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The Blue Eyed Butcher Case
S1, EP31 "From A Love Connection To Domestic Abuse"Jurors heard directly from Susan Wright herself. She took the stand to try to prove to them that she was a victim of domestic abuse in her marriage to Jeff and only killed him in a fight to save her life. The defendant went on to Walk the jury through the beginning of her relationship with Jeff. According to her, what began as a charming sequence of a Love attraction slowly evolved into a troubling marriage filled with torment and domestic violence.
The Blue Eyed Butcher Case
S1, EP32 "Testifying On The Victim's Birthday"On the very day of Jeff Wright's Birthday, his wife took the stand in her own murder trial. In her emotional testimony, Susan told jurors that she was basically trapped in her tormenting marriage. As a stay-at-home mom of two young children she didn't have her own money and was constantly beaten up by Jeff every time he got mad. According to his wife, Jeff was a child abuser, drug addict and a wife beater, who regularly cheated on Susan and vacationed to remote places without her.
The Blue Eyed Butcher Case
S1, EP33 "I Didn't Want To Die"I didn't want to die. That's how Susan Wright emotionally recalled to the jury the alleged attack by her husband, Jeff. This was just minutes before she countered his knife attack and began stabbing him to death. Susan claimed, He was still alive after she stabbed Jeff numerous times throughout his body. She emotionally recalled to jurors that she was so scared that he was still alive even after she dumped his body in the makeshift grave in the backyard.
The Blue Eyed Butcher Case
S1, EP34 "Distraught Killer Remembers"More teary-eyed testimony continued with the defendant on the stand. Susan Wright gave her side of the story on how her husband, Jeff, came at her with a knife after he allegedly raped her. She wrestled the knife away from him and used to stab him multiple times while he was tied to the bed. Wright told jurors: I still hadn't grasped everything that happened in that room. Next, the defendant faced a probing cross-examination.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP5 "Family Farm As The Crime Scene"Police uncovered hundreds of pieces of physical evidence in this case. On the stand was the crime scene technician who processed the scene where Gary Farris' remains were found. The evidence collected included blood, charred human remains, fingerprints and even the fatal bullet. According to the crime scene technician's testimony, the fatal bullet that killed Gary Farris was found in the ribs of his human remains.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP6 "Poke Holes At The Investigation"The jury got glimpses of the Farris family property where Gary was found dead. Police wanted to process the entire 10-acre property to make sure they left no stone unturned in their investigation. Lieutenant Lee Stewart, the crime scene technician, faced a probing cross-examination. Melody Farris' defense wanted to poke holes in the way law enforcement conducted this death investigation.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP7 "Crime Scene Technicians"The investigative lieutenant who processed the crime scene where Gary Farris lost his life wrapped up his testimony. As police were searching for clues on the 10-acre family property, they were also looking for a possible motive to this murder. How much is too much in a crime scene investigation? When the victim's remains were found on his property, investigators photographed, video-recorded, processed, and collected hundreds of pieces of evidence.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP8 "Processing The Large Crime Scene"The State called in another crime scene technician in their case against Melody Farris, who is accused of killing her husband, Gary. Police needed all the support to scour the 10-acre family property collecting key evidence and looking for incriminating clues. Jurors learned how investigators split duty in processing the crime scene. One crime scene technician worked the outside area of the property. Another crime scene technician focused on the family home.
TikTok Star Murder Trial
S1, EP17 "The Arrest"Prosecutors contended that the defendant called his mother and confessed over the phone. He then called police. When they arrested him, his daughter was in the car. The officer who arrested Ali Abulaban told jurors that Ali pulled over on his own and calmly got out of the car with his hands up. San Diego police treated this as a high-risk vehicle stop. The jury watched the entire arrest unfold on police bodycam video.
TikTok Star Murder Trial
S1, EP18 "Investigating the Crime Scene"The jury learn about the grisly crime scene where his wife, Ana and her friend, Rayburn Barron were shot; the two were at her apartment just days after Ali moved out; law enforcement arrived at the crime scene a few minutes after the defendant called 911; the arresting officers told the jury that when they took him into custody Ali was calm and cooperative.
TikTok Star Murder Trial
S1, EP19 "Amira And The Child Care Specialist"A child care specialist took the stand. When Ali Abulaban was arrested, his daughter, Amira, was in the car. She was only five years old when her mother, Ana, and her mom's friend, Rayburn Barron, were killed. Jurors learned how authorities attempted to get personal information from young Amira during the murder investigation. She had been living in the apartment during her parents' troubled marriage.
TikTok Star Murder Trial
S1, EP20 "Friends From Overseas"Jurors listened intently to the candid testimony of one of Ana Abulaban's close friends. Alexandria Black described Ali Abulaban as controlling, mean, attention-seeking, and even racist. She was testifying about things that happened years before the two murders. Next, another childhood friend of Ana's testified about those early days when she began dating Ali. The state wanted to give some context to Ana's background and what led to her troubled marriage that involved years of domestic abuse.
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 investigates 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; Ali took it as cheating since he was trying to save his marriage.