Hell on Wheels killer Mackenzie Shirillas mom whines about daughter struggling mentally in prison

The mother of “Hell on Wheels” killer Mackenzie Shirilla is whining about how her daughter is “struggling” and putting on weight in prison — while insisting she still loves the boyfriend she murdered.Natalie Shirilla complained to the Daily Mail that her now-21-year-old daughter is “mentally struggling” while holed up in the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville, where she is serving two concurrent sentences of 15 years to life for killing boyfriend Dominic Russo and a friend in 2022.“She’s struggling … It’s very hard and challenging in there,” the 51-year-old mom complained.“She’s actually gained a little bit of weight … She looks physically better but she’s still mentally struggling.”Natalie said her daughter — who was nicknamed “Hell on Wheels” by the judge in her trial — “still loves” Russo, whom she was convicted of murdering by deliberately crashing her car into a wall at more than 100 mph.“’I loved Dom.I still love Dom.

Mackenzie still loves Dom.She’s struggling.

Dom was like part of our family,” the still-supportive mom said.She emphatically debunked reports that Russo had tried to break up with Shirilla before he was killed in the fatal smash in a suburb of Cleveland that also claimed the life of a 19-year-old pal.Davion Flanagan.Shirilla, who was 17 at the time of the crash, and the two victims were driving around and getting high when she suddenly gunned the engine and smashed the car into a warehouse at 100 mph.But Natalie admitted Shirilla and Russo’s relationship could sometimes be volatile.But she said her daughter has only kept quiet about it all on the protective mom’s advice.“‘Everything that she has said about [Russo], even in the nicest, most innocent way, has been used against her in a way that makes her look evil or a monster,” she said.“So, if I was her, I would never talk again ever, because whatever you say is going to be used against you.”Natalie Shirilla also defende...