Natalie Shirilla Opens Up About Daughter's Prison Struggles.
The mother of Mackenzie Shirilla is providing details about her daughter's life in prison. Natalie Shirilla, the mother of the 21-year-old, described how she is doing while serving two concurrent sentences of 15 years to life in prison for her involvement in the fatal 2022 car accident that killed her friend Davion Flanagan and boyfriend Dominic Russo. The Supreme Court of Ohio refused to hear the 21-year-old's appeal on her fatal crime conviction.
"It's almost like she's trapped in a nightmare that she has no memory of," on the Cuomo Crime Time podcast's June 24 episode, Natalie informed Chris Cuomo. "She's never seen the evidence. She's never seen the discovery. She's never seen anything."
She continued by saying that Mackenzie is "struggling" in prison after being found guilty in 2023 of killing Russo, 20, and Flanagan, 19, on purpose when her Toyota Camry crashed into a brick wall at more than 100 mph.
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Particularly because she is purportedly coping with the consequences of an incident that she claims she doesn't remember.
"All she knows is that the boyfriend that she loved with her whole, whole heart is gone and Davion is gone," Natalie added, "and she was the driver in a car accident, and has no memory of it."
The 52-year-old then broke down in tears as she revealed detailed information on Mackenzie's artwork, which she makes to pass the time while inside.
"It's so sad, and one of these days I'll share it," shared with tears in her eyes. "I'm not going to share it now for obvious reasons, but it's really sad."
"She does self-portraits of herself where she has a rose of thorns around her neck or her mouth is sewn shut," Natalie went on to say, "and she's got all these question marks around her head like, 'Why, why, why?' And like, 'Where's Dom?’ Like, ‘What happened and [to] Davion?'"
Mackenzie is "literally trapped in this nightmare," she reiterated, adding that her daughter "struggles mentally."
Prosecutors, nevertheless, contend that Mackenzie "chose a course of death and destruction," claiming that she purposefully crashed her car in order to put a stop to a poisonous relationship with Russo. Mackenzie and her family, meanwhile, have insisted that she is innocent; the aspiring influencer says she doesn't remember the crash or the previous morning.
According to court documents obtained by news organizations, Mackenzie's most recent appeal was dismissed by the Supreme Court of Ohio on June 23, following earlier unsuccessful attempts to appeal her case.
Chief Justice Sharon L. Kennedy of the Ohio Supreme Court ultimately declined to review her case, stating in a June 23 ruling that she "declines to accept jurisdiction of the appeal," despite her legal team's argument that her case "presents substantial constitutional questions and matters of great public and great general interest."
Mackenzie alleged there "was no intent whatsoever" behind the disaster in her first prison interview, which was featured in The disaster. She attributed the occurrence to her diagnosis of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS).
"I was a driver of a tragedy," in the document, she stated, "but I'm not a murderer."
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