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The Murder that TikTok Helped Solve
The app was a key witness in solving the murder.
Introduction
2020 has been a crazy year for everyone. We have lost countless lives this year and Jessica Lewis and Austen Wenner were just two of them. The year has also brought us the rise of TikTok. I’m sure we all know what TikTok is at this point as the most followed TikToker has almost 100 million followers. This murder case shows us that technology is detrimental in society nowadays.
The Case
This murder takes place in Seattle, Washington during the summer of 2020. Two teenagers were walking in West Seattle by the shore and they were filming TikTok’s on June 19th. The two teenagers saw body bags and walked towards them. One of the teenagers grabbed a stick and opened the bag on camera and that was how they found the bodies.
The two dead bodies were Jessica Lewis and Austen Wenner. They were a couple. Austen was shot once while Jessica was shot seven times. There were questions as to why Jessica was shot seven times and Austen was only shot once.
