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Former Boston College student charged with involuntary manslaughter for alleged role in boyfriend's suicideA former Boston College student has been charged with involuntary manslaughter for her alleged role in the suicide of her boyfriend, according to Massachusetts prosecutors.South Korea resident Inyoung You, 21, was allegedly present when her boyfriend, Alexander Urtula, jumped to his death from the roof of a parking garage in Roxbury on May 20 -- the same day he was set to walk in his Boston College graduation ceremony, Suffolk County District Attorney Rachel Rollins announced Monday.An initial search of Urtula's cellphone led to an "extensive" investigation in which prosecutors and detectives from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Police Department discovered that You was allegedly "physically, verbally and psychologicall y abusive" toward him during their 18-month "tumultuous" relationship, Rollins said.The abuse allegedly became "more frequent" and "more powerful" in the days and hours leading up to Urtula's suicide, Rollins said."This unrelenting abuse was witnessed by friends and classmates of both parties and documented extensively in text messages between the couple and in Mr. Urtula's journal entries," she said.