the move comes after the snp were forced to reveal a massive drop in party membership this week. next here on bbc news, it s time for our world: jessica and austin: when murder goes viral. in june 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 of two families. it s not suitcases that washed up. it was my son and it was jessica. they were human beings. when your loved one s death has gone viral, how do you remember their life before the headlines? happy mother s day, mum. give me a call. i love you. my name s gina jaschke, and jessica lewis is my niece. she wasjust, like, angelic. she had the brightest blonde hair and she was just gorgeous. what was she sort of into? like, was she into books, was she into sports? she was into mud. she was a very outdoor kind of kid. they lived out in the country. and jessie was always playing outside, playing with bugs and nature.
arrive and cordon 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. this true crime case puts me off
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 was jessica. 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 and who watch these things to realise
two years after the murder, the trial finally begins. the prosecution admit the trail of clues is complicated and not easy to follow. 0njune nine, 2020, this man, michael dudley, shot and killed austin wenner and jessica lewis. then, in an attempt to avoid detection for what he had done, he dismembered their bodies, put their pieces into garbage bags, and stuffed those garbage bags into suitcases and a duffle bag. at times, you may be confused and uncertain of the purpose of any detail or testimony or exhibit. but the state assures you that the trail will lead you to one person, and one person