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Police saw bullet holes in the wall, projectiles on the floor and blood spatter everywhere when they arrived at the crime scene where Ana Abulaban and Rayburn Barron lost their lives. Detective Ricardo Escalante claimed the defendant plotted and carried out the two murders. He was accused of first ransacking the apartment, setting up a secret listening device to spy on Ana, and later showing up to the apartment with a loaded gun—all goal-oriented behavior.
Police saw bullet holes in the wall, projectiles on the floor and blood spatter everywhere when they arrived at the crime scene where Ana Abulaban and Rayburn Barron lost their lives. Detective Ricardo Escalante claimed the defendant plotted and carried out the two murders. He was accused of first ransacking the apartment, setting up a secret listening device to spy on Ana, and later showing up to the apartment with a loaded gun—all goal-oriented behavior.
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S1, EP33 "Goal-Oriented Murder"Police saw bullet holes in the wall, projectiles on the floor and blood spatter everywhere when they arrived at the crime scene where Ana Abulaban and Rayburn Barron lost their lives. Detective Ricardo Escalante claimed the defendant plotted and carried out the two murders. He was accused of first ransacking the apartment, setting up a secret listening device to spy on Ana, and later showing up to the apartment with a loaded gun—all goal-oriented behavior.
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S1, EP34 "A Domestic Abuse Case"A domestic violence case. That's how the lead case agent summarized the shooting deaths of Ana Abulaban and her friend, Rayburn Barron. Jurors learned from Detective Ricardo Escalante's testimony more about what was on his mind in the lead up to the murders. The drama between Ali and Ana Abulaban through social media messages and emails was on display in the courtroom.
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S1, EP35 "Drama-Filled Murder Plot"Social media messages and posts dominated trial testimony. The lead Detective on the stand put together a timeline of events showing details about Ali Abulaban's behavior and mindset. The State claimed this led him to kill his wife, Ana, and her friend, Rayburn Barron. Detective Ricardo Escalante was not done presenting all the evidence they retrieved in the double murders. He was testifying for the second day in a row.
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S1, EP36 "Sounds of Verbal Abuse"Jurors hear disparaging voicemail messages that played in court; they hear Ali Abulaban hurling disparaging insults and crude comments at his wife, Ana; before, police alleged, he plotted her death along with that of her friend, Rayburn Barron. The State claimed the constant verbal abuse had been going on at the home in the days and weeks before the fatal shootings.
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S1, EP32 "Evidence Of Domestic Violence"Prosecutors presented images of a trashed apartment where Ana and Ali Abulaban once lived together with their daughter. On the stand in this murder trial was lead Detective Ricardo Escalante who explained to the jury how this domestic abuse case turned deadly. Jurors' undivided attention turned to the bloody crime scene photos. According to witnesses who testified, Ali tried to prevent his wife from seeing anyone while they were separated.
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S1, EP31 "Domestic Abuse Gone Too Far"Investigators treated these murders as a domestic violence case where the husband allegedly used coercion, intimidation, and threats to control his wife until it finally ended in a deadly encounter. Lead Detective Ricardo Escalante explained to jurors how his team began reviewing important crime scene evidence. Jurors learned of his erratic behavior in the days leading up to the murders.
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S1, EP30 "From the Autopsy to Lead Investigator"Things get emotional for Ali Abulaban when the autopsy photos of his deceased wife, Ana, are displayed for the jury; on the stand was the medical examiner who performed the autopsies on Ana and her friend, Rayburn Barron; Ricardo Escalante, the lead detective, took the stand; police arrested the defendant early on in their double homicide investigation, but they still wanted to piece everything together to see why they were killed in the first place.
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S1, EP29 "The Medical Examiner"The medical examiner who performed the autopsies on both Ana Abulaban and Rayburn Barron testified. Jurors saw graphic photos from the examination as they learned more about the gunshot wounds. According to the medical examiner, both victims were shot at close range with the shooter being a few inches from their heads. Jurors would have to weigh those details when deciding whether Ali Abulaban shot them in a heat of passion or as a murder plot carried out.
