A TWISTED ITV true crime show is returning for a second series – after becoming among the channel’s highest rated documentaries.
TikTok: Murder Gone Viral debuted its first series on viewers’ screens last year.
ITV are bringing back their true crime show TikTok: Murder Gone Viral[/caption]
The new series will cover the murder of 17-year-old Charlie Cosser[/caption]
The killing of 13-year-old American cheerleader Tristyn Bailey will also be highlighted[/caption]
The programme will continue to cover murder cases which went viral on social media app TikTok.
Series two will highlight the murder of young British amateur footballer, Charlie Cosser.
In July 2023, the 17-year-old was stabbed to death at an end-of-term marquee party in West Sussex.
Charlie’s devastated father Martin used TikTok to pour out his grief in real time.
In addition, the show will cover the killing of 13-year-old American cheerleader Tristyn Bailey.
On May 9, 2021, Tristyn was reported missing after she vanished from her family’s home.
Later that Sunday, police recovered her body from a retention pond close to her home.
As a murder investigation was launched, local authorities concluded Tristyn was stabbed a total of 114 times.
On May 10, 2021, her classmate Aiden Fucci was arrested as the prime suspect in her homicide.
Tristyn had used TikTok as a way to share her cheerleading dance routines.
The first series of TikTok: Murder Gone Viral featured the story of Ansreen and Mahek Bukhar.
Mahek, 24, and Ansreen, 46, were jailed for life after the pair were both found guilty of two counts of murder.
The duo, from Stoke-on-Trent, found themselves embroiled in a web of lies and deceit,
Ansreen, who often appeared in her daughter’s TikTok videos, had embarked on an ill-fated affair.
When Saqib Hussain threatened to expose the relationship to Ansreen’s husband, mother and daughter hatched a murderous plot to silence her young lover.
The 21-year-old was found dead in a burning car, along with his friend Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin, also 21, after their car was rammed off the road in a 100mph chase in Leicestershire.
Their bodies were so badly burnt, their families could not identify them.
The programme detailed how Mahek, who had dropped out of university to pursue her social media career, was living the high life, attending parties and launch events — often with her mother in tow.
Jo Clinton-Davis, Controller of Factual ITV said: “The murders in this series are all about very young victims tragically killed by their peers.
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“Most were active on TikTok and through this prism we also see how the platform has impacted a murder case from its use by armchair detectives, to generating worldwide discussion, to acting as an emotional outlet.
“But above all, each is an individual story of heartbreak and a testament to the victims’ family and friends who have been determined to share their stories with a wider public, and find ways to bring an end to the senselessness of child on child murder.”
Meanwhile, Cat Lewis & Jazz Gowans, Executive Producers Nine Lives Media added: “It has been a real privilege to work closely with the families of young murder victims, each of whom were taken far too early but each had already made a big, positive impact on the world, and especially on their families and friends.
“They will never be forgotten.”
Series one featured the story of Ansreen and Mahek Bukhar[/caption]
Mother and daughter were both jailed in September 2023[/caption]
