YouTubers That Became Murderers

Vinniebad118 was a YouTube channel owned and operated by Vincent Baloro from New Jersey. He'd been active on YouTube since 2021 and mainly streamed himself playing sports games like MLB the show. On September 30, 2025, he went live with another one of these streams.

And for someone stumbling onto this live broadcast, nothing about it felt odd. That is until they started watching and noticed his chat asking him odd questions like, "Are you going to jail? " and "How you going to get paid in jail?

" Things became even more strange when some of his viewers started calling him a killer over and over again. However, this label wasn't an exaggeration. As it turned out, Vincent was hosting this stream less than a day after allegedly ending the lives of two teenage girls in a neighboring town.

And he didn't seem the least bit remorseful. The incident happened on September 29th, just before 5:30 p. m.

17-year-old Maria Neotis and Isabella Sales were riding ebikes in a residential neighborhood in Cranford, New Jersey, when they were suddenly hit by a speeding car seemingly out of nowhere. The crash was loud enough to get the attention of nearby residents. People rushed to help.

Unfortunately, it was already too late. describe what those calls to police sounded like moments after Maria Notas and Isabella Sales were mowed down by a black SUV driven by another teenager. >> There's a girl on the road and there's a car.

Oh my god. Please hurry. >> So, there's two females.

>> By the time first responders arrived at the scene, both girls had already passed away. But what made the incident even more disturbing was just how shockingly violent it was. Later investigation revealed the car was going close to 70 mph or over 110 km an hour in a neighborhood with a speed limit of just 25 mph or roughly 40 kmh.

The resulting collision sent the girls flying across the street with one victim coming to rest approximately 100 ft from the impact site. According to eyewitness reports, the driver tried to drive away immediately after the incident. But the crash was so violent that the impact had lodged one of the ebikes into the car, forcing the driver to ditch it and flee on foot.

Fortunately, this allowed investigators to run the license plate and trace the car back to its driver, 17-year-old Vincent Bataloro. Vincent was called in for questioning. It's unclear what exactly he told the police, but since the investigators didn't have any solid evidence of his personal involvement, he was let go the same night.

The investigators were also treating this as an accident by this point, so they had no ground to detain Vincent just yet. However, this changed completely when one of the victim's families learned about Vincent's potential involvement. According to Maria's family, Vincent had been stalking and harassing her for months by that point.

They went to the same school, and Vincent was reported to have tormented her during multiple different instances. The two had never gotten along. Vincent would also allegedly follow Maria around anytime she went outside, and neighbors even saw him staking out her house in his car on multiple occasions.

This behavior only worsened after Maria reported him to the school authorities about a month before the incident with him becoming even more aggressive and making false police reports, even leading to her family getting swatted multiple times. In one of his streams, he mentioned having a vengeance against Maria and even dedicated one of his old phones to harassing her, starting with ordering a pizza to her address. Here's what we're gonna do.

I think Maria's hungry. I think it's I think we're going to send her a pizza. Cheer her.

So, you all know I have a vengeance against this girl. I'm going to call a pizza to her house. And here's how I'm going to do it.

Investigation also revealed that Vincent's own parents had called the police four times regarding his increasingly violent and out of control behavior over the last few months. He was becoming more erratic and combined with Maria getting him in trouble at school was likely harboring deep resentment towards her. Put simply, there was a strong chance that what happened wasn't an accident.

He possibly wanted to take his anger out on Maria and Isabelle was just collateral in his messed up plan. Now, while the investigators were piecing all this together, Vincent decided to go live on YouTube and pretend like everything was completely normal. However, people in his community had learned about his possible involvement in the case by this point, resulting in the chat messages we mentioned earlier.

He tried to dismiss these messages as just hate comments and drama, but eventually decided to address the situation in the vaguest terms possible. >> In a neighboring town, unfortunately, two girls were killed in a hitand-run crash. Now, there has been a lot of misinformation going on over the internet.

It is an absolute unfortunate situation and there's more to the story that you're not getting, but when the time comes, I will explain it in greater detail. >> He was likely speaking this way to avoid an accidental admission of guilt. However, this stream could still help investigators bring him to justice.

You see, while he was live on YouTube, investigators were gathering evidence to prove that he was behind the wheel. This led to the discovery of Ring camera footage from a nearby street, showing him speeding in the neighborhood before the incident and then walking back on foot minutes after everything went down. This, combined with eyewitness testimonies, allowed investigators to arrest him a day later on October 1st and charge him with two counts of first-degree murder.

His channel has since been terminated by YouTube. Prosecutors are also pushing to have Vincent tried as an adult to secure the full sentence they believe he deserves. I'm recording this because I want my daughter to know that I love you.

McKenzie Pascal, I'm so sorry that I've done this. I want you to know that you mean everything to me. This was the final video 48-year-old Trent Pascal uploaded to YouTube on October 21st, 2020.

His content up until that point was a mix of family vlogs, DIY tips, and RC toy reviews. He came across as a laid-back, middle-aged dad enjoying time with his family. But the video he uploaded in October 2020 was different.

It wasn't a wholesome vlog or toy review with his kids. Instead, this was a confession Trent posted to YouTube after committing a heartless crime. just so he could paint himself as the victim.

The day started off rough with Trent having a massive argument with his wife Savannah. Details of what exactly caused this argument are unknown, but according to some reports, it had something to do with Trent's overprotective and envious personality. He was reportedly very insecure about the 18-year age gap between him and Savannah.

He saw anyone even remotely close to her as a threat and tried to control every aspect of her life, which also led to many clashes between the two over the years. Regardless of the reason, the argument on October 21st ended with Savannah dropping their two kids at school and then driving over to live at their mother, Shirley's house in Lamar, Texas. Neighbors also saw Trent storming out not long after.

Savannah and Shirley went out to check on the kids at school later that day before returning home at around noon. Shirley went straight to the master bedroom to freshen up, but nothing could have prepared her for what was waiting for her inside. The moment she stepped into the bathroom, Trent leaped out from behind the shower curtain with a firearm in his hand.

And before she could even register what was going on, Trent announced that he was going to end both her and Savannah and opened fire. Fortunately, he missed the mark, giving Shirley the opportunity to escape to a neighbor's house and call for help. Sadly, Savannah wasn't as lucky.

Trent managed to shoot her twice in the stomach before fleeing the scene. She was rushed to the hospital, but passed away shortly after. Though while Savannah was fighting for her life, Trent uploaded this video to his now deleted second channel explaining his reasoning for the heinous crime.

He accused Savannah of cheating on him and claimed that she was the one who made him do this. However, to most people who came across this video, it was clear that Trent posted the video so he could portray himself as the victim. He even seems to try a fake crime multiple times during the video, but fails to shed a single tear.

Many also assumed the cheating accusation was likely false. But even if it wasn't, it was still no justification for taking her life. That said, the most disturbing part of this video was the very end, which showed Trent hearing a noise and immediately rushing to hide in a dark room.

Closely listening to this section revealed a plastic rustling noise, similar to what shower curtains sound like when moved. In other words, Trent was possibly recording this final message in Shirley's home moments before they arrived and then quickly ran to the bathroom when he heard the two pull into the driveway. He fled Lamar immediately after committing the crime, prompting a statewide manhunt.

This ended with the police tracking him down to a Walmart parking lot in Houston later the same day. However, Trent drew his firearm on the officers and refused to back down despite repeated warnings. This left deputies with no choice but to open fire, hitting him several times across the abdomen.

He was then taken to a hospital where he spent over a month recovering from his wounds. He was eventually booked into the Galveastston County Jail on charges of murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm. Now, this is usually where stories like this end, but that's not what happened with Tren.

Despite the deeply violent nature of his crimes, he was allowed to leave on bail after paying $550,000. He was fitted with a GPS ankle monitor and ordered to stay at his mother's house until his conviction. Trent initially complied with these orders, but on April 13th, 2021, he removed his ankle monitor, stole a car at knife point after taking it on a test drive from a dealership, and vanished without a trace.

This triggered a massive multi-state manhunt. The police spent months looking for Tren, but he was still nowhere to be found. This also left Savannah's family in a constant state of fear, as Trent could show up at any time to cause further harm.

The run finally ended nearly 9 months later in January 2022 when the US Marshalss received a tip that a man matching Trent's description was staying at a small RV park in Ocala, Florida. Officers rushed to the scene and surrounded a van where they believed he was hiding. But before they could break in and apprehend Trent, he decided to end everything on his own, robbing Savannah's family of seeing any justice through the legal system.

Lane Maurice Davis joined YouTube all the way back in September 2009 under the name Seattle for Truth. Most of his videos have since been deleted by YouTube for policy violations, but they were mainly about right-wing political commentary and rants about current events. Some of these videos also revolved around Lane trying to prove various conspiracy theories.

Lane also did an internship under British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos at one point, though it didn't last very long. So, his YouTube channel was the only thing Lane focused on for most of his adult life. But while he did have a sizable following across socials, most of his videos didn't attract enough viewers to provide a sustainable income.

This forced Lane to live with his parents and rely on them for monetary needs, which apparently was a major source of tension in their relationship. His parents also had differing political views from their son, leading to frequent arguments, especially with his father, Charles, and the back and forth on the night of July 14, 2017, started off as no different. As the argument became more heated, his mother, Catherine, dialed 911 and calmly asked for assistance, stating, "He's not physically threatening us or anything.

He just gets out of control and he's ranting about stuff from the internet. He's not working and he just gets on these rampages and he just needs to move on. He just lives on the internet and he gets really worked up about everything that's going on.

He needs an intervention of some kind here. The dispatcher instructed Catherine and Charles to keep their distance until the police arrived. But she downplayed the threat, saying she'd seen many similar outbursts in the past and that he wouldn't turn violent.

Unfortunately, she couldn't have been more wrong because just a few minutes later, Catherine dialed 911 again and this time in a far more frantic state, screaming phrases like, "He stabbed him. " and repeating, "He's dead. " over and over again.

Officers were already on their way from the first call Catherine made and reached the house within minutes. Inside, they found Charles lying on the floor with his clothes covered in blood. According to reports, Lane became even more aggressive after the first 911 call and stabbed his father multiple times with a kitchen knife.

By the time police arrived, Charles had already passed away. Lane likely regretted his decision immediately as officers saw him standing outside the front door with his hands in the air waiting to be arrested. He later pleaded guilty to seconddegree murder as part of a plea deal and was sentenced to 17 years in prison.

His YouTube channel now sits completely abandoned. In many of these cases, the transition from content creator to criminal is marked by a clear, calculated decision. But with Jessica Warsham, known online as the Indigo Mystic on YouTube, the path was much more blurred.

with her channel serving as a digital diary for a woman who was visibly losing her grip on reality. Jessica started her channel in 2013 to post occasional videos on whatever topics grabbed her interest that day. Her content was relatively harmless with nothing too attention-grabbing, at least at first.

As her personal life began to fracture, the tone shifted dramatically. It started with her getting divorced from her husband. It's unclear what the reason for this divorce was.

Possibly something to do with her deteriorating mental state. Regardless of the reason though, it left her in charge of her two daughters. However, she didn't have any place to stay at the time.

So, one of her friends allowed her to stay at one of their properties for free until they found a buyer for it. They were likely expecting to sell the home in a few months, but the process ended up taking three long years, and when it was finally time to hand over the keys, Jessica intervened. Instead of being grateful for being able to stay there for 3 years for free, she refused to leave and even took her friend to court over it.

She understandably lost in court and was forced to move out. This upended the life she'd built over the last three years and marked the beginning of her downfall. The stress of losing her home, combined with her pre-existing mental conditions, proved disastrous.

She refused to accept the reality and became delusional, thinking that the judges were part of some evil group alongside her family members and were out to get her and her daughters. >> So, the first person I would like [clears throat] to mention is Alan Barman. He is my uncle and uh he has been working with my other family members uh a one Angie Griffith, she lives in Danielsville and also a Denise Canrell who is my maternal parent.

Um and my sister Crystal Christian. Okay. They've all been working in league with a judge, a magistrate judge that works at the Jackson County Courthouse named Benjamin Green.

He's been doing under the table type things that he's not supposed to be doing. And uh Alan Barryman and those mentioned afterwards have been in league with this particular judge individual and uh to steal my home from me. >> Jessica began posting videos ranting about these madeup conspiracies like how the government was trying to depopulate the world with the co vaccines.

She was clearly losing her grip on reality, even posting videos directly addressing the judge she believed had wronged her in the past. >> Anyway, this message is for Benjamin Green. Mhm.

I know you're watching me and I know you're scared and you should be. Dinglef, he's too scared. He's too scared to even try to communicate with me telepathically.

But you're scared, aren't you, Benji? Ben, good old Benji. You used to be a good person, didn't you, Benji?

You did. You used to actually have the desire for justice and the desire to do good by people. What happened?

What happened? Did you let the greed of the world get to you? Did you let that secret society that you're a part of talk you into all this stuff?

>> However, this was only the beginning. The situation truly began to unravel when her ex-husband filed for custody of their two daughters in mid 2021. Jessica didn't have a solid roof over her head and wasn't sending the two girls to school either.

Her behavior online was also becoming more and more erratic with each passing day. In addition to her rambling about topics that made little sense, she also posted videos waving around the firearm she had, threatening anyone who wanted to get in her way. Put simply, she was becoming dangerous to her own children.

Her ex-husband filed for temporary custody until Jessica found proper residence and got professional help for her degrading mental state. But in her delusions, Jessica saw this as yet another attack on her from the same group that took away her home. >> Today is a rather unfortunate day to be honest with you.

Um, I'm actually going to court today uh against some people that are trying to take my children from me. The same people that took my home from me, the the Jackson County court system. she still could have had a chance to stay with her daughters, but on the day of the hearing, she refused to enter the courthouse, further highlighting her unstable mental state to the judge.

The custody was awarded to her ex-husband until Jessica was deemed capable of resuming responsibility. This was a chance for her to actually work on improving her situation, but Jessica didn't see it that way. Sadly, she was already too far gone and decided to go on the run with her daughters instead.

She stayed on the move for the next couple of months, moving from place to place, all while posting increasingly unhinged monologues on YouTube. >> Mine mine, mine, mine, mine, and my uni, mine. They're my babies, and I love them above anything else.

I love them like I love God, and I'll do anything, including lay my life down for them. And I know that's what you wish for. Jessica also felt the need to record and post to YouTube almost everything that happened in her life.

She'd gone as far as to instruct her daughters to start recording whenever anything notable happened. What she didn't know was that one of these recordings would end up scarring them for life. The incident happened on November 5th, 2021 with Jessica getting into an argument with the owners of the house she was living in.

The dispute escalated to the point where the owners asked her to leave the house and when she refused, they contacted the police to have her removed. However, as soon as the officers pulled into the driveway, Jessica opened the front door with her firearm in her hand and opened fire. One of the shots hit 43-year-old Sheriff's deputy Lena Marshall, sending her to the hospital where she tragically passed away just a few days later.

The other officers opened fire in retaliation, hitting Jessica multiple times, all while her daughters heard and recorded everything inside the house. Jessica passed away on the spot with her younger daughter posting the final video on YouTube with the heartbreaking title, "My mom is dead, I think. " As recording and uploading to the internet was what Jessica had taught them to do.