YouTuber's Murder Plot Unraveled

0:00On March 23rd, Stephen McCullough, a 36-year-old YouTuber, has been found guilty of murdering his pregnant girlfriend, Natalie McNally, back in December 2022. The 32-year-old was 15 weeks pregnant when she was stabbed, strangled, and beaten at her home in Lurgen, Northern Ireland. McCullough tried to cover his tracks with a fake alibi, a six-hour pre-recorded gaming stream on YouTube that he passed off his live. Here that day, he traveled by bus to Lurgen, wearing dark clothes, gloves, and a face covering. CCTV caught his movements as he walked to her house between 8.50 pm and 9.30 pm, then changed outfits and took a taxi home. Digital experts proved the stream, titled, Violin Knight, was recorded four days earlier and deleted right after. In the weeks after, McCullough played the grieving partner, joining her family's vigil, visiting her grave, and even leaving his phone behind too. Figurally record their talks. He called emergency services from her home, sobbing and blaming her ex, but police initially

1:03bought his story and cleared him on Christmas Eve. Forensic analysis during the five-week trial blew his alibi apart, showing the stream stopped and vanished at the exact murder time. Prosecutors linked his disguises to social media photos and noted his past arrests for assaulting an ex over her messages. The motive points to jealousy. Natalie had been texting other men explicitly, and McCullough had accessed her phone. After three years, his elaborate scheme crumbled, bringing justice for Natalie and her unborn