Mackenzie Shirilla, the Ohio woman convicted of driving her Toyota Camry into a building at 100 miles per hour in 2022 and killing her boyfriend Dominic Russo, 20, and friend Davion Flanagan, 18, has been privately confessing to intentional murder behind bars, according to a former inmate. Anastasia, an ex-convict who shared a cellblock with Shirilla at the Ohio Reformatory for Women, told the Daily Mail that Shirilla admitted crashing on purpose because "Dom had to die." The revelations directly contradct the narrative Shirilla presented in a Netflix documentary titled The Crash,where she claimed a fainting spell from Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) caused the fatal accident.

The 'Dom had to die' confession and a Satanic twist

Anastasia stated that Shirilla provided a very different account behind bars than the one she gave publicly. According to the Daily Mail, Shirilla said she was suicidal but seemed amused while recounting the crime. The former inmate also revealed that Shirilla was a heavy user of K2, a synthetic drug, and once blamed her actions on Satan, claiming the devil pressed on her foot and forced her to crash. "She wanted to make it sound like she was a little devil girl, and that this is what she intended to do. Like there was a reason that Dom had to die," Anastasia recalled. This unexpected blame-shifting adds a layer of psychological complexity to a case already marked by contradictory statements.

A scrapbook of selfies and a macabre 'BOOM' joke

The portrait of Shirilla's prison life, as described by Anastasia, is one of self-absorption rather than remorse . While many inmates keep scrapbooks filled with photos of loved ones, Anastasia said Shirilla's scrapbook contained only pictures of herself and a snap of a brick wall with the word "BOOM" written on it — apparently a macabre joke about the crash. "She didn't have any pictures of Dom or Davion. I felt like that was cold," Anastasia told the Daily Mail.. The absence of any mementos of the victims stands in stark contrast to the grief-stricken public persona Shirilla tried to project in her Netflix documentary.

36 infractions and a sex-toy video call

Prison disciplinary records obtained by the Daily Mail document 36 infractions, including an alarming incident where Shirilla exposed her breasts on a video call while the visitor displayed a sex toy and undressed. Shirilla admitted to the incident and received a 60-day ban on video calls. The pattern of rule-breaking — from K2 use to attention-seeking behavior — paints a picture of a young woman who embraces her notoriety rather than grappling with the consequences of her actions. According to the report, another former inmate named Kat previously told the Daily Mail that Shirilla showed no remorse and acted like she was famous in prison.

What the POTS claim hides

The medical excuse Shirilla advanced in her documentary — that a POTS-related fainting episode caused the crash — is now directly contradicted by prison-lifer testimony. anastasia said that despite Shirilla's claims of suffering from POTS, fellow inmates never witnessed her passing out.. The lack of observed episodes raises serious questions about whether the condition was genuine or merely a legal strategy. The Daily Mail's reporting suggests Shirilla's public defense was carefully crafted to avoid admitting intent, while her private confessions reveal a very different story — one of deliberate violence, supernatural blame, and a seeming indifference to the lives she took.