• Texts exchanged between Mackenzie Shirilla and Dominic Russo days before the fatal crash show a relationship in serious turmoil
• TMZ obtained messages showing what they describe as “so much hate” between the couple
• A prison ex-girlfriend, Shyann Topping, says she received threatening texts after ending her relationship with Shirilla behind bars
• Shirilla reportedly boasted about her prison nickname “Shirilla the Killa” given to her by bunkmates
• Shirilla, now 21, is serving two concurrent sentences of 15 years to life after being convicted of murder

New details are emerging about Mackenzie Shirilla — and none of them are reassuring.

TMZ obtained text messages sent between Shirilla and her boyfriend Dominic Russo in the days before the 2022 crash that killed him and his friend Davion Flanagan. The messages show a relationship that had soured badly, with exchanges the outlet described as filled with “so much hate.” Shirilla was ultimately convicted of intentionally driving her car at 100 mph into a brick wall in Strongsville, Ohio — a verdict that made national headlines.

The Prison Chapter

Now serving two concurrent sentences of 15 years to life at the Ohio Reformatory for Women, Shirilla has apparently continued making headlines from inside. Her former prison girlfriend, Shyann Topping, came forward exclusively to People magazine with a new account: after ending things with Shirilla, Topping says she began receiving threatening texts and became fearful enough to stop speaking publicly about her.

“We started talking and she told me her nickname was ‘Shirilla the Killa’ — that’s what her bunkmates called her,” Topping told the NY Post. She described Shirilla as someone who seemed to take pride in the notoriety.

After the Crash

Earlier reporting also surfaced what Shirilla texted Russo’s mother in the immediate aftermath of surviving the crash — and what she told police about wanting to be “hypnotized” to remember what happened. Prosecutors argued throughout the trial that the crash was deliberate. The jury agreed.

Shirilla will be eligible for parole in her mid-30s. Until then, the details keep coming out.

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