{"id":24569,"date":"2026-05-22T08:28:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T08:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/the-disturbing-details-netflix-didnt-include-in-the-crash\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T08:28:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T08:28:18","slug":"the-disturbing-details-netflix-didnt-include-in-the-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/the-disturbing-details-netflix-didnt-include-in-the-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"The Disturbing Details Netflix Didn\u2019t Include In \u2018The Crash\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative\" data-narration-container=\"true\">\n<p>The latest Netflix documentary that has viewers glued to their TVs is \u201cThe Crash,\u201d which tells the story of convicted murderer Mackenzie Shirilla and the deadly 2022 car crash that put her behind bars for 15 years to life.<\/p>\n<p>The 90-minute documentary features in-depth interviews with Shirilla\u2019s parents, Natalie and Steve, and the families of the two young men killed in the crash: Dominic Russo and Davion Flanagan.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors successfully argued that Shirilla, who was 17 at the time, intentionally crashed the vehicle at roughly 100 mph into a commercial building in Strongsville, Ohio, a suburb outside Cleveland, in the early morning hours of July 31, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0<iframe style=\"aspect-ratio:9\/16;max-width:220px;display:flex;justify-content:center;width:100%;margin:20px auto 5px;border:0\" src=\"https:\/\/player.mux.com\/00xhUymE02rq00a7QmktZsz2YiPmkr64hYM?metadata-video-content-type=short&amp;metadata-video-id=0dd47d40-9d24-421a-af7d-4cba5a8fae51&amp;metadata-video-stream-type=on-demand&amp;metadata-video-title=The%20disturbing%20details%20Netflix%20didn%E2%80%99t%20include%20in%20%E2%80%98The%20Crash%E2%80%99&amp;poster=https%3A%2F%2Fdailywireplus-v2.imgix.net%2Fimages%2Fshorts%2Ffc4d3574-b170-4484-9386-74b90c18d527.jpg&amp;autoplay=false&amp;accent-color=%23DB3D3B&amp;primary-color=%23ffffff&amp;secondary-color=%23000000\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to family and friends interviewed in the documentary, Russo had been involved in a \u201ctoxic\u201d relationship with Shirilla, while Flanagan was a friend who joined the two in the car that fateful morning.<\/p>\n<p>While the Netflix show focuses heavily on the emotional fallout surrounding the case, key details found in reports from Strongsville Police show a more complete picture of Shirilla\u2019s behavior and state of mind leading up to the crash.<\/p>\n<p>A central question in both the trial and documentary was whether the teenager really meant to crash a car at a high rate of speed into a brick building. While her parents said no, local authorities suggested the parents were aware their daughter was capable of doing harm.<\/p>\n<p>A detective said he was told by a police sergeant that Shirilla\u2019s father, Steve, said she \u201cintentionally\u201d drove her vehicle into the building in an attempt to take her own life. Steve also told the sergeant his daughter was suicidal and asked that she remain in the hospital, according to the detective.<\/p>\n<p>At this time, Shirilla had just turned 18 while recovering in the hospital, meaning she was now an adult and could legally check herself out despite her father\u2019s wishes.<\/p>\n<p>Another bombshell in the detective\u2019s report claims Shirilla voluntarily engaged in sexual acts with other people \u201clikely in exchange for monetary value.\u201d Dozens of Snapchat messages and text messages indicate Shirilla requested money in exchange for pictures or meetups.<\/p>\n<p>The documentary includes interviews with several of Shirilla\u2019s friends who defended her character and insisted she would never hurt anyone. But other witnesses interviewed by police described her driving as reckless and dangerous. One person said she \u201csucked at driving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police records also cite Snapchat videos allegedly recorded by Shirilla in April 2022 showing a vehicle speedometer reaching 93 mph in traffic.<\/p>\n<p>Rosie Graham, one of Shirilla\u2019s strongest defenders in the documentary, was also cited in police records as telling friends not to get in the car with her.<\/p>\n<p>Shirilla\u2019s efforts to overturn her conviction on appeal have so far failed. She\u00a0is up for parole in 2037.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/the-disturbing-details-netflix-didnt-include-in-the-crash\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest Netflix documentary that has viewers glued to their TVs is \u201cThe Crash,\u201d which tells the story of convicted murderer Mackenzie Shirilla and the deadly 2022 car crash that put her behind bars for 15 years to life. The 90-minute documentary features in-depth interviews with Shirilla\u2019s parents, Natalie and Steve, and the families of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-current-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}