By Anna Menta

Netflix’s latest true crime documentary, The Crash, has captured the morbid curiosity of viewers. The Crash shot to the top of Netflix’s top 10 trending title list, where it’s remained at No. 1 through the weekend. And after watching, viewers want to know more about Mackenzie Shirilla, who was convicted of two counts of murder after a deadly car crash.

Directed by Gareth Johnson, The Crash walks viewers through the criminal case of a 2022 car crash in Strongsville, Ohio. The driver, 17-year-old Mackenzie Shirilla, was driving her boyfriend, Dom, and his friend, Davion, home from a friends house in the early hours of the morning, when she crashed the car into a brick building, driving over 90 miles per hour. Dom and Davion died in the crash. Mackenzie survived.

After toxicology reports revealed Shirilla did not have a significant amount of alcohol in her system, police began to investigate the case as a murder. In 2023, a judge, Nancy Margaret Russo, concluded that the car crash was premeditated. Shirilla was found guilty of 12 felony charges, including two counts of murder. Read on to find out where Mackenzie Shirilla from The Crash is today, including how old Mackenzie Shirilla is now, when she was sentenced, and where she is serving her time.

How old is Mackenzie Shirilla now?

Mackenzie Shirilla is now 21 years old. She has been incarcerated for nearly three years, after being found guilty of two counts of murder, as well as guilty of counts of assault, aggravated vehicular homicide, drug possession, and criminal tools possession.

In The Crash, Shirilla gives her first-ever interview from prison, with her lawyer just off camera. When asked why she agreed to do the interview, Shirilla says, “I’ve never spoke before and I’ve never told my side of the story. I understand there’s many different sides to the story and different perspectives, but I just wanna say my truth. I just know myself, and I know I’m not a monster.”

When did Mackenzie Shirilla get sentenced?

Shirilla was sentenced on on August 31, 2023, to life in prison, with possibility of parole after 15 years. Shirilla is currently serving her 15-to-life prison sentence at the Ohio Reformatory for Women, a state prison in Marysville, OH. Her first parole hearing is scheduled for September 2037, which will be about 14 years since she was sentenced.

In September 2023, shortly after she was sentenced, Shirilla’s legal team appealed her verdict, citing clerical errors and lack of evidence presented by the court. Cuyahoga County Judge Nancy Margaret Russo denied the appeal, stating it had come too late. That denial of the appeal was recently upheld in March 2026, after a review of the appeal, which stated the appeal came just one day too late after the 365-day deadline.

“Shirilla’s post-conviction relief petition was filed on the 366th day following the filing of her trial transcript. Accordingly, we find that the trial court correctly determined it was without jurisdiction to consider the petition.”

Shirilla’s lawyers also appealed to the Ohio Supreme Court, but their request for review was denied.