The documentary frames it as simple — Mackenzie Shirilla was the toxic one, Dominic Russo was the guy trying to get out. But a psychotherapist who has spent decades working in domestic violence says relationships like this are almost never that clean. Shirilla was convicted of four counts of murder for the Strongsville, Ohio crash that killed Dominic Russo and Davion Flanagan. The prosecution argued the breakup triggered a premeditated act. But the relationship was far more complicated than the trial allowed — constant breakups and reconciliations, explosive fights, threats from both sides, and an incident on I-71 where the prosecution says Mackenzie threatened to crash the car while text messages show Mackenzie told Dominic's mother it was actually Dom who grabbed the wheel. Two versions of the same violent moment. The defense never challenged the prosecution's account. Shavaun Scott — licensed psychotherapist, author of The Minds of Mass Killers, with experience in domestic violence shelters, forensic mental health, and crisis teams — examines the dynamics the prosecution used as evidence but never clinically analyzed. What does it mean when two young people are locked in a cycle of breaking up and getting back together? Why does a breakup feel like an identity collapse for someone with Mackenzie's psychology? How do you read self-harm threats inside a volatile relationship? Then the memory claim. Mackenzie says she blacked out. The families say she's lying. A fellow inmate says the documentary version is an act. But trauma-induced memory loss is a real clinical phenomenon — and Scott says it looks almost exactly like what Mackenzie describes. She examines dissociative amnesia through a clinical lens, whether someone can genuinely not know the difference between forgetting and not wanting to remember, and what the medical evidence suggests about consciousness at the moment of impact. She also confronts a possibility the system may not be equipped to consider — that this was never premeditated murder at all. Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. #MackenzieShirilla #TheCrash #TheCrashNetflix #DominicRusso #DavionFlanagan #ShavaunScott #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #Netflix #DissociativeAmnesia