“It Girl” Tik-Toker Helps Boyfriend in Double Murder: Case of James Martin and Dana Ryssdal
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If you don’t know what Girl-tok is, it’s basically the more girly side of tiktok where you can find things like GRWM’s, skincare routines, day in the life, outfit inspo or maybe you come across the occasional motivational or hopecore video. On this side of tiktok it’s very easy to look at everyone’s life and compare it to your own. Watching these girls doing all the thinga that you wanna do so it make you want to slowly become more like them and even look up to them as motivation for your day to day life. And this is the type of content Kathy vu made, a 22 y/o influencer with a pilates princess aesthetic with her whole world covered in hello kitty and baby pink Lululemon sets. Kathy was known for her motivation content like telling girls how to know their worth, how to gain gym confidence, and showing her day in the life working multiple jobs and living on her own. So it would come to a shock when in February of 2023 Kathy’s mugshot would be posted to tik-tok as a result of her involvement in a double homocide. And that’s when all her loyal followers who looked up to her, finally started to see who Kathy actually was, when she wasn’t posting what she wanted people to see. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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