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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, EP9 "The Affair That Ended The Marriage"
Prosecutors presented more details about the relationship drama between Ali Abulaban, the defendant and the wife he was accused of killing. When the couple split, witnesses said he didn't take it so lightly. He allegedly stalked and spied on Ana, especially as she was hanging out more with her friend, Rayburn Barron. Ali allegedly panicked after cheating on his wife Ana. On the stand was Ashley Sanchez who told jurors the night she came over to hang out and ended up having sex with Ali.
S1, EP10 "A Cousin Remembers"
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, EP11 "Marital Drama"
The property manager of Ali and Ana Abulaban's building testified that Ana wanted Ali off the apartment lease just weeks before she and her friend, Rayburn Barron, were killed. Prosecutors next brought in more neighbors to testify. Jurors got a sense of the marital problems that made their way next door. The couple living next door testified that Ana claimed the defendant threw her belongings in the trash and trashed the apartment right before he separated and moved out.
S1, EP12 "The Next Door Neighbor"
The property manager of Ali and Ana Abulaban's building testifies that Ana wanted Ali off the apartment lease just weeks before she and her friend, Rayburn Barron, were killed; prosecutors bring in the next-door neighbor to testify; Jurors got a sense of the problems between Ali and his wife Ana before she and her friend, Rayburn Barron, were killed; Daniel Lacerda learns about Ana's intentions to separate at the time Ali was supposedly trying to save his marriage.
S1, EP8 "The Extramarital Affair"
The defendant, Ali Abulaban, met another woman in the elevator of his apartment building. Ashley Sanchez testified that she had sex with him just weeks before the fatal shootings of his wife Ana and her friend, Rayburn Barron. When Ana Abulaban learned about Ali having sex with a random stranger, allegedly that was it for her. She wanted him gone, but eventually she would be the one who ended up dead.
S1, EP7 "Staying In The Abusive Relationship"
Friends of Ana Abulaban told jurors in her husband's murder trial that she kept giving Ali second chances. This was after they said she had bruises and faced psychological torment. For Ana's close friends, the signs were there that the violence she allegedly experienced was only going to get worse. But she hesitated in ending her marriage. Why? They said she was concerned about her daughter not having her father around, her U.S. citizenship status and the fact that she still loved Ali.
S1, EP6 "Rayburn Barron's Friend"
Jurors learn about the physical abuse allegations against Ali Abulaban, along with accusations that he stalks his estranged wife Ana and even spies on her; he is accused of first-degree murder in her death and that of her friend, Rayburn Barron; friends of both victims gave the jury context as to what was actually going on in the home of Ali and Ana Abulaban; she chose to separate, but in the end, Ana is shot to death and Ali is accused of her murder.
S1, EP5 "Ongoing Domestic Abuse"
The allegations of abuse were crucial to the State's case against TikTok star-turned murder suspect Ali Abulaban. Before he was accused of shooting his wife, Ana, and her friend, Rayburn Barron, Ali was allegedly abusive toward Ana before their eventual separation. According to Ana's friends, she wanted to leave her husband. But she felt that she couldn't because divorce is discouraged in Filipino culture. Also, if she had divorced him, she could be deported, leaving her daughter with Ali.
