The Crash: Double murderer Mackenzie Shirilla
REDRUM true crime
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4.6 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2026
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
On July 31st 2022, a devastating 100mph car crash in Strongsville, Ohio left 2 teenage boys dead. At first, it looked like a tragic accident. But investigators would soon uncover evidence that suggested something far darker…Dominic Russo and his best friend, Davion Flanagan, had accepted a lift home after a summer party with Dominic’s on-again, off-again girlfriend, Mackenzie Shirilla. Minutes later, the car slammed into a brick building at catastrophic speed. Dominic and Davion were killed instantly. Mackenzie survived.What followed shocked even seasoned investigators.Data pulled from the vehicle revealed no attempt to brake.
Witnesses came forward describing an allegedly toxic relationship marked by threats, manipulation, and one chilling warning: “I will crash this car right now.”
Then came the GPS evidence, toxicology results, social media posts, and allegations that raised one haunting question... was this really an accident at all?
This is the story of love turned volatile, control, obsession, and the split-second decision that destroyed multiple families forever… but as detectives began piecing together the final hours before impact, they uncovered something that would change the entire case... and make people question whether this crash had been planned long before anyone got into that car.
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| 0:00.0 | I don't want to force anything and just say too much or sound crazy. |
| 0:05.0 | On the 31st of July 2022, a teenage girl took the life of her boyfriend and friend, |
| 0:12.0 | but she made sure it looked like an accident. The only reason this crime was discovered |
| 0:18.0 | was because of her suspicious behaviour after the murders. |
| 0:23.0 | This is Red Rum, stories about the true victims of crime. I upload two episodes a week, |
| 0:27.6 | Mondays and Thursdays, so make sure you're subscribed so you never miss an episode. |
| 0:34.0 | 17-year-old Mackenzie Shirilla was born on the 2nd August 2004 to her parents Natalie and Steve. |
| 0:41.2 | She lived in Strongsville, Ohio, and during her high school years, she met a boy called Dominic Russo. |
| 0:48.3 | Dominic was a little older than her and had recently graduated Strongsville High School at the time of our case in 2022. |
| 0:56.0 | Dominic was extremely independent. He was already running multiple companies, including a clothing |
| 1:02.0 | line, and was an absolutely brilliant, doting uncle to his multiple nieces and nephews. He was known |
| 1:09.5 | to be super kind, and his friends spoke about him |
| 1:12.4 | being just very encouraging and having the best sense of humour. He loved music and he had dreams |
| 1:19.4 | of joining the military. During Mackenzie's teenage years, she began to change. She became interested |
| 1:26.8 | in social media and very quickly she built a following. |
| 1:31.0 | She became somewhat of an influencer. |
| 1:33.5 | But alongside this came a sense of entitlement. |
| 1:37.0 | Her friends at school said she admired Regina George, a character from the film Mean |
| 1:41.7 | Girls, known as intimidating, manipulative, and always getting |
| 1:46.8 | her way. |
| 1:48.2 | And by all accounts, this is what Mackenzie was becoming too. |
| 1:52.5 | She also started doing drugs with rumours floating around school about her engaging in |
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