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TikTok Influencer Gabbie Gonzalez Charged in Murder Plot

5/20/2026

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Gabbie Gonzalez Arrested

TikTok influencer Gabbie Gonzalez was arrested for conspiracy to murder Jack Avery, former Why Don’t We singer.
Father Francisco Gonzalez was arrested in Seminole County, Florida on May 19 and remains held without bond.
Prosecutors say Francisco gave Kai Cordrey $10,000 on April 26, 2021 as front money, then used Bitcoin and the “LizardKing69” hit-for-hire account to stage the killing as an accident, motivated by a custody battle over their 7-year-old daughter Lavender.

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Francisco Gonzalez Arrested

Francisco Gonzalez, a civil attorney, was arrested at 1491 Lake George Drive in Lake Mary, Florida.
He is accused of directing a murder-for-hire plot.
He hired a private investigator to surveil Jack Avery in Kauai for a custody dispute.
His first court appearance is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon before his transfer to California.

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Jack Avery Debut

The criminal complaint detailing the plot was made public on May 19, 2026.
Gabriela Gonzalez's Instagram, which lists 473,000 followers, also highlights her TikTok videos from Maui.
Francisco Gonzalez's Instagram questions the 2020 election and features senator Marco Rubio.
The elder Gonzalez works at Shahady & Wurtenberger as an attorney handling cases.
Jack Avery, Why Don’t We member, released the solo single “XOXOX” in early 2026.

Summary

Francisco Gonzalez Bullrun

Francisco Gonzalez used the codeword “bullrun” in messages and referenced it in a call with an undercover agent discussing Bitcoin payments for murder-for-hire.
Kai Cordrey split the $10,000 into two $5,000 crypto deposits and a $4,000 “Site Whisperer” invoice.
Gabbie Gonzalez’s bail was set at $2 million and she remains detained without bond while the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office and the FBI are investigating, linking California and Florida jurisdictions.

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Historical Context

After the FBI seized 144,000 bitcoins—about $28 million—in the October 2013 shutdown of Ross Ulbricht’s Silk Road, the site’s Tor-Bitcoin escrow model became the template for dozens of later darknet markets. Those markets kept evolving, so by 2026 prosecutors linked a Florida-California murder-for-hire plot by Francisco Gonzalez to Bitcoin payments, prompting coordinated blockchain-analysis raids.

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Gabbie Gonzalez Arrested

TikTok influencer Gabbie Gonzalez was arrested for conspiracy to murder Jack Avery, former Why Don’t We singer.
Father Francisco Gonzalez was arrested in Seminole County, Florida on May 19 and remains held without bond.
Prosecutors say Francisco gave Kai Cordrey $10,000 on April 26, 2021 as front money, then used Bitcoin and the “LizardKing69” hit-for-hire account to stage the killing as an accident, motivated by a custody battle over their 7-year-old daughter Lavender.

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