and who watch these things to realise there is family connected to them. they were more than suitcases. they were human beings that didn t deserve this. at the start of the investigation, police don t have a lot to go on besides the remains ofjessica and austin. there is no crime scene that reflects how the bodies were found. no weapon has been located and the motive is unclear. family and friends of the couple are looking for clues, relaying information they ve heard from social media that investigators dismiss as rumours. gina is trying to find some answers. seeing my brother, the look on his face and his voice on the phone, is something that breaks my heart. and i had to find out what happened to his daughter. i had to do something
off the scene. later, they confirm the bags contain dismembered human remains wrapped in plastic. the three friends then edit and post their videos on tiktok, which quickly go viral. within days, there are thousands of comments on the clips and other people begin uploading their own videos about the discovery. these tiktokers - accidentally found a body. i was at my boyfriend s house at the time, and the news came on about these kids that had found suitcases down at alki with. ..they believed that there were bodies in them. and i said, turn this off, turn this off. i don t want to watch this kind of stuff. turn it off, turn it off. i told you guys this i was about to get wild.
you know, because i didn t know how much media was going to show up. i didn t know if they were going to figure it out. cos i have a different last name than austin. so i didn t know how long it was going to take them to find me. i knew austin s parents were very upset with the media. you know, theyjust didn t want to say anything. they were busy mourning and rightfully so. they should have been able to have their peace at that time. you know? everybodyjust kept saying, you know, these suitcases. these suitcases washed up. these suitcases washed up. and it s like, you know what? they re more than suitcases. that s not suitcases that washed up. it was my son. it was my son and it wasjessica. and theyjust kept calling it the suitcases , the suitcases , and it was making me so mad. there s real people behind these stories. and that s why i m talking today, is because i want other people who watch these videos
french cities. this follows president macron s decision to force through pension reforms, to raise the national retirement age from 62 to 64, without a parliamentary vote. now on bbc news, our world: jessica and austin: when murder goes viral. injune 2020, three friends found a suitcase washed up on a beach, accidentally defining the story of a murdered couple. wait, open it. laughter open it. as the videos went viral, people started speculating the clicks and shares complicating the investigation. it might even be linked - to a network of serial killers in the dark web. this is where they found the two suitcases. they re notjust entertainment. and theories on social media impacted what would end up being a two year trial and changed the lives
there is family connected to them. they were more than suitcases. they were human beings that didn t deserve this. at the start of the investigation, police don t have a lot to go on besides the remains ofjessica and austin. there is no crime scene that reflects how the bodies were found. no weapon has been located and the motive is unclear. family and friends of the couple are looking for clues, relaying information they ve heard from social media that investigators dismiss as rumours. gina is trying to find some answers. seeing my brother, the look on his face and his voice on the phone, is something that breaks my heart. and i had to find out what happened to his daughter. i had to do something