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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, EP39 "Results Of The Toxicology Report"
The cross-examination on the lead detective came on day two of his testimony where he detailed what his investigation uncovered about the double homicide. Next, the State called in the forensic toxicologist who examined what was in the defendant's system when he was arrested. Her conclusion was that at the time of the murders of his wife and her friend, Ali Abulaban had cocaine in his system.
S1, EP40 "From Separation To Homicide"
Detective Ricardo Escalante returned to the stand to answer questions under cross-examination. He was the lead investigator who outlined Ali Abulaban's double murder plot that ended the lives of his wife and her friend. The defense and prosecution painted the end of the Abulabans' relationship in two different lights. The defense claimed things were amicable. The prosecution, on the other hand, argued the relationship was over, Ana wanted a divorce and that they weren't even living together.
S1, EP41 "Questions About Ana"
Ali Abulaban's defense team kept probing the lead detective on the stand. During this cross-examination, it was important for Ali's lawyers to continue to bring up Ana's friendship with Rayburn Barron to jurors. Why? Because if Ali believed the two of them were dating, the fatal shootings could be seen as a crime of passion that happened suddenly, and not premeditated homicide.
S1, EP42 "Prosecution Rests Their Case"
The State rested their case to jurors after the lead detective on the case wrapped up his testimony; now jurors' attention turned to Ali Abulaban's defense on why he is not guilty in these crimes; according to his lawyers, he wanted to save his troubled marriage; when Ana seemed to be getting on with her life without him, he snapped and out of heated passion killed her in their apartment along with her male friend.
