Ali Abulaban, a TikToker who is on trial for the double murder of his wife and her alleged lover, admitted that he “snapped” after finding his spouse with another man. It was also revealed during the trial that the wife texted Abulaban, “I want you out my life,” hours before her death.
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According to NBC San Diego, 32-year-old TikToker Ali Abulaban is on trial for the murders of his 28-year-old wife and child’s mother Ana Abulaban and her alleged lover, 29-year-old Rayburn Cardenas Barron. He has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the double homicide that took place on October 21, 2021. If convicted of the double murders, the TikToker could spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole.
As testimony wrapped up during the double murder trial, the jury heard a shocking confession from the accused and an equally shocking piece of evidence left by one of his alleged victims hours before the incident.
During his trial, Abulaban testified that he suspected his wife had been cheating on him for months. So, when the TikToker walked into their apartment one day and allegedly found her “cuddling” with another man, he “snapped.” He said he found himself “in the passenger seat of my own body,” adding, “I couldn’t take the f***ing betrayal.”
Prosecutors report that Abulaban secretly recorded his wife’s interactions with another man using their five-year-old daughter’s iPad. On the day of the double murder, the TikToker admitted that he “snapped” and drove to the apartment, speeding while high on cocaine. Once at the apartment, prosecutors said he shot his wife in the head and her alleged lover three times and that after the shooting he called his mother, confessed to the murders, and sent her a picture of the bodies.
Abulaban said, “I didn’t expect Ana would ever do that to me. [Barron] of all people. She knew how I felt about him.” After the shooting, he said he left the apartment, picked up his daughter from school, and admitted to her, “I hurt mommy.” He added, “I was trying to believe [Ana]. I was trying to believe that she wasn’t cheating on me, that she would let me fix this because I was sick. I was struggling from drugs and mental illness.”
Recalling the double murder, he said, “Before I could stop myself I just f***ing snapped. My gun was in my hand and next thing I’m shooting and I can’t stop. I’m just shooting. I’m shooting. I’m even startled. I’m like I’m in the passenger seat of my own body. I can’t stop it. I hear Ana screaming and crying. I don’t even remember shooting Ana. I just remember running back to the front door and I grabbed the door handle and then it hit me, like, ‘Did that just happen?’ And I turned around and I see her she had to lean forward and there’s blood. I couldn’t believe I did that.”
Just days before the double murder, prosecutors said that Ana Abulaban told her TikToker husband to move out of their apartment after repeated arguments about infidelity, including her accusing him of sleeping with another woman in their apartment building. Abulaban denied the cheating claim but admitted in court that he hit her during one of these arguments.
While Abulaban testified that his wife hurled empty threats of divorce out of anger and wasn’t clear about reconciling, prosecutors argued that it was clear that the couple’s marriage was dysfunctional and abusive and that the wife wanted to separate. Prosecutors added that hours before the double murder, the TikToker’s wife texted him, “I want you out of my life, once and for all.”
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