'Jealous' TikTok star, 31, will FINALLY go on trial for 'shooting dead ... trends now
A trial date has finally been set for a TikTok star accused of shooting his estranged wife and her lover to death after he spied on them through their daughter's iPad.
Ali Abulaban, 29, who went by the handle JinnKid on social media, is accused of shooting his wife, Ana Abulaban, 28, and her friend Rayburn Cadenas Barron, 29 on October 21, 2021.
Prosecutors said Ali, who has a history of domestic violence, had surreptitiously installed a listening device on his five-year-old daughter's tablet device, and when he heard his wife and another man talking, he went to her apartment in San Diego and shot them to death.
On Monday, Deputy District Attorney Taren Brast told the court that Ali confessed to killing Ana and Rayburn to his mother and police, and at the time, he told his daughter that he 'hurt mommy.'
He was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, allegations of using a handgun, and a special circumstance allegation of committing multiple murders.
A trial date has been set for Ali Abulaban, 29, whose been accused of shooting his wife, Ana Abulaban, 28, and her friend Rayburn Cadenas Barron, 29 on October 21, 2021
Deputy District Attorney Taren Brast told the court that Ali (right) confessed to killing Ana (left) and Rayburn to his mother and police, and at the time, he told his daughter that he 'hurt mommy'
Prosecutors said that the jealous Tiktoker believed that his wife was cheating on him with Rayburn (pictured), as Brast said that Ana and Ali had already been separated 'for quite some time' before that
Ali, who pleaded not guilty, remains in custody on bail and is expected in San Diego's downtown Superior Court for a readiness hearing on Wednesday at 9am. It is unclear why it took so long to schedule the trial date.
Around 3.10pm on the day of the slayings, police discovered both victims dead on the 35th floor of the Spire San Diego luxury apartment complex.
Prosecutors said that the jealous Tiktoker believed that his wife was cheating on him with Rayburn, as Brast said that Ana and Ali had already been separated 'for quite some time' before that.
According to Brast, Ana had asked her husband to move out on October 18 as he checked into a hotel.
Three days later, Brast said, Ali sneaked back into the apartment and trashed it while his wife was gone. While he was there, she said that he also installed the listening app on his daughter's iPad.
Prosecutors believe that Ali copied a key to Anna's apartment and used it to get in.
Ali then listened to the app hours later and heard his wife and a man talking and giggling, before he raced back to the high-rise, Brast said.
Security camera video showed him running out of the elevator on the 35th floor toward the apartment.
Brast said Ali shot Rayburn three times at close range - in the neck, cheek and back of the head - before he turned the gun on his wife, shooting
