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The Ohio teenager who was convicted of murdering her boyfriend after plowing her car into a building at 100 miles per hour while high on marijuana posted a TikTok video before her arrest bragging about her drug tolerance, according to a report.
Mackenzie Shirilla, 19, was found guilty of four counts of murder this week in the July 2022 crash that killed her boyfriend, Dominic Russo, 20, and his friend Davion Flanagan, 19.
The teen’s chilling TikTok video resurfaced after her conviction, in which she boasts about her feelings of immortality.
“I’m not even cool I’m just one of those girls that can do a lot of drugs and not die,” the audio in the clip, obtained by the Daily Mail, says while Shirilla bats her enormous fake eyelashes.
It’s unclear if Shirilla filmed the video before or after the crash, according to the outlet.
Her TikTok account has been switched to private.
The trio was smoking pot before Shirilla, then 17, rammed her car into the brick wall of a warehouse in the Cleveland suburb of Strongsville with no attempt to hit the brakes.
Russo, who was in the passenger seat, and Flanagan, who was riding in the back, were both declared dead at the scene.
Shirilla miraculously survived and was found unconscious with her Prada slippers still on the accelerator.
Hallucinogenic mushrooms and a scale were found near Shirilla’s body at the scene as well, detectives testified.
Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim Troup told the court that the teen wanted to murder Russo after their months-long fling fizzled out. Flanagan, who was just looking for a ride home, was just innocent “cargo,” Troup said.
Security video captured Shirilla acting with “purpose and intent” by revving her Toyota Camry to triple digits before it smashed into the building around 6:15 a.m., the judge said after the verdict in the juryless trial.
“She had a mission, and she executed it with precision. The decision was death,” added Judge Nancy Margaret Russo, who is not related to Dominic.
Shirilla’s mother, Nathalie Shirilla, testified last week that her daughter had been diagnosed with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), a disorder that causes her to pass out if her sodium and hydration levels are too low that could be to blame for the crash.
The primary symptom of POTS is lightheadedness or fainting, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
The teen’s mother said she hopes her daughter’s attorney James McDonnell files an appeal.
Her conviction on four counts of murder, four counts of felonious assault and two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide carries an automatic sentence of life in prison with no opportunity for parole for 15 years.
Her sentencing has been scheduled for Monday.
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