{"id":24159,"date":"2022-12-09T08:15:49","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T13:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=24159"},"modified":"2022-12-09T08:15:49","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T13:15:49","slug":"tiktok-discovery-landlord-guilty-in-viral-video-murder-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/12\/09\/tiktok-discovery-landlord-guilty-in-viral-video-murder-case\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok discovery: Landlord guilty in viral video murder case"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A US landlord has been found guilty of murdering two tenants in a case that made headlines when TikTok refused to take down video of the victims’ bodies.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Michael Dudley of Burien, near Seattle, was convicted of killing Jessica Lewis, 35, and Austin “Cash” Wenner, 27.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In June 2020, Dudley, 64, shot and mutilated the victims before disposing of their remains in suitcases.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Later that month, three teenagers were making TikTok videos on a Seattle beach when they found the bodies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Their footage of the discovery was viewed more than 30m times, but TikTok initially said the video did not violate their terms of service.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The company came under pressure from relatives of the victims, and the video was taken down several months later – although it is unknown whether it was deleted by TikTok or the teenager who initially posted it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The three teenagers called police as soon as they discovered the suitcases, leading to the murder investigation.\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The court in Seattle saw testimony from a neighbour who had heard gunshots and a man pleading for his life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Police initially went to the home, but nobody answered. Dudley was later arrested.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Court documents indicate Lewis and Wenner got into a dispute over unpaid rent with Dudley, in whose home they were living.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dudley will be sentenced in March and faces a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.\u200b<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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