Killer Cases Season 7 Episode 3

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00:00They immediately found both Anna and Ray bleeding, with gunshot wounds, deceased on the couch.

00:21It sounds like there's a third shooter. Someone came here and shot them.

00:32Not very often that you catch the audio of a murder on surveillance.

00:41You hear six gunshots.

00:46It was chilling.

00:47New information this afternoon about a double homicide inside an East Village high-rise is our top story.

00:53Anna was always very beautiful, very social, very outgoing.

01:00They seem like happy new parents. I think she was really excited about it.

01:04I've never met anyone else like you. I don't think I will.

01:10He had about a million followers on TikTok.

01:13I didn't finish, man.

01:15He was viewed as some type of star or rising star.

01:20Are you kidding me? I'm right here, dudes.

01:23When we learned who was involved and what this actually was, then it became a really big case.

01:28Your wife is in a bar and said, you've got to stop it.

01:33This is what he's going to tell you.

01:35I'm going to get out of that situation.

01:37And I grabbed the gun.

01:38Trying to find the first place to put a body.

01:40No, sir.

01:41The only thing they could do was kill it.

01:42You want to say anything.

01:44Leave the jury and you find the defendant.

01:45San Diego emergency, dispatcher 8107.

02:00Yes, ma'am.

02:00My wife and another man were, I found them dead on the couch.

02:05Pull the hole to the face.

02:07Someone was shocked?

02:08Two people, a man and my wife.

02:11Stand by, stand by, stand by, stand by.

02:12Oh, yeah, we got two down.

02:16We got two down.

02:17Please help my wife.

02:18Okay, hold on.

02:20What is your name?

02:23My name is Ali.

02:24Okay.

02:24Yes, I'm her husband.

02:25I'm her husband.

02:26Ali, what's your last name?

02:27Abulaban.

02:33Ali Abulaban and his wife, Anna, had seemed to live a life full of music and fun.

02:38All played out on their popular TikTok videos.

02:41Anna was always very beautiful, very social, very outgoing.

02:49I've never met anyone else like you.

02:52And I don't think I ever will.

02:55I'm not saying that because it's cliche.

02:57I'm saying that because no one's ever moved me the way that you do.

03:01Anna Abulaban and Ali Abulaban met in Okinawa, Japan around 2014.

03:08Mr. Abulaban was in the Air Force.

03:10Anna was living there with her family.

03:14She told me that she's dating this guy and that she really likes him and she's very much in love with him.

03:22And it was not long after that she gave birth to their daughter, Amira.

03:27Anna, a citizen of the Philippines, came to the U.S. on a fiancé visa.

03:31They seemed like happy new parents and shortly after she convinced Ali to move to San Diego with her and Amira.

03:41They moved into a 35th floor apartment in San Diego's trendy East Village.

03:46You ever look at your person and think to yourself, wow, how did I land you?

03:55She had always wanted to have like a family where both parents were present and that I think she was really excited about it.

04:03And Ali became well known on TikTok and Instagram for his clever impersonations.

04:09He liked to impersonate Scarface.

04:13I was in Miami one day.

04:16I went to go buy two-piece.

04:18Little job.

04:18Tekashi69.

04:20Pause.

04:21F*** all that, you feel me?

04:23You really thought I wanted to hear all that?

04:24Do me a favor.

04:26Breathe in.

04:27And keep f***ing it in because I'm not trying to catch none of that stupid.

04:31Or video game characters.

04:33Hmm?

04:34Someone there?

04:34All of us saw that he was a very good actor.

04:40What are you stopping?

04:41With what?

04:41In there.

04:42He would use a gun in some of those videos and impersonations.

04:46He would impersonate violent characters.

04:50Shut the f*** up.

04:51He had about a million followers on TikTok.

04:54He was viewed as some type of star or rising star.

04:59His name on TikTok was Jin Kid.

05:02From his explanation, that translated to the devil.

05:06I should go, guys.

05:08Kill Hector.

05:09Everybody's f***ing there.

05:10Tony, how could you do this, Tony?

05:12Anna would always help him take videos and skits and do all the editing.

05:19And she would be up till 5 in the morning trying to help him with his video content for YouTube

05:25and for TikTok and for Instagram.

05:27And sometimes she was also on screen, but that was very seldom.

05:30What happened?

05:32Oh, Jason.

05:34They came in and took everything.

05:36They even killed your mother.

05:37I was happy for them.

05:38It was something they both enjoyed doing.

05:40And, you know, if they made money along the way, that's great.

05:43But the happy TikTok videos were hiding what was becoming a troubled relationship.

05:48Oh, yeah.

05:49You can take a video of me while I'm here.

05:51Yeah.

05:52You know what?

05:52Give me my phone.

05:53I'm not totally going to call security to make sure.

05:54No.

05:55Security's been called.

05:56No.

05:56Yeah.

05:56Because your friends are f***ing sneaky.

05:58No.

05:58You don't even know my root number.

05:59And even when they fought, Ali would often have his phone camera rolling.

06:04You are out of control.

06:05You already broke my phone.

06:06You are out of control.

06:07Give me my phone.

06:08You're the one out of control.

06:09I'm trying to leave this house.

06:10Yeah.

06:11That's not cool.

06:12Give me my phone.

06:12With a bunch of guys?

06:13Give me my phone.

06:15A bunch of guys, huh?

06:16Give me my phone.

06:17There's no guys.

06:18Give me my phone.

06:19I'm taking your kid with me.

06:20He was definitely a jealous guy.

06:22This is f***ing healthy, man.

06:24You're not healthy.

06:25The jealousy did start to turn to violence.

06:30There was one incident where she called me one afternoon.

06:35And she takes her sunglasses off.

06:38And she takes her baseball cap off.

06:41And I remember looking at her.

06:45And the whole side, I believe, of her face was bruised.

06:50From her, from her, from the corner of her eye down to the corner of her lip.

06:56It was black and blue.

06:57It was swollen.

06:58And I was like, oh, my God, what happened?

07:01Why didn't you call me sooner?

07:07And then she calls me in the middle of the night.

07:11And she's like, I need your help.

07:12And she tells me that Ali told her that he had slept with a woman that he met in their elevator.

07:23Oh, man.

07:25The irony.

07:26He's scared that he's going to get cheated on.

07:29But he didn't want cheated.

07:30The irony of it all.

07:32All f***ing dumb in my life.

07:33He's like, I am finished.

07:35I don't want to be with him anymore.

07:37You said that you're going to live here.

07:39I'm the one that's leaving.

07:40Why are you going to leave?

07:41Because.

07:42With my fault.

07:43With your kid.

07:44Because I don't want your kid.

07:45You can keep your kid.

07:46You don't want your kid.

07:46I don't want your kid.

07:48You can have full custody of her.

07:51What a great mother.

07:52Keep it on camera.

07:53Again, all caught on tape by Ali.

07:55All right.

07:56No, he's still reporting.

07:58You look like a crazy person.

07:59You're the one blocking the door.

08:01I can't leave.

08:02You have my phone.

08:03You're stealing my phone.

08:04The night would turn violent.

08:07I'm going to leave my phone back.

08:10Enough.

08:11Ali, give me my phone back.

08:12Enough.

08:14Ali, enough.

08:15Can somebody please help me?

08:16Stay there.

08:16Emergency.

08:17This is Dispatcher 8854.

08:19My name is Anna.

08:20Are you having a fight with a spouse or a boyfriend?

08:24Yes.

08:25Did he hit you?

08:27Yes.

08:27No.

08:28As Anna was talking to police, Ali was posting live on Instagram.

08:34I'll bring you to San Diego for what?

08:35So you can run to your friends?

08:36You're not even an American citizen.

08:41I brought you to this country.

08:43Name one man that would do for you.

08:47Wait a minute, man.

08:49I'm grateful.

08:50Oh, great.

08:53You were on the phone with police while I said that?

08:55Wow.

08:56It just don't say anything to him.

08:58That way there, he doesn't flare up again.

09:00I'm going to jail.

09:01I have no record.

09:03I'm going to jail.

09:04And you know what?

09:06Goodbye to your little citizenship there, Miss Filipino.

09:10This lured me to San Diego for what?

09:12So she could be a hoe with all her friends?

09:13No, it's the truth.

09:24You're a fucker.

09:25Shut the fuck up.

09:25You are a liar.

09:26Yeah, you got friends now.

09:28Now you don't have a husband.

09:29Okay.

09:31San Diego Police Department.

09:36I think he just left the house.

09:37He just left?

09:38Is it just you?

09:39It's just me.

09:39My daughter's here.

09:40By the time police arrived at their apartment, Ali had left.

09:46It was physical tonight.

09:47It was physical.

09:47How did he hit you?

09:48It just went crazy and pushed me.

09:52I had a scratch on my knee.

09:53So how do you push you?

09:55Did he just like hold arms?

09:56I fell on the floor and hit my head on the bed.

10:01I'm fine, but my head's fine.

10:02She was telling me like she loves him so much,

10:05but this is so tiring and that she doesn't know what to do anymore.

10:09She said that, you know, he's been doing a lot of cocaine at this point

10:15and was being paranoid.

10:17I was like, you know, he has a gun.

10:18You're not worried?

10:20And she's like, no, Ali would never do that.

10:23And I remember me and my friend Diana warning her,

10:27if you're dead, who's going to look after Amira then?

10:30And she's like, you guys are right.

10:32The police left that night without taking any further action.

10:36They would soon be back.

10:46You have one new message at 1.32 a.m.

10:50You're my woman.

10:52I brought you to this country.

10:55It would seem like almost every day Ali was harassing her

10:58and sending her evil voice messages

11:01and berating her and calling her names.

11:05By now, Ali had moved out of their apartment.

11:08I am the best man you ever met.

11:10And you're the dumbest I ever devoted my life to.

11:13New message at 1.44 a.m.

11:16I can't wait to divorce you so I can start my new life.

11:20And you're going to watch Netflix one day.

11:21And you're going to see my face on Netflix.

11:25New message at 1.49 a.m.

11:27You make me beg for sex.

11:29Who the think you are?

11:31I'm a God.

11:33I'm a sexy.

11:35I'm a internet celebrity.

11:37He wasn't letting her go.

11:39She wanted to be let go and move on from the marriage

11:42and get a divorce.

11:43New message left at 4.11 a.m.

11:46There was an audio recording from October 17th

12:00where he recorded a dinner that Anna went to with him.

12:06Ali, I don't want to be with you.

12:08I really don't.

12:10I've told you this multiple times over and over again.

12:12I don't want to be married.

12:14What's his name?

12:15There's no name, Molly.

12:16What's his name?

12:16Just be honest.

12:17There is nobody.

12:18There has to be.

12:19And in fact, there was a friend named Ray Barrett.

12:24Ray was a friend of some of their friends.

12:29He would never fight with anybody.

12:31I mean, he was always like the peacemaker of everybody.

12:34Like, he was always trying to keep everybody up.

12:37Like, just peace and don't be fighting.

12:39I could tell that, you know, she was happier

12:42and she looked less stressed

12:44and she definitely did not look as drained as she did

12:47when I saw her with Ali.

12:48Anna was not trying to rub anything in his face.

12:52She didn't tell him, I'm moving on with someone else.

12:55And so he had his suspicions,

12:57but he didn't actually know

12:59that Anna was definitely seeing someone

13:03or that it was Ray.

13:03Are you with another man?

13:08Just let me know so I can leave.

13:10Let me know.

13:10Are you with another man?

13:12Just own up to it.

13:13I will not tell anybody.

13:15I just need to know

13:16because there's no way

13:17that you're not f***ing another dude

13:19with the way that you've been treating me.

13:21There's no way that you lost love for me.

13:24Just overnight.

13:27Just be honest.

13:28Throughout the month,

13:30he did various website searches.

13:32On October 17th,

13:34Mr. Abulaban was searching

13:36decapitated heads

13:38and chopped bodies.

13:40He sent an ominous message to a cousin.

13:44Come on, dude.

13:45That s*** f***ing hurts

13:46because if I see that,

13:47I don't even know what the f*** I'll do

13:48if I see my wife kissing on another man.

13:50I'll f***ing go to jail, bro.

13:51We saw that Ali Abulaban

13:54was controlling and abusive,

13:56but then he would apologize

13:57and he would be loving

14:00and he would be nice.

14:02Hey, Anna.

14:04Just want to say good morning.

14:05Good morning to Amira.

14:08I just figured instead of texting you,

14:10I'll send you a video

14:11so you can watch it

14:12whenever you're ready.

14:14Ali sent this apology

14:16in the early hours of October 21st,

14:18what would become a fateful day

14:20for both of them.

14:23I'm an idiot.

14:24I'm so sorry.

14:25I'm so f***ing sorry.

14:27I literally argue like a f***ing child.

14:32I'm not understanding what you were saying.

14:34I do now.

14:35I'm saying, like,

14:35my intention here is to just let you know

14:37I get it.

14:39And I'm so sorry.

14:41I really am so f***ing sorry

14:43for what I'm putting you through.

14:45How f***ing stupid.

14:46What happened to me?

14:47It was the drugs?

14:49It was my insecurities?

14:51So,

14:52just want to let you know

14:55I'm learning

14:56and I see the truth.

14:59And I do very much love you.

15:02And I'm sorry.

15:03I'm sorry for all this.

15:04Shortly after receiving the apology video,

15:11Anna left the apartment

15:12to take her daughter to school.

15:14A curious child,

15:15Amir asked about the stairway.

15:17Why don't we just be on the stairs this time?

15:23Well,

15:24it's a piece of it

15:25so far away.

15:27But anyway,

15:28can we show and see

15:30what the stairs look like?

15:32A few minutes later,

15:34Ali showed up

15:34at the apartment building.

15:36Ali is caught on surveillance video

15:39entering the lobby

15:41and then got on the elevator

15:43and took the elevator

15:44up to the 35th floor.

15:54The surveillance cameras

15:56picked him up

15:56talking with Anna.

15:57He arrived,

16:14gained access to the apartment

16:15and then vandalized

16:17the inside of the apartment.

16:18He threw a pumpkin on the ground.

16:20He threw flowers on the ground.

16:22Threw away Anna's party clothing.

16:25Police would later learn

16:27Ali also installed

16:28a listening device

16:29on his daughter's iPad.

16:31He wanted to be able

16:32to listen to

16:34any live conversations

16:35coming from the apartment.

16:36He put the iPad

16:37on a charger

16:39and he hid the iPad

16:40behind the bed

16:42in their master bedroom.

16:43He was hoping

16:44to be able to

16:45catch Anna

16:47with another man.

16:48After he set up

16:50the iPad in the apartment,

16:51he left

16:52and then he was listening

16:54to the apartment

16:56from his cell phone.

16:58A few hours later,

17:00Anna arrived back

17:01at the apartment

17:01with her friend,

17:02Ray.

17:03Pretty sure that

17:04Anna probably felt safe

17:05if Ray was there

17:06because he was a male

17:08and he was tall

17:10and could probably

17:11protect her.

17:12But I don't think

17:13he knew

17:13all the fights

17:15and everything

17:16that she was having

17:18with the husband.

17:21She called me,

17:22hey, Ali,

17:25I guess,

17:26came into the apartment

17:26and trashed the place.

17:28I told her, like,

17:29oh my God,

17:29how did he get in there?

17:30And she's like,

17:31I guess he did have

17:32a copy of the key.

17:33At this point,

17:34she's like,

17:34you know what,

17:35like, I'm just going

17:36to go to the courthouse

17:37and get a restraining order.

17:39And that was

17:39the last conversation

17:40we had.

17:43Ali was at

17:44a nearby hotel

17:45listening.

17:47In the afternoon,

17:48a little after 2 p.m.,

17:50Mr. Abuloban

17:51heard Anna

17:52giggling with another man

17:54inside the apartment

17:55and that's when

17:56he set his plan

17:57into motion.

17:5821 minutes later,

18:00Ali showed up

18:00at the apartment complex.

18:09Mr. Abuloban

18:10ran through

18:11the parking garage.

18:14He had a loaded gun,

18:17over 100 rounds

18:18of ammunition,

18:19three magazines,

18:20and a holster.

18:27And then there's

18:28surveillance video

18:29on the elevator.

18:30He has the white keycard

18:31in his hand,

18:33a keycard that he was

18:34not supposed to have.

18:35There were people

18:36that were coming

18:37and going off the elevator.

18:38and you could see

18:44that Mr. Abuloban

18:45was standing there,

18:46calm,

18:47collected,

18:48not manic,

18:49not going crazy,

18:50and the gun was hidden

18:52under his baggy sweatshirt.

18:54And then at 2.58 p.m.,

18:56Mr. Abuloban exits the elevator

19:00and he does not even wait

19:03for the elevator door

19:04to fully open

19:05before he ran off.

19:09And then the Nest camera

19:10picks up him running

19:12down the hallway

19:13towards the apartment.

19:17It was approximately

19:1811 or 12 seconds

19:19till the first shot

19:20is fired.

19:21He racked his gun again.

19:31After the third

19:32or fourth gunshot,

19:33you hear a female scream.

19:35And at this point,

19:36he's in front of her

19:37and that's when he fired

19:38the shot into Anna's head.

19:47After the gunshots end,

19:49then you hear Ali

19:52screaming Anna's name

19:53over and over.

19:55Anna!

19:56Anna!

19:57Anna!

19:59Just a minute later

20:01at 2.59,

20:02he took a photograph

20:03of his victims

20:04laying on the couch

20:06bleeding.

20:08He returns

20:08to the elevator bank

20:11where he stays

20:13for about 30 seconds

20:15to a minute.

20:17He then returns back

20:18to the apartment complex

20:19and he screams

20:23Anna's name

20:24repeatedly again.

20:38I believe it was

20:39him trying to make it

20:41seem like

20:42he had just discovered

20:43the crime.

20:44he returns

20:46to the elevator

20:47and he calls

20:49his mom.

20:49You can very clearly hear

21:08Mr. Abulaban

21:09telling his mother,

21:12I just shot Anna.

21:13I shot her in the head.

21:15I killed her.

21:16And then he apologizes

21:22to his mom.

21:23So after he ends

21:24the call with his mom,

21:26he gets into the elevator

21:27and meets one of his neighbors

21:29where he can be seen

21:30speaking with the neighbor

21:32and then smiling.

21:34While in the elevator,

21:35he does unlock his cell phone

21:37and you can see

21:39that there's a picture

21:40on a cell phone

21:41of Anna and Ray

21:43on the couch

21:44after they had been shot.

21:45And around the same time,

21:47Mr. Abulaban

21:48sent the photographs

21:50he took

21:50of the dead bodies

21:51to his mother,

21:54his father

21:54and one of his friends.

21:56San Diego emergency,

21:58dispatcher 8107.

21:59Mr. Abulaban

22:00then made a 911 call

22:02around 3.10 p.m.

22:04telling the 911 operator

22:06that he just found his wife

22:09and another man

22:10shot in the head.

22:12Okay, all right.

22:13So hold on.

22:14Tell me what you saw

22:15when you went in there.

22:16I saw my wife

22:17on the couch

22:17and put my blood

22:18on the other head.

22:19I don't know who he is.

22:21I mean, I know him.

22:22He's in a grave.

22:23Okay, so we have two people

22:24shot inside the apartment

22:25and no one else

22:26as far as you know

22:27was in the apartment, right?

22:28No, ma'am.

22:29I couldn't even breathe

22:30when I saw them.

22:31They were so terrible.

22:32He starts to fake cry

22:35and said,

22:36I just found them.

22:37It was so horrible.

22:39So Mr. Abulaban

22:40is already setting up

22:41his defense.

22:43Stand by, stand by,

22:44stand by, stand by.

22:45Yeah, sorry, go back.

22:46We got to clear.

22:47Oh, we got two down.

22:48We got two down.

22:49Emergency entry.

22:50I need a team.

22:51I need a team.

22:52All right, I'm here.

22:53Clear that room right there.

22:54All right.

22:55Bathroom's clear.

22:56When the police officers

22:57breached the apartment

22:59and entered,

23:00they immediately found

23:02both Anna and Ray

23:03bleeding with gunshot wounds

23:06deceased on the couch.

23:07Are you ready?

23:08I'm here.

23:09Check the walls, guys.

23:10No, no.

23:10Check the walls.

23:11Check the walls.

23:14Where's the firearm?

23:16It sounds like there's

23:16a third shooter.

23:17Someone came here

23:18and shot them.

23:19I'll jump to that bullet.

23:20All right, hey.

23:21They both took

23:22ground to their head.

23:24New information this afternoon

23:25about a double homicide

23:26inside an East Village

23:28high-rise

23:28is our top story.

23:30San Diego police

23:31put out an all-points

23:32bulletin

23:33for the suspect.

23:34The Middle Eastern male

23:35that goes by the name

23:37of Paul E.

23:38He drives a black suit wrinkler,

23:40the Virginia Clay

23:40and a George Adams

23:41he left early

23:42after making the call.

23:44And ultimately,

23:44a couple of patrol units

23:46located this black jeep.

23:48Turn around in a circle.

23:56Hey, everyone's complaining.

23:58I wasn't already saw.

24:03News 8 has learned

24:04the defendant is well-known

24:05on social media.

24:06He goes by the Instagram

24:07and TikTok handle GinKid.

24:09He has thousands of followers.

24:11When we learned

24:11who was involved

24:12and what this actually was,

24:14then it became

24:14a really big case.

24:18The trial of a popular

24:23TikTok star

24:24accused of killing

24:25his estranged wife

24:26and her friend

24:27at a luxury high-rise

24:28apartment in downtown

24:29San Diego

24:30started today.

24:31And, Marcela,

24:32both sides actually agree

24:33on one thing,

24:34that Alia Bulabong

24:35killed his estranged wife

24:37and her friend.

24:38But as for why it happened,

24:40there are two

24:41very different stories.

24:43I'm the prosecutor.

24:44You're on.

24:45Thank you, Your Honor.

24:46Prosecutor Taryn Brest

24:48went straight

24:49to the surveillance

24:49video and audio

24:50from the apartment hallway.

25:03That was the defendant

25:04executing Anna and Ray.

25:08Cole calculated murders.

25:12And he stood in front of Anna.

25:14And she screamed.

25:15And he racked his gun

25:19one final time

25:20and put a bullet

25:21in her head.

25:23I structured my case

25:25to have as much evidence

25:27as I could

25:28of first-degree murder

25:29and premeditation

25:31that this was a willful,

25:33deliberate,

25:34premeditated murder

25:35of both victims.

25:36You will hear

25:37overwhelming evidence

25:38that the defendant

25:39intended to murder

25:40Anna and Ray.

25:42At the end of this trial,

25:43I will ask

25:44that you find

25:45the defendant guilty

25:45of two counts

25:47of first-degree murder.

25:51Welcome, girl.

25:52Olivia Bolivar

25:52was a man

25:53whose life

25:54and seven-year marriage

25:55had been crumbling

25:56around him

25:57for several months.

25:58On October 21st, 2021,

26:01Ollie was driven

26:02to the brink.

26:04It was the perfect storm.

26:05They heavily went

26:07with the heat

26:07of passion defense.

26:09The defense was going

26:10for voluntary manslaughter

26:11for both Anna and Ray.

26:15He was so completely

26:16overcome by the months

26:17of torture

26:18and heartache

26:20and pain

26:20that he reacted

26:21without thought,

26:23without judgment,

26:25and without malice.

26:28Ollie shot Ray

26:29and Anna

26:30in the heat of action.

26:33The prosecution's strategy

26:40was to begin

26:40with Anna's friends

26:41who knew about

26:42the relationship,

26:43including Julia Stuntz.

26:45It was to show

26:47that he was a violent,

26:49controlling person

26:49all along

26:51throughout the years

26:52with Anna.

26:53He was very controlling

26:56of her.

26:57He owned her.

26:58That's my wife.

27:00He just treated her

27:02like she was

27:04his property.

27:05So you mentioned

27:06that Anna told you

27:07that the defendant

27:08hit her multiple times.

27:10And this is how you were.

27:12It was the left

27:13side of her face.

27:15Well, I guess

27:15if you're looking

27:16at the photograph,

27:16it's the left,

27:17but technically

27:18Anna's right side.

27:19Yes.

27:20Okay.

27:21And did Anna tell you

27:22why she did one?

27:23Which one's called?

27:25Every time she said this,

27:26she said,

27:26I can't do that

27:27to my husband.

27:28I can't do that

27:29to the father.

27:29My child.

27:30Can't do that

27:31to me at all.

27:39I think I will call

27:41the law of Laura

27:42to the stand.

27:43The defense began

27:44its case with

27:45Ali Abulaban's mother,

27:47who he had called

27:48moments after

27:49he shot Anna and Ray.

27:51I just recall saying,

27:52you know,

27:52that's not funny.

27:53That's not funny.

27:54Ali, don't say that.

27:55That's not funny.

27:55And then I received

27:56the picture.

27:57I looked and I deleted

27:58it right away.

27:59And I hung up the phone

28:01and I literally

28:01fell on the ground.

28:03When you gave the picture,

28:04you were referring

28:04to a photo of Anna

28:06and Rayburn Baron.

28:08Yes.

28:09I immediately deleted it.

28:12Can you tell us

28:13what was going on

28:14in your mind?

28:16I was in disbelief.

28:19I was like,

28:20is this real?

28:21Is this a nightmare?

28:22I mean,

28:22one time I was like

28:23hitting myself

28:23and crying.

28:24I'm like,

28:25what's happening here?

28:27I was hysterical.

28:28But where's Amira?

28:29Is Amira by herself?

28:30Is she afraid?

28:31Are they going to take her?

28:32I mean,

28:33she's a child.

28:35So a million things

28:37were going through my head.

28:38But the mother's

28:39most important role

28:40for the defense

28:40was to testify

28:42about Ali's childhood

28:43and his relationship

28:45with his father,

28:46Nasser.

28:47And that there was

28:48violence in the home,

28:49correct?

28:49Yes.

28:50Violence by Nasser

28:51towards you?

28:53Yes.

28:53Violence that Ali

28:54witnessed as a child?

28:56Yes.

28:56And there was violence

28:57by Nasser

28:58towards Ali,

28:59correct?

28:59Yes.

29:00Physical?

29:01Jensen,

29:02yes,

29:02yes.

29:02Yes.

29:04Yes.

29:05Emotional?

29:07Yes.

29:07Purple?

29:08Sexual?

29:09Yes.

29:10And mental?

29:11Yes.

29:12Thank you,

29:13nothing further.

29:14The stage was set

29:15for the most important

29:16witness for the defense.

29:18But at this time,

29:19the defense would call

29:20Mr. Ali of Mulwan.

29:26You solemnly state

29:28that the testimony

29:29you're about to give

29:29this matter shall be

29:30the truth.

29:31The whole jury

29:31can nothing but the truth.

29:32So I hope you got it.

29:33I do.

29:33Ali of Mulwan

29:34took the stand

29:35about 9.30 this morning.

29:36I can tell you

29:37the jury is listening

29:38very intently to him,

29:40taking notes.

29:41He appears very comfortable

29:42in front of the courtroom,

29:44almost as if he likes

29:45having an audience.

29:47Were you a victim

29:48of violence

29:50by your dad

29:51to you?

29:52Yes.

29:53And in terms of

29:55the physical violence

29:56that began

29:56when you were about 10?

29:57Maybe a little older.

29:59Maybe about 11, 12.

30:00He talked a lot

30:02during his testimony

30:03about painting himself

30:05as a victim,

30:06that he was a victim

30:07during his childhood,

30:10that he was a victim

30:11of Anna.

30:13I was trying to believe her.

30:15I was trying to believe

30:15that she wasn't cheating on me,

30:17that she would let me fix this

30:18because I was sick.

30:19I was struggling from drugs

30:21and mental illness.

30:22And I f***ed up.

30:23I f***ed up a lot,

30:24but I was trying

30:25to fix this.

30:27And when I saw

30:28that it was him,

30:30I couldn't take it.

30:34I couldn't take

30:34the f***ing betrayal.

30:37I couldn't believe

30:38that she could do that

30:39to me,

30:40to our daughter.

30:43And before I could

30:44stop myself,

30:45I just f***ing snapped.

30:46My gun was in my hand,

30:48and next thing

30:48I'm shooting,

30:49and I can't stop.

30:51I'm just shooting,

30:52I'm shooting,

30:52and I'm even startled.

30:54It's like I'm watching

30:55it happen.

30:55I'm like I'm in the

30:56passenger seat

30:57of my own body.

30:58I can't stop it,

30:59and I hear Anna

31:00screaming and crying.

31:03And I don't even

31:04remember shooting Anna.

31:05I just remember

31:06running back

31:07to the front door,

31:08and I grabbed

31:08the door handle,

31:09and then it hit me.

31:10I'm like,

31:11did that just happen?

31:12And I turn around,

31:13and I see Anna

31:15leaning forward,

31:16and there's blood.

31:17And I'm like,

31:17Anna, Anna, Anna, Anna, Anna.

31:19And I couldn't believe

31:21I did that.

31:28I don't know

31:30why I didn't mean

31:31to do that.

31:33Nothing further

31:33at this time.

31:34Okay, thank you.

31:36He was just

31:36basically acting

31:38and trying to play

31:39everybody to

31:40make people see

31:41that he was

31:42a good guy.

31:43You didn't plan

31:44on getting caught,

31:45right?

31:46I didn't plan

31:47on this happening.

31:47On cross-examination,

31:50Prosecutor Taron Brest

31:51wanted to establish

31:52the time he took

31:53to plan the murders.

31:55You decided

31:56to drive straight

31:57to the Spire apartment

31:58from the hotel

31:59once you heard

32:00Anna with another man,

32:01correct?

32:01Yeah.

32:03And you were planning

32:05to surprise them

32:07and not let them

32:08know you were there,

32:09correct?

32:10I wanted to

32:11find out

32:12what was going on,

32:13yes.

32:14You purposely went there

32:16with your gun loaded,

32:17correct?

32:19I already had it

32:19on my pants,

32:20but I also,

32:21I thought about

32:22whether I should bring it,

32:22but I thought it would

32:23be better,

32:24it would be safer

32:24if I brought it.

32:25You killed Ray first

32:27so that Anna would

32:27watch that happening,

32:28correct?

32:29Oh, God.

32:30Oh.

32:32Yes.

32:35I did not make

32:35a conscious decision

32:36to kill anybody,

32:38but Ray was

32:39obviously

32:40the odd man out,

32:43or obviously

32:43what triggered me,

32:45this terrible reaction

32:47of mine.

32:48So it would make sense

32:49that he was shot

32:50at first,

32:51or it would make sense

32:51that he was shot

32:52at Primera.

32:53You hated Ray

32:54and you shot

32:55and killed him,

32:55correct?

32:56I did not hate Ray.

32:57I just,

32:58I didn't feel comfortable

33:00with him around my wife.

33:02Anna put her hands

33:03up in the air

33:03and screamed,

33:04right?

33:04For mercy?

33:06She was screaming

33:06because she was scared.

33:07And you made the choice

33:09to fire another shot,

33:11correct?

33:14No.

33:15Correct?

33:15That's what you did.

33:17That's what happened,

33:18but I didn't know

33:18why the s***

33:19would I want to shoot Anna?

33:21You stood in front of Anna

33:24and racked your gun

33:25right in front of her head,

33:27correct?

33:27I don't remember.

33:28And then you shot her

33:30in the forehead,

33:31correct?

33:34I don't even remember

33:35how that happened.

33:35I just remember

33:36heading to the door.

33:38I'm asking you,

33:40before you shot Anna

33:41in the head,

33:42you said respect to her.

33:44I did not say that s***.

33:46And you shot her

33:47because she had

33:48disrespected you

33:49and was with Ray,

33:51correct?

33:51No.

33:52As any domestic violence

33:54abuser would react,

33:56lost his cool,

33:58he lost control.

34:00Right after you shot

34:01Anna in the head,

34:02you pushed her head down

34:03into Ray's lap,

34:04right?

34:04Oh, good s***.

34:05I'm not going

34:06to tolerate this.

34:08That's what you did,

34:09right?

34:11They scrubbed my hands,

34:13they scraped my nails

34:14for any DNA.

34:15No blood,

34:16no skin,

34:17no hair.

34:17Come on.

34:18Objection.

34:18I think the last thing

34:22you want to do

34:23is portray yourself

34:24as a violent

34:26and angry person

34:27on the stand

34:28and that's exactly

34:29how he portrayed himself.

34:32On what's called

34:34The Redirect,

34:35Abulabon's lawyer

34:36wanted to undo

34:37any damage

34:38Abulabon had done

34:40in his earlier testimony.

34:42Were you planning

34:43at any point

34:43in October

34:44to kill Anna?

34:46No.

34:47Were you planning

34:48at any point

34:48in October

34:49or any other time

34:50to kill any man

34:52that Anna was with?

34:53No.

34:55Hey, Mr.

34:55This double murder trial

35:04has been going on

35:04for more than

35:05three weeks

35:06and closing arguments

35:07are underway.

35:10The defendant

35:11felt disrespected

35:12by Anna and Ray.

35:14So he executed a plan

35:15and then he executed them.

35:18This case is all about

35:19power and control

35:21until the very end.

35:23He cannot spy

35:24on his wife

35:25plant a device,

35:27make a plan

35:28and then later claim

35:29it was in the heat

35:30of the moment,

35:31in the heat of passion.

35:33He's guilty

35:34at first of being murdered.

35:36He murdered Anna and Ray

35:38in cold blood

35:40and he is guilty.

35:41And he killed Ray,

35:58a man with whom

35:59Anna was having an affair.

36:02And he cannot undo

36:04what he has done.

36:06Only was provoked

36:06by Anna's months

36:07of confusion,

36:09her infidelity

36:10and deceit.

36:12I am asking you

36:13to hold

36:14all of you responsible,

36:15but only responsible

36:16for what he did.

36:19This was a crime

36:20of passion.

36:21He reacted

36:22to the provocation

36:23that he was experiencing.

36:26He is not guilty

36:27of first-degree murder.

36:29He is not guilty

36:30of second-degree murder.

36:32Find him guilty

36:34of two counts

36:36of voluntary manslaughter.

36:40A manslaughter conviction

36:41would mean

36:42three to 11 years

36:43in prison.

36:44Murder could be life.

36:49The jury came back

36:51after a day

36:52and a half

36:52of deliberation.

36:54The courtroom

36:54was packed.

36:55Obviously,

36:56all of Anna

36:57and Ray's family

36:57and friends

36:58wanted to be present

36:59for the verdicts.

37:00I felt like maybe

37:01he was such

37:02a good actor

37:03that he might

37:04be able to convince

37:05a few of the jurors.

37:12In the jury

37:13above the title

37:14of the cause

37:14by the defendant

37:16Ali Nasser Aboulaban

37:20guilty

37:25of the crime

37:26of murder

37:27in the first degree.

37:28of Rayburn Cardenas

37:30of Rayburn Cardenas

37:34Barron.

37:35Same title,

37:36same cause,

37:37verdict.

37:38May the jury

37:38above the title

37:39cause find the defendant

37:40Ali Nasser Aboulaban

37:42Let me know!

37:43Are you with another man?

37:45Ali, I don't want

37:45to be with you.

37:46I really don't.

37:47And I'm so sorry.

37:48Guilty

37:48of the crime

37:49of murder

37:49in the first degree.

37:51Quiet!

37:51Anna Aboulaban

37:52in violation

37:54of penal code

37:54section 187

37:56parent A

37:56as charged

37:57in count 1

37:58of the information.

37:59I just remember

38:00just being so happy.

38:03It was such a relief

38:09to know

38:10that these people

38:11saw through his lies,

38:13that these people

38:13didn't accept

38:14his excuses.

38:21Anna's sister

38:22stood up.

38:23She had a very

38:24difficult time

38:25getting through

38:26what she wanted

38:27to say.

38:28Your Honor.

38:38What did you,

38:39what my mom did

38:39to you?

38:40What my mom did

38:41to you?

38:41My mom did

38:45to you!

38:46I'm sorry,

38:47I'm sorry,

38:48Your Honor.

38:49What did

38:50this do to you?

38:51Did they do

38:51anything to you?

38:54You,

38:54you know,

38:55you know

38:55Anna Marie's

38:56not going

38:56to go cheap

38:58if you get

38:58cheap first.

39:00All right.

39:00Ma'am,

39:01if you're not

39:01going to be able

39:02to control yourself,

39:03I'm going to

39:04have to excuse you.

39:05Mr. Aboulaban

39:05again, please.

39:07Make me sick?

39:11Your Honor,

39:15my name is

39:15Hermes Orton.

39:20And I want to

39:21share the

39:23court,

39:23the devastating

39:24impact

39:24the loss

39:25of my sister

39:26Anna Marie

39:27has had on

39:30her life.

39:31This man

39:32has taken

39:32her life

39:33and also

39:34shattered

39:35the hearts

39:36and lives

39:37of so many

39:37loved

39:38Anna Marie.

39:39For me,

39:40that penalty

39:41is what

39:42this man

39:43deserved.

39:44He has no

39:44more place

39:45on this earth.

39:47Thank you,

39:48Your Honor.

39:51Okay,

39:51next,

39:52for Diana Barron.

39:54My name

39:55is

39:55Jordana Barron.

39:59And

40:00Rayburn

40:00was my

40:01brother.

40:01He was a

40:02kind and

40:03loving person.

40:04He deserved

40:05a chance

40:06in this

40:06life.

40:07The defendant

40:08deserves to

40:09pay for

40:09this horrible

40:10crime

40:10with the

40:11highest

40:11sentence

40:12possible.

40:13He has

40:13destroyed

40:13many lives

40:14and victims

40:15to serve

40:15justice.

40:16Thank you,

40:17Your Honor.

40:19Mr. Aboulaban?

40:21Yes,

40:21do it.

40:22If you want

40:23to make a

40:23statement,

40:23this is at

40:24the time.

40:28Brother,

40:28I have

40:28something for you.

40:29Okay.

40:29That just

40:34made my

40:34stomach turn.

40:35Like,

40:35I don't

40:35want him

40:36to look

40:36at me.

40:36I don't

40:36want to

40:37have to

40:37look at

40:37him.

40:37Losing

40:38a loved

40:38one to

40:39senseless

40:39and

40:39unnecessary

40:40violence

40:40isn't

40:41something

40:41that

40:41anyone

40:42should

40:42have

40:42to

40:42go

40:42through.

40:43And

40:44yet,

40:44it

40:44is

40:44happening.

40:46And

40:47here I

40:47am being

40:47the reason

40:48why

40:48multiple

40:48families

40:49have

40:49actually

40:49experienced

40:50it.

40:51I

40:51can't

40:52say

40:52that

40:52I'm

40:52proud

40:52of

40:52that.

40:53My

40:53response

40:54in that

40:54moment

40:55was

40:55an

40:55unintended

40:56impulsive

40:56reaction

40:57against

40:58my

40:58better

40:58judgment

40:59to

40:59the

41:00discovery

41:00of

41:00raised

41:01romantic

41:01involvement

41:02with

41:02my

41:02wife.

41:03And

41:04for that

41:04I'm

41:05sorry.

41:06And

41:07now I

41:07am left

41:08with no

41:08other

41:08option

41:08but to

41:09spend

41:09the rest

41:09of my

41:09life

41:10in

41:10prison.

41:11Death

41:11by

41:12incarceration.

41:13A

41:13very

41:14slow

41:14and

41:14drawn

41:15out

41:15death

41:15sentence.

41:18You

41:18still

41:18believe

41:19there's

41:19still

41:19crime

41:19and

41:19passing

41:20huh?

41:21You

41:21still

41:21believe

41:22that

41:22huh?

41:23Alright.

41:27Any

41:27tears

41:28that

41:28he's

41:28cried

41:28in

41:28this

41:29courtroom

41:29have

41:29been

41:29for

41:30himself.

41:31They

41:31are

41:31not

41:31for

41:32Ray

41:33and

41:33Anna.

41:33I

41:34know

41:34he's

41:34sorry

41:34about

41:35the

41:35consequences

41:35of

41:36going

41:36to

41:36prison

41:37for

41:37the

41:37rest

41:37of

41:37his

41:37life

41:38but

41:39I

41:40can't

41:40say

41:40that

41:40I

41:41think

41:41he's

41:41sorry

41:41for

41:42having

41:42killed

41:42these

41:43two

41:43innocent

41:43human

41:44beings.

41:45He's

41:45somebody

41:46that

41:46is

41:47only

41:48thinking

41:48about

41:48himself

41:49and

41:50the

41:50idea

41:51of

41:51killing

41:52two

41:52innocent

41:52people

41:53doesn't

41:53disturb

41:57here

41:57is

41:58he

41:58will

41:59die

41:59in

41:59prison

42:00he

42:00will

42:00never

42:00be

42:01a

42:01free

42:01man

42:01he

42:01will

42:02take

42:02his

42:02last

42:02breath

42:02there.

42:07Please

42:10please

42:11I

42:12mean

42:12you

42:13know

42:13I

42:13felt

42:14relieved

42:14finally

42:15it's

42:15over

42:16I

42:16remember

42:17after

42:17they

42:17gave

42:17him

42:17that

42:18sentence

42:18I

42:18stood

42:19there

42:19for

42:19a

42:19little

42:19bit

42:20just

42:20to

42:20watch

42:21the

42:22deputies

42:22handcuff

42:23him

42:23and

42:23walk

42:24him

42:24out

42:24of

42:24the

42:24room

42:24and

42:25I

42:25said

42:25to

42:25myself

42:25that's

42:26the

42:26last

42:27time

42:27I'll

42:27ever

42:27have

42:28to

42:28see

42:28him

42:28that's

42:29the

42:29last

42:29time

42:29I'll

42:29ever

42:30have

42:30to

42:30deal

42:30with

42:30him

42:31his

42:34tick

42:34tock

42:35celebrity

42:37played

42:37a role

42:38in

42:38this

42:38Mr.

42:43Woloban

42:44impersonating

42:44violent

42:45killers

42:45and that

42:46ultimately

42:47that's

42:47what

42:47he

42:48became

42:49he

42:53I

42:54he

43:07he

43:08he

43:09he

43:11he

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