Convicted murderer Mackenzie Shirilla, the Ohio woman whose case drew national attention after a deadly 2022 crash, appeared in a new selfie shared from prison following her latest legal setback.
The photo was posted this week to the 21-year-old’s Instagram account by supporters, who wrote that Shirilla is “trying to do better every day and holding on to hope.”
The post also addressed the denial of her post-conviction relief request, claiming it was rejected over a missed filing deadline rather than the substance of her arguments. Supporters urged followers to sign an online petition calling for Shirilla to receive an “immediate retrial.”
Shirilla, whose case was featured in the Netflix documentary “The Crash,” is incarcerated at the Ohio Reformatory for Women. She was convicted in connection with the July 2022 crash that killed her boyfriend, 20-year-old Dominic Russo, and her friend, 19-year-old Davion Flanagan.
Prosecutors said Shirilla deliberately drove her car into a wall in Strongsville at roughly 100 mph. She is serving a sentence of 15 years to life in prison.
In 2023, Shirilla was found guilty of four counts of felonious assault and two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide. During sentencing, she became emotional as the judge described her actions as “literal hell on wheels.”
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In late June, the Ohio Supreme Court rejected Shirilla’s latest bid for post-conviction relief after her attorneys filed the request on Oct. 24, 2024 — one day after the deadline set under state law.
Her legal team filed a new motion Tuesday asking the Ohio Supreme Court to reconsider, arguing that the applicable deadlines were unclear, according to court documents.
The legal blow was the latest setback in a series of denied appeals to overturn Shirilla’s conviction.
Her legal team has argued the then-17-year-old was suffering from a “pre-existing medical condition” that could be to blame for her blacking out before the fatal wreck in northeast Ohio.
The killer’s attorneys have also alleged that the past defense team failed to investigate or back up the alleged pre-existing condition with expert testimony.
The selfie-obsessed inmate just landed a new job serving chow at the Ohio penitentiary, where a former inmate claimed she prances around like a queen bee on “Mean Girls” and sports hickeys from prison hook-ups.
She racked up 23 complaints while behind bars — including for flashing her breasts to visitors on video calls and stashing nude photos and mystery pills in her cell, according to records previously obtained by The Post.
Shirilla will be eligible for parole in 2037.
