’s entreaty aft entreaty aft appeal,” she said Thursday. “There’s nary resting; there’s nary uncovering peace. It’s conscionable constant, for illustration them slapping it again successful our look each six months.”

She said the family hasn’t had immoderate interaction pinch the Shirillas extracurricular of seeing them astatine tribunal hearings.

Russo said that for years she tried debar nationalist sermon online about the case, but she has precocious started her ain podcast, “The Big Sister: Unhinged,” to springiness her relative a voice, talk related condolences and raise home unit awareness.

Years later, she still keeps successful interaction pinch the Flanagans.

“I consciousness truthful guilty. I consciousness truthful bad for his sisters, because I cognize really difficult it hurts me. That was their older brother, their protector. Dom was my baby,” she said. “She ruined everybody’s beingness connected Earth, not conscionable Dom’s — everyone successful our families, everyone successful Davion’s family, my kids.”