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TikTok Star Murder Trial
Prosecutors wanted the jury to hear from close friends and relatives of the Abulabans. On the stand was Ali's cousin who was communicating with him at the time of the murders. Jurors learned more about what may have motivated this TikTok star to plot and carry out the murders of his wife and her friend. According to his cousin, Ali got jealous that his wife was hanging out with another man after they separated. This was after Ali himself had sex with another woman in the couple's apartment.
S1, EP72 "Reason Versus Emotion"
The Defense walked the jury through the day Ana Abulaban and her friend, Rayburn Barron, were both shot and killed. Their version of events differed from the State's theory. Ali's defense attempted to bring in nuance between this troubling marriage which could better enlighten jurors about what led up to the two murders. According to the State in their rebuttal to the jury, lies and blames were the defendant's actions after he shot and killed two innocent victims.
S1, EP73 "Jury Deliberations And The Verdict"
The lead prosecutor buttoned up their case against Ali Abulaban in the State's rebuttal. Taren Brast reminded the jury of the defendant's demeanor when she was drilling him under cross-examination. This was to highlight the anger and need to control which prompted Ali to kill his wife, Ana, and her friend, Rayburn Barron. Next, jurors would deliberate over Ali's role and fate in this fatal ambush apartment attack where two young lives were tragically lost.
S1, EP74 "The Sentencing Phase"
Since there was no dispute that Ali Abulaban killed the two victims, jurors were instead tasked with deciding whether the killings were first or second-degree murder or voluntary manslaughter. Before the sentencing of Ali Abulaban, his defense appealed his murder conviction. Ali faced life in prison without the possibility of parole for being convicted of two counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of his wife, Ana, and her friend, Rayburn Barron.
S1, EP75 "Judge Gets The Final Word"
Judge Jeffrey Fraser listened to the emotional victim-impact statements ahead of his sentencing of Ali Abulaban, the convicted double murderer. The relatives of Ana and her friend, Rayburn Barron, talked about how their murders destroyed each of their families. Ali then addressed the Court. He told the judge that a life in prison without parole is like being condemned to hell.
