A TikTok star recruited her dad to kill her boy band baby daddy, officials say
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Key Points:
- Gabriela Gonzalez, a 24-year-old TikTok influencer with nearly 500,000 followers, was arrested in California for allegedly attempting to hire someone to kill Jack Avery, her daughter’s father and member of the boy band Why Don’t We.
- Gonzalez, her father Francisco Gonzalez, and ex-boyfriend Kai Faron Cordrey are charged with attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and solicitation of murder, stemming from a plot between 2020 and 2021 during a custody dispute over their 7-year-old daughter.
- Prosecutors allege Francisco Gonzalez provided funds totaling $14,000 to Cordrey to hire a hitman via the dark web, with law enforcement later conducting undercover operations posing as the hitman.
- Francisco Gonzalez was arrested in Florida and awaits extradition to California, while Cordrey has not yet been detained; if convicted, all three could face 25 years to life in prison.
- The investigation began with the FBI and was handed over to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, which highlighted the unusual involvement of a father in the alleged criminal plot.