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TikTok Star JinnKid Denies Murdering Wife And Man At Apartment

TikTok Star JinnKid Denies Murdering Wife And Man At Apartment

Ali Abulaban, 29 is accused of killing and shooting his wife and her friend.

Anish Vij

Anish Vij

A TikTok star with nearly a million online followers has pleaded not guilty to shooting and killing his newly estranged wife and a man she was with at a high-rise in California.

Prosecutors said Ali Abulaban had secretly installed a listening device on his five-year-old daughter's tablet device, where he then allegedly heard his wife and another man talking and afterwards went to her apartment and fatally shot them, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported.

Police identified the victims as Ana Abulaban, 28, of San Diego, and Rayburn Cadenas Barron, 29, of National City.

After the shootings, Abulaban, still armed, picked up his daughter from school, deputy district attorney Taren Brast said.

The details were revealed during the San Diego County Superior Court arraignment for Abulaban, who pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder as well as special circumstance allegations of multiple killings, the newspaper reported.

Brast said outside court that Abulaban, 29, is a TikTok star known as JinnKid, with more than 940,000 followers on the social media app.

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His account features comedy skits and impersonations of the character Tony Montana from the 1983 film Scarface.

Abulaban's lawyer did not comment on the allegations during the hearing.

About two dozen family members and friends of the two victims packed the courtroom.

Several of them sobbed as Brast shared details about last Thursday's killings in San Diego's East Village neighbourhood.

Brast said Ali Abulaban confessed to detectives and accused his wife of cheating, although the prosecutor said she believes Mr Barron was a friend.

According to Brast, Ana Abulaban had asked her husband to move out on October 18 before he checked into a hotel.

Three days later, Brast said, Ali Abulaban sneaked back into the apartment and trashed it while his wife was gone.

He also installed the listening app on his daughter's iPad.

Hours later, Abulaban was listening to the app when he heard his wife and a man talking and giggling, Brast said, and he raced back to the high-rise.

Security camera video showed him running out of the lift to the apartment.

Brast said Abulaban shot Mr Barron three times before shooting his wife in the head.

Abulaban then called his mother and confessed, Brast said.

After he picked up his daughter, he called police while driving and was arrested him 45 minutes later.

Judge Kimberlee Lagotta ordered Abulaban jailed without bail and also issued a protective order that requires him to stay away from his daughter, who is being cared for by family.

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Topics: TikTok