‘JinnKid’ Sentenced to Life Without Parole for East Village Double Murder

SAN DIEGO—A social media personality who fatally shot his wife and another man inside an East Village high-rise apartment was sentenced Friday to two consecutive terms of life in prison without the possibility of parole, plus 50 years to life. Ali Abulaban, 32—who was known in online circles as a content creator dubbed “JinnKid”—was convicted in May of two counts of first- degree murder for the Oct. 21, 2021, shooting deaths of Ana Abulaban, 28, and Rayburn Cardenas Barron, 29. Both victims were shot on a couch inside the Abulabans’ 35th-floor unit at the Spire San Diego apartments. During the murder trial, which spanned nearly a month and included three days of testimony from Abulaban, Deputy District Attorney Taren Brast argued Abulaban was enraged that his wife sought to leave him and planned on killing her and any man she was with....