DEAD END AT 100 MPH: The Mackenzie Shirilla Story A Teen, a Toxic Love, and the Morning Two Boys Never Came Home

On the morning of July 31, 2022, a 17-year-old girl drove her car into a brick wall at 100 miles per hour. She survived. The two young men with her did not.What looked like a tragic accident would become one of the most shocking murder convictions in recent American history.Dead End at 100 MPH takes readers inside the case of Mackenzie Shirilla — the Ohio teenager who was convicted of intentionally killing her boyfriend, Dominic Russo, and his friend, Davion Flanagan, in a crash that left a nation divided. Drawing from court records, trial testimony, and verified public reporting, this book reconstructs every dimension of the case: the relationship, the evidence, the trial, the verdict, and the aftermath.Was it murder, or was it a terrible accident? The courts have spoken. But the questions linger.This is the full story — told with honesty, without sensationalism, and with respect for everyone who lost something that morning. Read more