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Suitcase Murder Trial
S1, EP30 "Hearing From Jorge Torres"Jurors got a glimpse of Jorge Torres in the months before he was killed in a suitcase. One of the police bodycam videos showed him being arrested for violating a no-contact order he had against the defendant. Next, more incidents between Sarah Boone and Jorge Torres was shown to jurors. They included 911 calls, police bodycam footage and even cell phone video, Boone recorded to document what was going on at home.
Suitcase Murder Trial
S1, EP31 "Revealing Text Messages"Prosecutors turned the jury's attention to text messages. This was their rebuttal case trying to prove beyond reasonable doubt that Sarah Boone intentionally killed Jorge Torres, her boyfriend, by keeping him trapped in a suitcase for hours. The disparaging texts revealed to jurors included contact with other friends and relatives. The State's aim with the texts was to show jurors how both of them were at fault with how bad their relationship had grew into.
Suitcase Murder Trial
S1, EP32 "Closing Arguments"Closing arguments began on the sixth day of trial. The State delivered their final remarks by detailing their case against Sarah Boone accusing her of intentionally killing Jorge Torres by keeping him stuck in a suitcase for 11 hours. Prosecutor Dave Cacciatore stuck to the legal stipulation of second-degree homicide. He argued that the prosecution does not need to prove intention in Boone's actions which led up to her boyfriend, Jorge Torres' death.
Suitcase Murder Trial
S1, EP33 "Trapped"Closing arguments by the State continued. Prosecutor Dave Cacciatore argued that she had no justification of ending Jorge Torres life using a small suitcase despite the mental health issues she was dealing with. Next, was Sarah Boone's defense to give their closing arguments to jurors. They wanted to button up their case that the defendant was simply a battered woman who defended herself from her abusive boyfriend that day he died in a suitcase.
Suitcase Murder Trial
S1, EP34 "Surviving Domestic Violence"Defense attorney James Owens claimed Sarah Boone's mind at the time of Jorge Torres' death was that of a psychologically abused victim and not a person who wanted to kill a person. Fear and trauma was what led her to zip up the suitcase with her abuser stuck inside and why she refused to open the suitcase back up. Owens contended that years of trauma and abuse at the hands of her boyfriend led her to fighting back in zipping him up in a suitcase and leaving him in there for hours until he died.
Suitcase Murder Trial
S1, EP35 "Justified Homicide"During closing arguments Sarah Boone's lead attorney tried to sew doubt in the minds of jurors as to her role in her boyfriend, Jorge Torre's death. James Owens did this by re-introducing photographic and video evidence of the times Torres was physically abusive to Boone. Owens painted Jorge Torres as the traumatizing abuser who's actions led to his death. Next, the State's turn to give their final appeal to the jury in their rebuttal on why Boone was guilty of second-degree murder.
Suitcase Murder Trial
S1, EP36 "She Started It"Prosecutors had the last word to the jury. Lead prosecutor William Jay claimed hatred, ill-will, spite, malice and a depraved mind led Sarah Boone to kill her boyfriend, Jorge Torres. Soon jurors will deliberate on her role in Torres' death. This was after six days of emotional testimony delivered by both sides and four years of legal wrangling in which Boone went through several defense attorneys assigned to her case.
Killer Girlfriend Murder Trial
"Alex Woodworth's Writings"The State zeroed in on the differences in what Ezra McCandless first said to police and what she said on the witness stand about Alex Woodworth's death; the jury would have to weigh her credibility during deliberations.
Suitcase Murder Trial
S1, EP26 "State's Rebuttal Case"Mental health was a big topic in this trial. Sarah Boone's legal team relied heavily on the diagnosis she received in a full psychological evaluation conducted on her-weeks after she was arrested for the second-degree murder of her boyfriend. Next, on the stand was the State's forensic psychiatrist who evaluated the defendant in jail. Dr. Tonia Werner agreed with the defense expert's diagnosis that Boone did, indeed, suffer from battered woman's syndrome in her relationship with Jorge Torres.
TikTok Star Murder Trial
S1, EP21 "The Double Murder Timeline"More law enforcement officials took the stand. Prosecutors wanted the jury to hear what police found and analyzed when they processed all the evidence linked to the murders of Ana Abulaban and Rayburn Barron, her friend. Investigators said they were able to pinpoint the exact time and location of the defendant, Ali Abulaban by using surveillance camera footage.
TikTok Star Murder Trial
S1, EP22 "Following The Killer's Movement"The jury followed along with the video clips and camera images showing his movements in the lead up to the fatal shootings of his wife, Ana, and her friend, Rayburn Barron. On the stand was the Detective Robert Hopper, who put together the murder timeline. Hopper was also the first investigator to question the defendant behind bars after his arrest for two counts of first-degree murder.
TikTok Star Murder Trial
S1, EP23 "Social Media Evidence"Prosecutors wanted to make clear without a doubt how they say the defendant pulled off this double homicide. Their case argued that the defendant, Ali Abulaban, was so addicted to social media that he grew angrier, narcissistic and jealous. When things got tumultuous in Ali and Ana Abulaban's marriage, both of them turned to social media to air out their dirty laundry. After the fatal shots were fired, the image of a rising online star with the perfect life was exposed for the world to see.
TikTok Star Murder Trial
S1, EP24 "From Abuse To Murder"The detective who investigated the social media activity of Ali Abulaban answered questions under cross-examination. Ali seemed to grow more aggressive and out-of-control online in the weeks leading up to the shootings of his wife Ana and Rayburn Barron. Detective Robert Hopper and his investigative team were convinced that Ali's motive to kill his estranged wife was his suspicion that she was moving on from him. But, Ali took it as cheating since he was trying to save his marriage.
TikTok Star Murder Trial
S1, EP25 "Social Media Drama"Police said the defendant, Ali Abulaban, called his mother after the shooting deaths of his wife Ana and Rayburn Barron. Jurors later learned about the day his wife, Ana, had enough of the alleged abuse. But just three days after Ali left and went to stay in a hotel, Ana was killed along with her friend, Rayburn Barron. Displayed for the courtroom to follow were the arguments, fights, and disparaging comments between Ali and Ana days before the double homicide occurred.
TikTok Star Murder Trial
S1, EP26 "Theatrical Police Interview"Ali Abulaban's lawyers had questions for the Detective-Sergeant who interviewed the defendant after his arrest. Police concluded that the long-standing abuse of his wife, Ana, ultimately led to her Murder along with that of her friend, Rayburn Barron. Narcissistic, impulsive, and theatrical. This was the demeanor of Ali Abulaban during his first interview with police, according to Detective Robert Hopper.
TikTok Star Murder Trial
S1, EP27 "Double Homicide Explained"Jurors heard the perspective of police on what happened to the defendant's wife Ana, and her friend, Rayburn Barron. According to this Detective Robert Hopper, Jealousy and anger had been on Ali Abulaban's mind before he committed these murders. But, according to Hopper, there was no suspicion of a psychological issue or a mental health disorder.
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