Mackenzie Shirilla
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New York Post : Twisted video posted to Mackenzie Shirilla, ‘Hell on Wheels’ killer’s private Instagram depicts her crying …
Portrays the individual as insincere and manipulative in expressing grief, reinforcing public condemnation
The article uses emotionally charged language and selective social media content to frame Shirilla's mourning as performative or disingenuous, amplifying moral judgment over psychological or legal context.
“A deplorable video showing Mackenzie Shirilla mourning her boyfriend after she killed him was posted to her private Instagram account — and then deleted minutes later.”
New York Post : 'Hell on Wheels' killer Mackenzie Shirilla is prison 'Mean Girl:' inmate
Framed as socially privileged and self-centered within prison, excluded from moral community
The article uses loaded language and moral framing to depict Shirilla as callous and image-obsessed, contrasting her behavior with expected norms of remorse, thus excluding her from moral belonging.
“She was always laughing, always smiling and happy — like it was never on her mind that she was serving two concurrent 15-to-life sentences because she killed two people”