Influencer Hunts For Twin Lookalike On Instagram & Brutally Kills Her - But She Won't Say Why

Bada bing, bada boom. >> Aliens just never land in Central Park. They are rarely ever spotted flying. above Time Square. It's a thing. It's. like extraterrestrial beings just have. an aversion to high costs of living and. expensive real estate. But you will see. a UFO flying over a cattle ranch in the. middle of Montana. And the only witness. to that is going to be a guy named Dale. who takes a quick picture of it on his. rusted potato that he has now converted. into a camera. And to be fair, maybe the. aliens, they could be flying over Time.

Square and we just don't see it. But the. concept of it is interesting. Why always. in the middle of nowhere? Why do aliens. choose to fly the routes that they. choose? It's almost like if you want to. go see an alien, you have to go to the. middle of nowhere where you least. [music] expect it. And for Matteo, the. place that he least expects to see. something out of the ordinary, out of. this world is the local pizza shop. Matteo is driving to town. It's a town. called Nuremberg. And this is in. Germany. It's about 2 hours from Munich. He's in the driver's seat. His friend. that he dragged along for no reason.

other than the fact that he did not want. to go on a lonely road trip is sitting. in the passenger seat. They start. driving and it's towards this highway. ramp where there's like a little pizza. shop. It's a local pizza shop. Everybody. knows this pizzeria. It's not like the. most delicious pizza in the world. It's. not like the hottest restaurant. It's. just been around for a while and the. locals like it. As they're driving past. this restaurant, Matteo glances out the. side of his window. And in that exact. moment, he sees something and his. friend's head in the passenger seat. almost hits the dash because Matteo is.

slamming on the brakes. And his friend. is like, "What the hell is that?" Matteo. barely responds. He just says, "Screw. Nerburgg. There's something more. important right now." He does the. quickest U-turn he can physically. manage. He pulls right up into the lot. of the pizza restaurant. It's honestly a. surprise that he puts the car into park. because he's just flying out the. driver's side door. He walks straight up. to a girl with very long dark hair. standing in front of the pizzeria. She. looks very like skittish. Her eyes are. really big and she's staring at him and.

he's staring at her and she's staring at. him. And he says the first thing he asks. her is, "Are you [music]. are you dead?". >> What? She's staring at him and she. responds slowly, "I don't know." And. then she runs away. Matteo jumps back. into his car and he's got to follow her. because she's not supposed [music] to be. here. I mean, she's not supposed to be. anywhere. She's supposed to be dead.

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with that being said, let's get started. Before the dead woman even has a name, they already have a suspect. Everyone in. town has pointed the finger at who they. think they did it. They're tagging him. in Facebook post about the news. The. dead woman found in the car, he's the. one that did it, and his name is Rowan. They want Rowan to know that they think. it's him before he goes down for it. I. knew it before the cops [music] did. Those are a lot of Facebook comments, which is exactly how Rowan ends up in. this all gray room sitting on a small. square table. The squareness is really.

inconvenient for him because he has one. officer sitting on the left, one officer. on his right. It's very suffocating. I. mean, they couldn't get a a bigger. table. I'm sure the size is likely the. intention, though. Usually, when the. local town starts tagging, this is the. killer in Facebook comment sections. I. mean, the police have a picture of who. it's going to be, and Rowan does not fit. that picture. He's young, like very. young, early mid20s. He looks fit. He's. wellgroomed. He kind of has this soft.

energy to him. He kind of looks like an. Instagram model. I mean, not that that. measures someone's morality. If. anything, it probably decreases the. morality, but like it's just not what. detectives are [music] expecting. Especially because he came in here. voluntarily. The detectives were looking. for [music] him and he said, "I will. come to you." And that is how for the. next 4 and 1/2 hours they're sitting in. this gray room together on a square. table and the female detectives are. sitting on either side of him and the. first question they ask Rowan is, "How. are you?" He looks at them. You know.

what? I feel an absolute emptiness and. utter chaos inside. That's a direct. quote. [music] For the past 24 hours, Rowan says he was scared to go outside. Everyone in his phone is texting him, sending him social media posts, writing. things like, "You're a wanted man. They're going to want your head for. this. You're going to go down for this. So, did you do it? Did you kill her?". So, yeah. I mean, he's seen better days. Okay. But why would everyone accuse him. [music] of killing the girl that was. stabbed 56 times. >> to death in the back of her car? The car.

was parked on a residential street. It's. like one of those treelined residential. streets. I mean, was the car parked in. front of his house? Did he leave. fingerprints? Why does everyone think. it's Rowan? It's because the woman that. was found dead is Sherry. Sher Ben K, but they call her Sherry and it's his. [music] ex-wife. They met in 2015. It's. kind of like one of those meet cute. dramas. He's explaining to the officers. It was at a subway station. Rowan is. going up the escalator and Sher is. walking down the stairs right next to. it. And he says, quote, "It's a very.

special moment for me. I mean, I saw. this girl, beautiful. Her hair was so. beautiful. They make eye contact. The. rest is history." But now Sherry's. parents are adamant that Rowan had. something to do with their daughter's. death. They just know it. The detectives. ask him, "Why do you think that they. think you're the one who did it?" It's a. really, really long story. This all. starts unfolding less than 24 hours ago. 23-year-old Sherry tells her parents. that she's going to go see her. ex-husband, Rowan, at Rowan's house. But.

by 10 p.m., she's still not home. And. everyone in the family, probably. everybody in the town, knows that Sherry. and Rowan's relationship, ex [music]. relationship, not good. Not good at all. So, whatever they're meeting for could. not have gone well if she's still not. home. She's also not picking up her. phone. Sherry's parents start getting. anxious. They're thinking, you know, but. it's still Rowan. Like, there's no way. that he could do any. [music] I mean, they jump into their car and they start. driving the road that Sherry would have. taken to get to Rowan's house. And in. the middle of a residential treeine.

street, they stop the car cuz they're. like, "Isn't that her car? Isn't that. not Sherry's Mercedes?" They park the. car in the middle of the road. They jump. out and they start looking in the car. This is not where Rowan lives. It's like. on the way to Rowan's house. So, it's. very weird. Like, it looks like Sherry's. car. It has the same tinted windows, but. like maybe it's not her car. So, they. stop, they get out, and the front is. empty. It's a E-Class coupe, E300. It's. kind of relevant because the back. windows are much smaller and they're. tinted extra dark. So, nobody's in the.

front, but now they're trying to peer. through the back. They're cupping their. eyes. They're like sticking their face. as close to the window as they can. And. they're like, "It's Sherry. Sherry's in. the back." They see in the back seat. there's a woman with long brown hair. She's laying just like spled out on the. back seat on her back. She has a jacket. covering her, but you can see her hair. You can see that she's just laying there. and she's not moving. It's not like. she's taking a nap. Sherry's parents. start pounding on the window. One of. them starts with all their strength just. trying to brute force open the door. It's locked. the car key isn't inside.

the car, which is weird because if this. is Sherry's car and Sherry's inside the. car taking a nap or something, would the. car not unlock by this point? You know, it's a small residential street. Neighbors have started coming outside. They're wondering, "Who the hell is. screaming?" A lot of them are angry. until they see Sherry's parents and. they're like, "Oh, okay. We have no. right to be angry. Something bad is. happening. We got to help." Some of them. are coming up trying to smash the. windows with Sherry's parents. Someone. tries to break in through the passenger. seat. Someone's trying to crawl under. the car. like someone's calling 911.

It's chaos. [music] And then the police. arrive. They smash open the car window, unlock the car, and they create this. like human barricade as they carry. Sherry out of the car and immediately. place her on the ground. Neighbors, the. quick-thinking ones, they're also. creating a wall in between the police. and Sherry's parents because Sherry is. gone. She's drenched in blood. Her. entire body is covered in punctures, stab wounds all around her chest, neck, face. Her face looks like she's just.

been completely torn apart. It would. make more sense had she been mauled by. an animal, but it's clearly much more. sinister than that. Like, there are. clear knife puncture wounds. From. neighbors accounts, Sherry's mom is. uncontrollably screaming, trying to. fling her own body through the. neighbors, through the police so that. she can get to Sherry. other neighbors, new neighbors, they start running out of. their house because they see some sort. of commotion and they say that it was a. really difficult sight. When they run. towards the crowd, you just see some of. the neighbors are standing there with a.

very somber look. One person at the. scene says the paramedic who was on. site, the one who had actually attempted. resuscitation struggled for, [music] you. know, instance to place the breathing. mask over her mouth because her face was. so utterly destroyed by stab wounds. [music] that the device simply could not. create a proper seal. It was clear that. this is no longer a living body. At the. scene, Sherry's dad is announcing while. his daughter is on the ground. Rowan did. this. I just know that he has something. to do with this. And now Rowan is.

sitting inside this police interview. room. Why would Sherry's parents think. that he's involved? Rowan tells them. everything about the relationship, Sherry getting pregnant, her parents, the soap incident, you know, everything. in between. And then he tells them, you. have to understand, I was with Sherry. for 7 years. I went through a phase. where I was so desperate for revenge, was driven by vengeance. I was really. scared that either she would hurt me, I. would hurt myself, or that she would. force me to hurt her.

After 4 and 1/2 hours, everyone in the. interrogation room decides it's time for. a break. Rowan is not formally under. arrest. So, he asks to go outside to. smoke a cigarette. And as he's lighting. up his cigarette, taking his first. quote, I took a deep drag. The officer, female officer, walks out and she's got. like a weird look on her face and she. just says, "She's alive.". >> She's alive? >> Yeah. Like, what do you what do you mean. she's alive? He just got grilled for the. past 4 and 1/2 hours because they. thought he killed her. What do you mean.

she's alive? They confirmed that Sherry. was just now found alive, caught on CCTV. camera, a dead woman walking, or at. least she was supposed to be dead. Rowan. says in a very confused state, like. Sherry's alive, but then another girl is. dead. Yes, but then who is the other. girl? And why was she found dead in. Sherry's car? Hm. >> It seems like a modern book trope. You. meet your doppelganger and they slowly. come into your life and they decide, "I.

think this is my life now." And they do. whatever it takes to slowly drive you. crazy, isolate you from your loved ones. And then one day you go missing. You. come back, you knock on the door, and a. woman who looks just like you opens the. door and she claims that she's you. She's married to your husband. Your kids. call her mom. All your friends think. that she is you. But not only that, they. like her better than they ever liked. you. What the hell is going on? Okay, that seems like a new and fresh trope, but it's actually a trope that's been. around for hundreds of years [music]. because there is terror in the idea of. being replaced. I think the fear that.

identity makes someone unique is not. unique at all is a big fear that your. identity and your life can be studied. and then someone can rehearse it and. then they can just take over your life. by pretending to be you as if like it's. just a jacket that you can put on. Even. the classics love this trope. Dustesi. wrote Double where the main character is. like this meek government clerk and he. meets a man who looks exactly like him. Same face, same name, same everything, same job. Everyone loves him. Nobody.

likes the main character, but everybody. loves him. So his double doesn't just. steal the main character's life. He. lives the main character's life better. Sometimes the doppelganger and the main. character like Edgar Allen posed William. Wilson. The main character is being. stalked by a double who shares his name. face. They even have the same birthday. The doppelganger just keeps ruining the. main character's life and reputation, sleeping with married women, pretending. to be him, conning people. Eventually, he has enough and he stabs the.

doppelganger only to find out it's just. himself. >> Sometimes the doppelganger is you. Sometimes the doppelganger is very real. and you have to run for them. And. sometimes it's a hostile takeover. Sometimes you see someone who looks just. like you and you think, "What if I took. over their life?" Imagine you meet. someone who looks identical to you. Nobody would ever be able to tell you. apart. But they're an Oscar-winning. actress living in a mansion with an. infinity pool and a husband who chases. her around just to get her affection. because he's a dog on a leash for her. Her friends are super supportive. They.

all have a book club where they read. non-fiction books about how to better. themselves, but not in the annoying way, in the way that they just want to show. up as better friends for one another. All of her bills are on autopay. She. doesn't even need to know how much the. electricity bill is every month. She. takes spontaneous trips to Tokyo for. cherry blossom season. [music] And all. you have to do is kill her to take her. life. Do you do it? Most people are. going to say no. But I think maybe like. most people should have a few glasses of. wine and think about it at night in a.

way that's non-judgmental. It's just. part of human nature. Some people will. be a little bit more honest with. themselves of I might at least think. about it. Which is why the new secondary. feeling around doppelgangers is [music]. it's a death omen when you meet yours. cuz you're not supposed to meet them. It's like a glitch in the universe. When. you meet someone who looks just like. you, exactly like you, something really. bad is going to happen to you because. one of you has to die. I mean, both of.

you can't be alive, right? That's the. omen. But what are the odds that you run. into someone who looks exactly like you? I mean, it's likely very, very low. Even. with social media, you have people who. look similar, but I've never seen two. people where I'm like, "No, they could. literally take over the other person's. life. They they're identical in every. sense of the word. Their loved ones. would never know." So, what are the odds. that you come across your doppelgamer? But then, what do you do when someone. who looks just like you messages you on. Instagram [music] and wants to meet up?

Hm. >> A total of 26 messages are sent out to. 26 people who could all pass somewhat as. doppelgangers. Not really, but kind of. They're all in. their early 20s. They've got dark long. hair, specific facial features, they're. between 52, 54 in height, brown eyes, dark hair, olive undertone skin. To say. they look identical would be a lie. But. if you take off your contacts and you. take three shots of tequila and you sit. on a vibration plate on the highest. setting while everything is shaky and. blurry and you see a photo lineup of the.

24 people, you could potentially mistake. a few of them as being each other. They. all have similar features, but so do. like half of the world. If you actually. study their faces, they don't actually. look alike, but that's okay because. perfection is not what Sherry is looking. for. Cada is one of the 26 girls who. receives a message. [music]. A lot of people online have been calling. her a beauty blogger and she certainly. is beautiful and she certainly has a. high interest in makeup. She also posts. on Tik Tok and Instagram, but a lot of.

her friends don't love that title. because it just the negative. connotation. It almost dumbs her down. Kada worked at a cafe. She worked at a. restaurant. Her best friend that she. grew up with says that she was always. someone who had a knack for languages. She just learns languages so quickly. So, she wanted to become an interpreter, get married, have kids of her own. That. was her dream. And then 23-year-old Cada. gets a message and it's going to lead to. a series of events that is now called. the doppelganger case [music] in. Germany. Sher and K Sherry, she is not.

living the life that she's always. wanted. I mean, who is? But like Sherry. isn't someone who likes to just sit. there and accept her fate. Is it her. fault that her family immigrated to. Germany when she was seven because they. were being hunted down and killed for. their religion? Obviously not. But. Sherry is trying to adapt. Everyone said. that during school Sherry was like the. center of attention and she very much. liked male centered attention and like. objectively speaking she just liked to.

be around guys. Most of her energy was. placed into which guys she could talk to. after school. And then even later in. life it was just it was all about guys. Okay. And people start stating, this is. very inappropriate, but people started. stating that she had a very seductive. behavior about her, which I mean is. inappropriate to say the least, but she. starts dating this guy named Rowan near. the end of high school, and she's at. this subway station kissing him when she. hears this familiar voice behind her. Get your hands off my niece. It's her.

uncle. Which now would be a pertinent. time to let you know that Sherry's. parents are incredibly strict. They do. not want her dating anybody and she's. just making out with this guy named. Rowan at a subway station. She is 18, but this is still very young for her. family. And Sherry's uncle is pissed. And allegedly, instead of informing. Sherry's parents about what he saw, he. starts blackmailing Sherry. He's like, I'm just going to blackmail you. I don't. know what he's getting from Sherry, whether it's money or something else. I. have no clue. >> How do we know he blackmailing her? >> A lot of inner sources close to Sherry.

were saying she was getting blackmailed. by her uncle. >> Oh man. >> Yeah. Wow. >> But he starts blackmailing her about her. relationship. Eventually, Sherry's. parents, they find out regardless, and. they urge Sherry and Rowan, "Then you. guys just need to get married. If you're. going to date, you're going to. get married." All of this only works out. because Rowan is Yazidi. Yazidiism is. one of the oldest continuously practiced. religions in the world. It's an. ethnoreigious faith. It's like a closed. door religion. So you have to either be.

born into it, you cannot convert into it. and once you leave it, you leave it. permanently. In 2014, ISIS launched a. coordinated attack against Yazidis. The. incident has been recognized by the UN. as a genocide. Thousands of Yazidis were. beheaded, burned alive, killed. More. than that was they were kidnapped and. enslaved and trafficked. Young boys were. forced into ISIS training camps. young. girls, some as young as 9 years old, were either trafficked or sold or gifted. [music] to ISIS soldiers. So in 2014, a.

lot of Yazidi believers, they fled to. neighboring countries, and Germany ends. up being like a huge one for the. diaspora. A lot of the Yazidi community. had already been steadily growing in. Germany. So people are like, "We got to. go to Germany." Two important things to. note. One, there is a lot of tension. between older Yazidi family members in. Germany and younger generations of. Yazidi in Germany because there's a lot. of complaint. I mean, a lot of these. elders, they're like, "We fled for our. lives because of our religion. Like, these are our traditions. We need to.

stand by this. We almost lost our lives. for what we believe in." And then the. younger ones that are born in Germany or. have been raised in Germany. They're. like, "I just want to scroll on TikTok. and date people." And a huge problem is. in the Yazidi religion, you can only. marry another Yuzidi and they have to be. in your cast. Yuzidi has a cast system. So the top are religious and community. leaders. Then you have the priest and. then you have the majority. So three. casts and you have to marry someone in.

your same cast. A lot of people in. Germany, the younger Yazidis, they're. like, "Well, I don't even know if I want. to marry someone who's also Yazidi. because most of the people that I grow. up with are not." But Rowan happens to. be Yazidi and so is Sherry. And not only. that, they're the same cast. So despite. the fact that the two families, Rowan's. parents and Sherry's parents, do not get. along. They actually really, really. don't like each other. They end up. getting married and they open up a hair. salon together. It's mainly Rowan's. He. has his own barber shop. Sherry starts.

doing like facials there and sometimes. she does updes and these like women's. hairstyles. But aside from that and a. few strange incidents [music] like. Sherry breaking into Rowan's brother's. house and then taking a taser to his. neck and tasing him in the back of the. neck and then immediately apologizing. and begging for forgiveness. Other than. some strange incidents like that. The. couple seems normal. >> What do you mean? What does that mean? [music] Like that she's just they got. into a fight and she just decided to.

physically assault him and attacked him. >> She felt like Rowan's brother did not. like her. Okay. And that's her. >> So, she broke into his house and tased. him in the back of the neck with a. taser. And then he turned around and she. started apologizing profusely. >> Fascinating. So, you think she tried to. attack him thinking that he wouldn't. find out, but turned out he saw her. >> perhaps because she does try to kill him. later, but we'll get more into that in a. second. >> Yeah. Okay. So, from the outside, aside.

from some of the weird incidents that. people have kind of heard about, the. couple seems normal enough. And then in. 2020, Sherry is barely 20 years old and. she gets pregnant. But not with Rowan's. baby. He says their entire relationship, he could practically smell the other men. on Sherry. Rowan calls Sherry's dad very. emotional. He's like, "I can't do it. anymore." He won't even let Sherry's. very doineering dad talk. He's like, "Let me talk. It's my chance to talk. I'm speaking now." These are direct. quotes. I have nothing to lose. I'm. going to talk and you will listen. Rowan.

tells Sherry's dad everything and at the. end he tells him, "I'm not going to do. this anymore. [music] I don't want to be. with Sherry anymore. And then there's just [music] silence. And then on the other end, Sherry's dad. tells Rowan, "If you abandon my. daughter, it will cost three human. lives." What does that even mean to.

this? Rowan just responds, "Then I would. rather die by a bullet from you than die. a little every day with your daughter.". >> Who are the three lies? Did he say. >> it's going to work out in a weird way? He never said. Now, maybe Sherry is so. done with her life, she decides she. doesn't want to live it anymore. Maybe. she can take someone else's life, like. all of those thriller books, find. someone that looks like her, that's. living a better life than her, and then. get rid of them and resume their. identity. That's the plot of thriller. books. But that's not what Sherry wants.

to do. Sherry has a completely different. plan. Instead of taking someone else's. fate, she wants someone to take her. fate. She wants someone to die for her. And that is how Cada, a woman who knows. nothing about Sherry, who has nothing to. do with Sherry. The only connection. between the two of them is that Sherry. thinks that they look alike. I will say. Cada is much more beautiful. But that's. why Cada is found with her face bashed. in with brass knuckles, stabbed in the. face, neck, and chest dead in the back.

of Sherry's Mercedes. Within days, Sherry is brought in and she's treated. as the prime suspect of what the police. originally thought was her murder. So, she goes from being the presumed victim. to the potential suspect. And by this. point, a few things have occurred. When. a body was found in the back of Sherry's. car with dark brown hair, just like. Sherry, her face is disfigured from stab. wounds. But she's about the same height, the same weight, everybody assumed it. was Sherry. Sherry's parents went on to. Facebook to post about her death, her. murder, begging locals to help identify. who they think that did this to their.

daughter, even though they think it's. Rowan. Sherry's parents are telling the. police that if they had to put their. money on anybody, it would be Rowan. The. whole town is ready to form a mob and go. burn down Rowan, the ex-husband's house. Meanwhile, the authorities are quietly. doing a DNA test because they still have. to make sure that this is Sherry. And. there's something curious. The body in. the car has a small tattoo on their arm. And Sherry's parents are adamant that. she does not have any tattoos. So, either Sherry lied about getting a. tattoo or something weird is happening. That and people keep calling into the.

police dispatch trying to frantically. explain that they saw a dead woman. There's a guy who's like, "I saw a dead. woman at a pizzeria. I swear. So, the. police decide to bring her, the town. ghost, in the victim, the suspect. We. don't know. Okay. All we know is that. Sherry is not that hard to find. She's. not deep in hiding. She's just like. there all the time. And she tells the. police it's the Albanians. And the police are like, "What? The. Albanians. are after me. The Albanian mafia want to.

kill me.". What? Okay. So the first person that. Sherry points them to is a man named. Shakir. He's [music] the one that did. this. He's after Sherry. So the police. go after him and they also arrest. Shakir. The investigators, they start. putting the pieces together. They. quickly arrest Sherry and Shakir. But. they still need to figure out who the. body in the car is. They cross reference. with missing persons alerts in the. neighboring areas. Not just this town, but all the surrounding towns. And they. identify the body to belong to Cada. And.

I'm only saying first names because. German privacy laws identify each person. as just their first name and last name's. first initial. So it's like Sherben K. Once authorities figure out that the. woman in the car is Cadia, they can. actually start getting somewhere. They. go through Cada's phone, they go through. Sher's phone, and they find a series of. odd DMs on Instagram. The first one. reads, "Hey love, would you like to take. part in a music video? You have very. good charisma, and you will be paid very. well. You don't have to do much. I would. be happy if you would get in touch. Best.

wishes. And it's like a random account. that has no followers. That account. belongs to Sherben K. Sherry just. reaching out to Cada for a job to be. part of a music video. Cadia is like, "Hey, I'd be up for it, but I guess it. depends on the genre of music and where. it is. It's a well-known artist, and you. probably know them, too." Okay, what's. their name? Maybe I know her. And where. would the shoot be located? The shoot. would be in Athenberg. You definitely. know her, but this would all have to be. kept secret until the song is released. They tell Cada the name of the singer. and it's a pretty big artist named Lon.

So Lon has over a million fans on. Spotify, almost 400,000 followers on Tik. Tok and Cada thinks it's a secret. project so I can't tweet about it, but. like I could DM Lon and ask Lon directly. and the police find all of this on. Cada's phone and she's like, "I hope you. can give me an answer because I'm very. very unsure. A woman messaged me saying. I'm filming a video, a music video. supposedly for you. You know, I don't. know. I'm not sure if it's fake or not. I don't want to go there." And then. something happens.

Lon responds to her, "Fake sister. Don't. go.". >> Wow. >> And she responds, "Oh, okay. Thank you.". So, Cada ignores the music video request. DM, but then another one comes in from. another account. This DM rings, "Hey, good evening. We are looking for girls. to test our new lasers. Would you like. to collaborate? We offer permanent hair.

removal with the world's fastest and. most effective laser, 100% painfree. If. you're interested in permanent hair. removal, you can contact me at any time. We work with a state-of-the-art medical. grade laser that costs $2,500 per. session. So, they're saying if you come. to the salon and you get this laser. treatment done and you just post about. it, it's a free laser treatment. >> Mhm. >> The only problem is Cada lives 100 miles. away from the salon cuz they give her. the address to the salon. >> Is it their home salon or.

>> It's Rowan's Barber Shop. >> Wow. >> And it's a 3-hour trip. So the salon. manager is like, "Well, you know, I can. pick you up from your house and then. drop you off at the salon, do the salon. laser for you, and then drop you back. off at your house." All the DMs lead. straight back to Sherry. August 17th, 2022, Sherry and Shakir get into the car. together. They drive and they pick up. Cadia. And on the way to the salon, it's. getting dark, the sun is setting. In. between Cada's house and the salon, there's like this very long stretch of.

woods. It's like a forest. Sherry pulls. over pretending to be lost and she asks. Cada to get out of the car to read the. road sign. And that's when Sherry and. Shakir both jump out. Shakir jumps on. top of Cada and starts stabbing her. They put Cada back into the backseat of. the car, drive all the way back into. town, park Sherry's car on a residential. road between Sherry's parents house and. her ex-husband Rowan's house, and then. they leave. Sherry and Shakir leave, but. they don't flee. They don't skip town. They just kind of linger around until.

they're both arrested. Why don't they. leave town? What's their plan? Who the. hell is Shakir? And what the hell does. he have to do with any of this? And why. does he partake in this murder? Weeks. before Cadia is killed, Sherry is going. around being what one can only assume is. the world's most insufferable pickme. She's going to the bars in town, getting. drunk, leaning in close to all the guys. that she's friends with, acquaintances. with, random dudes. Would you kill for. me? She keeps asking them. Some of the. guys think it's a great way to try and.

impress her and not go home alone. So, they're like, "Of course I would. I. would do anything for you." But they. don't mean it. She knows they don't mean. it. Other guys are put off. Some of them. are straight up looking at Sherry and. going, "Why would someone die for you?". She says things like, "I can be free. forever and stay with you all the time.". For most people, most normal sane. people, Sherry's reasoning that she can. be free, stay with them all the time. intimate relation. It's not worth. killing someone for. Except apparently. Shakira, that's what the prosecutors are.

arguing. >> Arguing what? >> Shakir meets Sherry a few weeks before. the murder and she's like, "Would you. kill for me and we can be together?" And. he just does it. >> So that's why they're saying that's his. motive. >> Yes. >> He killed for her. >> Yeah. But none of these even make sense. Nobody even has an answer for why Sherry. and Shakir killed Cada. None of it makes. sense.

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prosecutors, with what they believe. happened. The very first theory to come. about is the doppelganger theory. Sherry. doesn't like her life. She cannot escape. her religious parents. And instead of. walking away and starting over or just. standing up to them, she decides she. needs to fake her own death to get away. from them. But she can't just disappear. because they will never stop looking for. her. The only way to get everyone to. stop looking for her is if they know for. certain she's not coming back. There. needs to be a body and that person needs. to look like Sherry. Which is why weeks.

leading up to Cada's murder, prosecutors. find in Sherry's phone, she's got. multiple Instagram accounts. She's DMing. everyone that looks similar, even. remotely similar to her, asking if they. want a free laser treatment as long as. they post [music] in exchange on. Instagram. Cada agrees. Sherry picks her. up, has her killed, and places Cadia's. body in her own car on a street that her. parents are likely going to go down. looking for her. They're going to find. her body. [music] They're going to think. it's Sherry because Kada's face was so. violently disfigured. And everyone's.

just going to assume it's Sherry because. like, who else would it be? And then. Sherry would move on. What does Shakir. get out of it? Probably intimate. relations, love, who knows? The. prosecutors are a little constantly. wishy-washy about what Shakir gets out. of it, but more on that later. The. problem with the doppelganger theory, though, and there's a lot. The first one. being Sherry has four criminal defense. attorneys. Two of them are. courtappointed, the other two her. parents are paying for. and her. attorneys argue that everyone is being. racist by stating that they two look.

alike and that Sherry sought out a. doppelganger just by the fact that all. of them have dark hair and of are of. Iraqi descent does not make them. doppelgangers. So they're saying if. they're not doppelgangers and this whole. prosecutor theory of the doppelganger. murder falls apart if they're not. doppelgangers. And so like this becomes a whole thing. during the trial where everyone's like. are they doppelgangers or not? And the. judges are like it doesn't matter if. they're not doppelgangers because.

everyone in the room can tell that Cada. is exponentially [music] more beautiful. than Sherry will ever be. Which also. depicts a level of self-awareness in. Sherry herself. Right. But they're. saying it doesn't matter if they're. doppelgangers [music] as long as Sherry. believed that they could be. >> Yeah. Exactly. >> The attorneys are arguing, but that. means if they're not doppelgangers, Sherry is not faking her own death with. Cada's body.

>> That's what an argument. >> The prosecutors though still have to. prove that Sherry has motive for this. theory, that she desperately needs to. get away from her family and she thinks. that like she's crazy enough that she. thinks this will work. Sherry is. evaluated by a psychiatrist and she. spends 4 days with the psychiatrist. [music]. She comes out with no strong diagnosis, no sign of a disorder. Not that that. would absolve any guilt. However, she's. mentally there. She's fit to stand. trial. The psychiatrist testifies in. court that she does have a tendency.

towards [music] conflict. She's. extremely impulsive, manipulative. She. believes manipulation is the best way to. get what she wants. And most. importantly, a part that the defense. latches [music] on to. Right. The. defense is like, "The prosecutors say. this is a doppelganger murder.". >> Mhm. >> Let me tell you [music] why it's not. During Sherry's psychiatric evaluation, it is confirmed that her IQ stands at. around 86, [music]. which they describe as quote just shy of. a learning disability in Germany. Anything below 85 is indicative of a.

learning disability in Germany. So the. defense are like, "She's too dumb.". [music] Yeah, exactly. So by this point, okay, just to fill you in, Cada is found. in Sher's car. [music] Very quickly, Sher and Shakir are arrested and. everyone in the news becomes obsessed. with this case. Everyone in Germany. becomes obsessed with this case. It goes. to trial and it's actually one of the. longest criminal trials in recent German. history, especially in this area because. there's over a hundred witnesses brought.

in. And the confusing part is it seems. like the prosecutors kind of drift. between theories of what they think. happened and everyone's just trying to. figure out what the hell happened. And. the two defendants, Sherry and Shakir. Sherry's always lying. Anytime she opens. her mouth, you can assume she's lying. She does testify, but nobody believes. her. Shakir dead silent. Won't say a. single word. So, everyone's like, "Why. would you guys do this to a random girl. that you don't even know?" And the only. connection is you were looking for.

people who looked like you and you think. that she looked like you. That's really. the only connection, >> right? >> Other than all the physical evidence, right? There's no clear motive why they. committing the crime. >> And so every motive that the prosecutors. bring about, the defense are just trying. to poke holes of like, well, she's too. dumb. She's too dumb to carry something. like this out. So the defense are like, she barely has a brain. Okay, that's. what the defense is arguing, which the. prosecutors, they start arguing back, we. never said she was smart. If she was. very, very smart, perhaps she would have.

realized how horrendous this plan is. But nevertheless, the prosecutors argue. the motive is there. Forget intelligence. for a second. Sherry has motive. Her. life is falling apart. She wants to get. away. So, she wants someone to take her. place for her death. She wants to be. dead to her family. The prosecutors. bring in about a 100 witnesses that. testify about Sherry and Shakira. And. one of the most important witnesses on. that list. He went into hiding before. the trial because he was terrified of. sitting up on the stand. He thought. someone was going to kill him to [music].

keep him quiet. Is the ex-husband Rowan. >> Who is he scared of to kill him? Cuz. remember Sherry's dad was like, "Three. people are going to. >> Oh, the dad. That's right. >> So, he comes in, he sits on the stand, and he starts testifying about his. relationship, his marriage with Sherry.". And it's not looking good. Multiple. witnesses by this point have already. testified that Sherry is known as a gas. station groupy. It's like a thing when. you live in the suburbs in a lot of. places including Germany where you have. nowhere to hang out. People just like.

loiter in gas stations in the parking. lots. They come in, rev their engine, they pump gas, and then they park near. the gas station. They get a slurpee and. a beer, and then they sit in their. driver's seat, rev their engines some. more, and then hang out. >> So, she likes to talk to guys at the gas. station. >> Gas station. You can't even. >> fascinating. >> pay me to stay in a gas station for two. seconds longer than I actually have to. >> Yeah. >> All the guys with their loud cars, they.

like to sit there and Sherry will show. up in her Mercedes. And one German. reporter describes them like this. And I. don't know what this means. They live in. the suburbs, but they like to feel as if. they're living in New York City in the. Bronx. >> Uh, okay. >> Like they think they're cool. >> Right. Right. Right. Like Okay. Yeah. I. I can see the visual. Okay. >> Okay. It's almost as if this Mercedes. also changed [music] Sherry. Rowan is. testifying like she has an obsession. with this car. She loved this lifestyle, beautiful cars, fast driving, easy. money. That's a [music] quote. She's,

you know, helping move drugs, and it's. very important for her, quote, to drive. up and down the famous roads in Munich, listening to loud music, and attracting. attention. It's like the people that. drive circles on Rodeo Drive, and you're. like, well, I've seen you 20 times. Okay. And he says, "The beginning of. their marriage started out pretty. normal. Eventually, Rowan starts. noticing this very obvious pattern. Quote, "She was always looking for. arguments with me just so she could. storm out in anger. She'd be like,

"Fine, I'm done with you. I'm not doing. this anymore. Run out the house and be. gone for 3 days." And she would block. his number. I mean, he can't even ask. where she is, who she's with, and he can. see right through it. It's not like a. real fight. like she's doing this so. that she can go be a gas station groupy. and she'll go out with a bunch of guys. each time. They're reportedly all in. like a criminal world. If he tries to. talk to her about it, it's just another. way for her to start another fight that. lasts 3 days so she can go out and. loiter at gas stations. And that's how.

she ends up pregnant with some other. man's [music] child at 20. And she ends. up terminating the pregnancy. Rowan. tells her he's fed up with her and he. tells her, "You know, I'm going to talk. to your parents. I've already called. your dad.". She turns around and this is in their. apartment. She hits him on the back of. the head. She starts throwing things out. of the cabinets. She grabs a bar of soap. and is like whacking him with a bar of. soap. He flees to the bathroom and. quote, "She slams my head onto the. mirror. Everything goes black. I start. feeling dizzy." So then when he wakes.

up, he's like, "I can't do this anymore. I got to pack my bags. I'm going to go. stay with my brother." He gets into the. car and he starts having an epileptic. seizure. [music]. The police get called out. There's. footage of this. The police getting. called out. him having a seizure in the. car. And he says that because of this. marriage, because of Sherry's violence, he had his jaw dislocated. He lost 30%. of his vision in the right eye. These. are all documented violent altercations. February 2018, she's convicted of. aggravated assault for tasing her. brother-in-law in the neck, Rowan's. brother. October 2021, she tried to run.

her husband over with her car. November. 2021, she assaulted her husband with a. bar of soap and smashed his face into a. mirror. There's a protection order. prohibiting her from even approaching. her ex-husband. By this point, a few. weeks leading up to Cada's murder, Rowan. says the families have facilitated at. least three peace meetings. So, in. Yazidi religion, marital disputes are. resolved through community mediation. I. imagine like this is when the marital. disputes become irreconcilable. Okay, side note, divorce and separation are a.

huge thing in Yazidi culture. Yadesism. is a closed religion. So you can only be. born Yazidi and you must marry another. Yazidi. Or else if you marry someone. that's not Yazidi, you get. excommunicated. Some communities have loosened up the. rules a little bit to say that you're no. longer excommunicated by your loved. ones. But it really depends. It seems as. if divorce is not unheard of. It's not. encouraged, but more people are open to. divorce. However, if after divorce you. marry someone that is not Yazidi, that.

could lead to excommunication. So these peace meetings, it's like when. you're about to have a divorce, all the. male elders from both families will have. meetings and try to talk to the couple. to figure out how they can resolve their. marital dispute. They have three. mediation sessions. The first two, Rowan's like, "I'm not going to do. this." Okay, your daughter is like. practically certified insane, and they. just keep telling him how much she loves. him, how much he means to her, and all.

this nonsense. And Rowan is still trying. to save Sherry's face, but he wants a. divorce. And finally, at the third. mediation, he's like, "I know what I. need to say. I just need to tell the. truth." He says, "If a husband says, your daughter has been cheating on me, then typically the father of the wife. [music] will tell the husband, okay, like you decide what you want to do. now." And he's like, "I want a divorce.". And that's the last time he saw Sherry. She moved out, moved back in with her. parents. And that was a huge problem for. Sherry. A lot of Sherry's friends were.

called in to testify by the prosecutors. cuz the prosecutors are like the. doppelganger theory. Remember, she needs. to get away from her parents. Her. friends are sitting on the stand and a. lot of German reporters are like, "This. is the most insane trial that we've ever. covered in our lives." These little gas. station groupies are cursing at the. defense attorneys, are cursing at the. prosecutors. >> Oh, you mean all her friends are also. gas station groupies? >> Yeah. And all of them were sitting like. some German reporter was like, "I've. never seen someone sit with their legs. as wide open, you know, like guys like to pretend like.

their ding-dong is so massive that they. can't even. >> Oh, you're saying some of the guys are. sitting with their legs are like. reaching as far as they can.". >> Yeah. In a court setting is just. inappropriate. But also, I think it's. like. >> interesting. >> At that point, they're like doing. splits. So, these people are out here. supporting Sherry? >> No, they're just being called in to. testify and they just like snap at. everyone. >> Oh. Oh, okay. >> Yeah. Yeah.

>> Interesting. All right. >> So, Sherry is complaining to her. friends. Her friends are testifying. like, "Yeah, I saw her after the divorce. and she's complaining that her dad would. only let her leave the house for 20. minutes every single day." So, she goes. from living with Rowan, >> being able to go out for 3 days at a. time, be a gas station groupy. >> Yeah. And what's Rowan going to do about. it? Nothing. But now that she's back. with her very strict religious parents. after a divorce, they're in full. control. They're not letting her out of. the house. They're not letting her be a.

gas station groupy. They're controlling. everything that she does, and she's sick. of it. >> One witness said, "I saw her in the. middle of the road. She was like parked. on the side of the road. All of her car. doors were open. The trunk was open. So. I was like, is she looking for. something?" I thought maybe her car. broke down. So I pulled over and I'm. like, "Do you need help, Sherry? like. did something happen to your car and she. dramatically pulls something out and. there's a little tracker in her fingers. and she just tells me my father that son. of a I guess she found a tracker.

in her car and her dad is tracking her. So the prosecutors are like look she has. every reason to want to get away from. her family and she can't. >> Then the prosecutors bring in Rowan's. brother. >> Oh. >> yeah. where you know the the bizarre. incident where she uses a taser to get. him in the neck. The brother-in-law. testifies she showed up to my house. I. didn't even know her really at the time. I didn't even know who she was. She. introduced herself to me as a friend of. my brother. She was completely. distraught. She was crying. Claimed that.

Rowan was stealing and using drugs. And. then she suddenly tased me in the back. of the neck with a taser. >> That's their first time meeting. >> Yeah. What in the world? >> And then she ran down the stairs. Then. she comes back up the stairs. He doesn't. even chase after her cuz he's [music]. like on the ground tazed. She comes back. up the stairs and said, "I don't know. why I did that. I'm so sorry. Please. don't tell anybody." And starts. profusely apologizing. >> And he called the. >> he said, "I naturally went to the.

hospital and filed a police report." And. he says, "And then they got married. And. then I met her uncles. The entire family. is weird. They're weird. They also hated. me, the brother. They just hated me, >> you know. One of Sherry's uncles said. about Rowan's brother, "We have a plan. for him, >> whatever that means.". >> Yeah. They just keep saying weird. things. And Sherry blames the. brother-in-law, stating, "He made my. life a living hell for Rowan and me. He. was the one who persuaded my husband to. force me to terminate my pregnancy.". >> So Sherry is claiming that she was.

pregnant with Rowan's baby. And Rowan. was like, "That was definitely not my. baby. Trust me." And Sherry is like, "Well, your brother was the one that. convinced you to convince me to. terminate the pregnancy." I mean, both. Rowan and his brother are like, "That's. definitely not true." Okay. Now, Rowan's. brother testifies and then they bring in. the prosecutors then bring in another. guy. His name is Vulcan. He gets up on. the stand and he tells the judges, "I'm. the guy that Sherry paid to kill her. brother-in-law, Rowan's brother." And I. was like, "What the hell is happening?".

He's like, "That wasn't the original. money-making plan, first of all." Okay. So, when I met Sherry, originally we. were going to go into business together. to open up a COVID testing center cuz. like remember back then you used to have. to go to a testing center. They shove. like a 3ft long Q-tip up your brain like. you're getting labmomized and then they. wanted to do that but instead Sherry. starts talking about perhaps before they. do that maybe you could kill someone. first. And Vulcan is like I should start. going along with it. And the prosecutors. are like why are you going along with.

it? And they said I don't know she just. seemed kind of dumb. and she had money. So, so he's like, I. was going along with it. Sherry offers. him $10,000. Kill Rowan's brother. I'll. give you $5,000 in advance. Sherry. thinks that her brother-in-law is the. reason that Rowan even wants to get a. divorce right now. So, you know, once. he's gone, Rowan's going to be obsessed. with her again. He's the one that. supports this separation, so it must be. his problem. [music] The two of them, Vulcan and Sherry, they put together. their approximately seven brain cells.

They come up with this masterful plan. The plan is he's going to kidnap Rowan's. brother, administer date rape pills to. him, change him into swim trunks, throw. him into Lake Stberg so that his death. would appear to be a drowning. She tells. Vulcan, "All I need is photos to prove. that you did murder him and you'll get. €10,000. €5,000 in advance right now.". And if successful, quote, "This day will. be more beautiful than any other day on. earth." She also sends him an 18minute. voice message where she's. enthusiastically screaming, "No mercy.

No mercy. Make sure you shove the pills. deep in his throat. [sighs]. >> They they played all that. >> Yeah. In the trial. Obviously, the. testimony from Vulcan and the. corresponding evidence is damning to say. the least, but her attorney tries to. spin it. Her attorney says, "According. to my client's own statement, this. specific allegation of wrongdoing. presents itself in a completely. different light. The claim is that a man.

proactively approached her, not the. other way around, and allegedly offered. to kill her brother-in-law. That raises. a distinct [music] set of questions. entirely independent of whether she. genuinely desired the act or took the. offer seriously or whether she might. have subsequently withdrawn from the. plan. They said a whole lot of nothing, but they're basically trying to be like. maybe she was testing him to see if he. would do it. She did give him the. €5,000. She did. And uh Vulcan argues in. court that he just did it to get some.

easy money. You know, she has money and. she's also a bit stupid. That's a direct. quote. He testifies that at the trial. But the interesting thing is like the. prosecutor's like, "Thank you so much. for testifying." [music] Um so you're. actually arrested for fraud because. regardless, you took money and did not. deliver a service. >> You took money and you didn't kill. someone. That's a fraud. >> Yes. So they arrest him for fraud. And. you're kidding me. >> They also charge him with tax evasion, which is a very apparently a very German. thing. Like they take tax evasion more. seriously than the Americans. >> That's crazy. That that's considered a.

fraud. >> Yeah. I maybe he tried to get a lower. deal. >> eventually, but he was Yeah. >> I can't believe this. >> He got sentenced to He had his own. separate trial. The fake hitman had his. own little separate trial and he was. found guilty and imprisoned for a year. >> because how is that? I don't understand. Wow. >> It's probably something in their code. like their legislation. >> Okay. You think it will happen in. America, too? I cannot imagine this. being fraud though. >> We have very specific laws for.

conspiracy to commit murder. Maybe they. don't have like specific laws, so this. is the one that fits the best. >> But what I'm saying is, let's say he. never intended to kill and he still took. the money. He's like, I'm just here to. scam someone. >> That's fraud. I think that's why they. maybe they charged him with fraud cuz. he's not like trying to kill. So he's. just a con man. Okay, this is weird. Okay. >> Yeah, it's all very strange, but they. get him for fraud and tax evasion cuz he. didn't pay taxes on the €5,000 he got in.

cash. >> And as if this case can't get even more. confusing. The main prosecutor theory is. that this is a doppelganger murder. And. that's actually what it's known for just. when it goes viral on a global scale. But that also kind of has its plot holes. because it's an escape where nobody. flees. if she got someone to be a. doppelganger, killed them so that she. could flee. >> Right. Right. Right. >> She doesn't flee. Sherry is literally. arrested driving around leisurely. through town. That's how the arresting. officer describes her demeanor. If she.

killed Cada to take her place as a dead. body, would she not skip town and start. a new life? She doesn't do that. So then. some people argue it's because she was. waiting for Rowan to get arrested. She's. not trying to die and disappear and. start a new life. She wanted the police. to arrest Rowan for her murder and then. she would leave. She was goneirling him. But that also necessarily doesn't make. sense because there's no indication that. she was tracking Rowan, tracking the. investigation. She was genuinely just. hanging out. By the way, she also went.

back to her gas station groupies after. she was dead. And they're like, "Aren't. you supposed to be dead?" And she's. like, "I'm in some Some people are. after me. They're trying to frame me. anyway.". >> Yeah. This is Wow. It just doesn't make. any sense. Which then leads to a black. magic theory. And this was a theory that. was heavily debated in court. Eventually, the court denies it. A lot. of the black magic theory comes from. humans doing what they do best and kind.

of just being idiots. So, in Sherry's. car, when police search it, they find. two things. Two small pieces of paper. folded together. One into a triangle and. then another one into a square and then. taped together with scotch tape and then. wrapped in foil. When they're unfolded, people discover writing on them that. nobody can decipher. And one of them has. a picture of Sherry and her ex-husband. Rowan taped to the back, but the words, no one can decipher the words. So, this. theory comes about that Sherry killed. Cada as a human sacrifice so that Rowan.

would come back to her. That's why she. doesn't flee or escape town. She stays. When they ask about this paper, Sherry's. like, "I've never seen that before ever. in my life." which is refuted by the. fact that her fingerprints are found. inside. Like after you unfold the scotch. tape and the foil, it's like inside. Then there were news reports that Sherry. had been online searching specifically. for a magician. So all of this is coming. together until they're able to find out. who wrote this undecipherable words on. the paper. It's a religious leader in. the Yazidi faith. They're called shakes.

She's looking online for a religious. leader. But the way that they translate. it is like she's looking online for a. magician because the word they use to. describe their religious leaders in. Yazidi sounds like magician. >> Okay. >> So they're like she was looking for a. magician dark magic. So then she finds. one and the prosecutors find him. They. bring him to court. They're like tell us. about this black magic that you're. doing. And they're just basically. talismans. So you know in religion when you want to. be blessed or you are looking for.

specific things in your life religious. leaders in certain religions will write. talismans for you you know on pieces of. paper [music] but the whole questioning. gets weird because he's illiterate. So. he wrote it but he can't tell anyone. what it means. >> There's no meaning. It's just bunch. bunch of scribbles. >> Yeah. And like the prosecutors don't. believe that. So they're like no it's. black magic. Just tell us it's black. magic. And then he's like no actually. I'm genuinely illiterate. And they're. like, "No, we don't believe you." And. then they make him try to read. It was. just like a whole thing. And then he was.

like, "It was revealed to me in my. dream, so that's why I wrote it.". [snorts]. >> What is going on? >> The judges ultimately rejected the. theory of a human sacrifice. Which. means, why the hell did Sherry and. Shakir kill Cada? Maybe instead of. focusing on Sherry, the answer lies with. Shakir. Because nobody can figure out. what he has to do with any of this. Most. people believe he is the one that. physically carried out the killing and. stabbed Cada. Medical examiners say that. it could have been a man, it could have. been a woman based off of the stab.

wounds, but it's really important. So, in Germany for murder, you get a life. sentence, but you're eligible for parole. after 15 years unless unless there's. special circumstances and stabbing. someone 56 times is a special. circumstance, which means that you would. be eligible for parole after 25 years. So Sherry and Shakir's attorneys are. like, "No, she's the one that stabbed. her." And then they're like, "No, he's. the one that stabbed her." And. everyone's just trying to figure out. And it's just I don't really think it. matters. Throw both of them in for it.

Cadia's dad says, "In court, I faced my. daughter's killers. I was only 10 ft. apart from them. What do you want to say. to Shakir? I want to eat him alive. [music] I want to devour him whole.". There are text messages between Shakir. and Sherry. And the day before Cada is. killed, Sher is messaging Shakir things. like, "Tomorrow is going to be wild. There's going to be a lot to do. tomorrow. I'm looking forward to it.". This is the night before the murder. [music]. After killing Cada, they both they both.

head back to Shakir's place. There's no. evidence that either of them are. romantically involved afterwards, but. they part ways and both of them are kind. of on the run, kind of not on the run. They both stop by the gas station. Shakir goes to the gas station too to. hang out with his friends. He's got. scratch wounds on his arms and he he. even tells a friend, "I killed an. innocent girl for this whore." They're. like, "Who's the Who's the girl. you you killed some?" He doesn't.

clarify. The brass knuckles are found in. Shakir's apartment. His DNA is found on. Cadia. The prosecutors, they just keep. going back and forth on what Shakir's. motive to help Sher was. I mean, this is. a girl that he's only known for a few. weeks. Why would he kill Cada for her? So sometimes the prosecutors think that. it's sex. Sometimes it's money. There's. no evidence that money was transferred, but maybe it could be the promise of. money. Shakir is silent the entire. trial. He does not testify. He never. gives a defense. He never tells them, "No, this is what happened." Sherry, on. the other hand, she gets up on the stand.

and she says, "Let me tell you the day. of the murder." My original plan was to. just meet with Shakir, but he requests. that I bring a can of gasoline with me. So she does. She meets up with him. He. takes her phone and then he guides her. to a strange address. She's the one. driving. He tells her to park the car. She does. And then a girl walks up to. the car, approaches the car and just. based off the energy, it seems like the. girl and Shakir know each other. Girl. gets into the seat. Shakir moves to the. back and Sherry's in the driving seat. and Shakir is telling Sherry where to.

drive. They start driving into the. forest, but out of nowhere, Shakir's. like, "Pull over. I need a smoke." She. pulls over in the forest. He goes takes. a pee. Everybody gets out so they can. smoke a cigarette. Once Sherry's done, she walks back to the car to get in, but. then she hears a scream. Hey. She whips. around and she sees Shakir just. pummeling the girl Cada in the face with. brass knuckles. Quote, he had brass. knuckles in his hand and was hitting her. on the head, right on the right side. I. think it was against her eyes and. forehead. When I saw that, I was.

shocked. I fell to my knees. I screamed. I was paralyzed for a moment. I couldn't. breathe. I saw him continue hitting her. head. So I ran over to them and with all. my strength I pushed him away from her. and I yelled at him to stop. She was. gasping and whimpering. He grabbed my. arm, dragged me to the side and when I. looked up at him I saw his face, his. anger and the way he yelled at me and I. got scared. I thought, "Now it's my. turn. He's going to come after me." I.

took a few steps backward, turned. around, covered my ears, he grabbed my. arm, pulled me towards the car, and. threw me inside. And then I turned. around and she's she's in the driver's. side now. She turns around and Cada is. in the back somehow lying there. He. dragged her into the car. Shakir gets into the passenger seat and. Sher says, "He threatened to kill my. family if I didn't stay in the car. He. wanted me to keep driving, but because. my legs were shaking so bad, he had to. hold my knee steady as I pressed on the. accelerator." He's screaming at me,

"Drive, drive now." Then they get to the. road and at some point he tells her to. pull over on a supermarket like parking. lot. He tells her to get out of the car. She gets out the car and then she hears. screaming inside the car and he's just. stabbing Cada in the back seat. Which. the police are like actually the. evidence shows that Cada was stabbed in. the forest. But anyway, she says, "I was. frozen. I fell. I lay on the floor. I. covered my ears. I didn't dare look. And. then I looked toward the car and I could. see the two of them. It was like they.

were fighting. She was screaming inside. the car. Eventually, everything was. covered in blood. He walked around the. car, threw the knife across the street. He put on a fresh t-shirt, pushed me. back into the car, took Rowan's jacket. out of my trunk, covered Cada with it. He gets in, orders me to keep driving. He had in his hand a different a new. knife. I steered the car back onto the. road. He pressed down on my leg again. because I didn't have the strength. And. then at the end of all of this, she. looks at Cada's dad in court. I can't.

get the images of what he did out of my. head. >> That's crazy. >> Yeah, >> she spoke with confidence. >> Yeah. A lot of people said it was. terrifying because she was just. emotionless the whole time in a very. creepy way. >> And a lot of people testify about Shakir. and they say that he's actually a. harmless guy, which I mean, I don't know. what people's perception of someone can. even hold up in court. His. ex-girlfriends testify like he's never. had any rage or anger towards women. I.

don't know what any of that means, but. something is definitely odd with Shakir. An inmate says that he was given a list. of 13 people from Shakir and he was told. that he will get paid per witness that. is killed. >> Who's [snorts] paying who? >> Shakir is like, "Here's a list." And he. gives it to his cellmate. He's like, "For each person that is killed before. the trial, I'll give you money.". >> That's what the inmate claims. M. So he. wants this inmate to pull some strings. to kill some witnesses outside. >> Yes. Now Shakir's attorney is like, "That's not true at all." The prison.

guards, they searched the cell and they. find a list of witnesses and their. addresses with plus or minus signs next. to them. It doesn't necessarily mean. it's a hit list, but it is there. >> What does plus or minus mean? >> No one knows. Whether it could be. they're going to say something positive. or negative about me or I want them dead. or I want them alive. >> Nobody knows. And just when everyone. thinks that this trial is going to wrap. up, most people can't even make sense of. the theory. I mean, maybe the. doppelganger theory is the most relevant. and then they're just kind of dumb that.

they don't flee. I don't know. That's. like the one that most people are going. with. Everyone just thinks Sherry is. dumb, but this is the theory that she. thought. This is the motive that she. originally had. Then they bring in right. as they're about to rap, a man walks in. to testify and his name is Furcon. Some people call him Ferur. He's a local. rapper. He says that he has a connection. to all of them. He's like, "I'm. connected to Shakir and to Sherry and to. the victim, Cada." He knows Shakir. through a mutual friend and he claims.

that he was dating Cada and he went back. to Sherry's hotel with her. Let me. explain. Furcon is an interesting. character. Okay, so he mainly stakes a. claim at the local club. He's not a gas. station groupy. He's a club groupy and. he is described by people who know him. as quote, "Furcon is trying to break. into the rap scene. He's a big flashy. guy with a 10-ft long cloud of perfume. trailing behind him. That's pretty much. what he's like. He's like, "I'm here. now. Look at me. So, everyone, I got to. be the center of attention." Well, recently Sher asked Furcon to go back to. her hotel with her. And there was this. whole incident. This is what Furcon is.

testifying. He went back to the hotel. with Sherry. She had a hotel room and he. she's just like trying to unbuckle his. pants. He's trying to kiss up on him and. he flat out rejects her. He's like, "She. was trying to pull down my boxer shorts. and I pushed her away and I said, "Piss. off, you slut.". Okay. Whether this is true or not, it's. up for you to believe. He thinks that. maybe she was upset that he was in love. with Cada. >> What? >> Yeah. So, some people are like either. Sherry was rejected and was upset that.

he liked Cada, so she killed Cada. Or. some people are like, "Well, maybe he. told her to get rid of Cada and then. they could be together and that's why. she killed Cada." Regardless, the day. that the investigators went to go talk. to Furcon, he had gotten rid of his. phone, which is very suspicious. But. they state there is no evidence to link. Furkcon to this crime, there's no. investigation into him being part of. anything. But it just leads people to. wonder if there's a bigger reason to why. Sherry specifically went after Cada. Was.

it because Cada was one of the only 26. people that responded? and was willing. to meet up and is this a doppelganger. murder or is this a murder out of. jealousy? Like what is it? And I think. that's why this case goes so viral. I. mean I think obviously the whole. doppelganger. classification of this murder and what. it's most commonly called. It has all the points that make people. wonder what the real motive is. But also. it's just everything about Sherry's. demeanor and trial for Germans was so.

odd. She'll come in covering her face. every time with like a packet of folders. and papers. And then every break that. they get, her mom is just like supplying. her with snacks every day. She's. laughing and giggling with her family. A. lot of German reporters believe that she. was actually acting quite flirtatious. with her four attorneys as well. She. kept twirling her hair, but ultimately. both of them are found guilty, which. again for Sherry that means 25 years. before she's eligible for parole. And.

for Shakir, it's 15 years. Kada's dad is. very upset with Shakir only getting 15. years. He was really distraught. He. says, "In the courtroom, I saw things I. never expected to see, things that. cannot be understood with the mind. But. did I see the truth?" No. Some netizens. have taken to point out that Sherry was. delusional, thinking Cada was a. doppelganger because it's so obvious. that they look nothing alike and that. they don't even compare. But with that,

that is the doppelganger murder. What. are your thoughts on this case? Let me. know in the comments and I will see you. in the next one. [music].