Side note: Islam is a religion. A Muslim is a person who follows the religion. Ex: I am Muslim and I follow Islam.

I love how much you talk about the victims lives. it’s nice to hear things like how he loved peanut butter and mowing the lawn. it helps humanize them even more as sometimes watching true crime videos all the time can make it seem like the people are just characters. he was a real person who deserves to be remembered lovingly, may he rest peacefully

Hearing how he started praying during his last moments of life broke me into tears. 😭 May Allah grant him the highest ranks of Jannah, forgive him for any shortcomings, accept all of his good deeds and fill his grave with light. Ameen You bringing this to light has I’m sure brought several Muslims to pray for him which is so important for a Muslim (To have another Muslim pray for you after you’ve passed away). Thank you so much! He sounded like such a wonderful person. After being so kind to this woman, she still oppressed him tremendously and then murdered him. What an awful woman!!!! I’m glad she was given a life sentence. Her ultimate day of judgment is when she will really have to answer for what she did to him. Astagfrilla

“Gentitiles” is killing me 😂😂😂

How scary, for an immigrant. I just always see non-minorities saying how immigrant are scary … but rarely do we talk about how scary it must be for the other side !!! Makes me angry and so sad .. what a great man. RIP!

Ejaz sounds like he was such an amazing person. May he rest in peace.

as a pakistani-american muslim, thank you for covering this case with as much respect and integrity as you did. he sounds like he was such a beautiful soul. inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un.

What an evil woman. He helped her out so much and he didn’t have to AT ALL. He was just an amazing person…this story shows no matter how kind and giving you are there’s always a leech somewhere to be found.

Ejaz is the kindest human I’ve ever heard about in my entire life, there is a special special place in heaven for him. His parents must be so proud of the man they raised

She removed his head and unmentionables what a sick person Leah is. She was lucky he even tried to help her get her life together. May he RIP!

I have a uncle whose name is Ejaz Ahmed and he passed away 2 months ago. Obviously I know this will have nothing to do with him but my heart kind of dropped when I saw his name! My heart breaks for this man and his family knowing how horrific everything was! I can’t imagine having to live with that knowledge! May Allah grant him Jannah

I appreciate you mentioning how important his 'Muslim religion' was to him but you know you could just say Islam right? 😅 Also when you said gentitals, instead of genitals you had me on the floor girl 😭 I feel really bad for Ejaz, he was too kind, sooner or later it was bound to happen that someone would take advantage of his generosity 😔 may he rest in peace ✨✨

He seemed like the perfect man , what a cruel world we live in

As someone who grew up in a Muslim family, I’m glad you spoke about this! Thank you!

This story is incredibly sad. How rare it is to even find a person like Ejaz, so grounded and faithful to his core. Ultimately, and I hate to say it because we need more people to be like Ejaz, but he was entirely too nice. Not even in a way of blaming him for what happened, never that. But when Leah showed how nasty she really was, and how she’d always sort of been this person who was terrible to the people she should have been best to- he still tried his best to give her a leg up. Even with no particular obligation to it, and she had/ continued to hurt him. Personally, I would have for sure snapped (not murder but I definitely would have made she sure couldn’t get close to me). This video really highlights a childlike innocence in his desire to give the world into a better place. While still being a man who can provide, nurture & guide a family with grace. Islam is such a beautiful religion and Ejaz stood firmly with it. It is such a shame that/how he passed. And to have left behind a beautiful and caring family, that loved him and understood him deeply regardless of the separation. I’m glad he could have that, at least, since he didn’t seem as is his life was lived in pursuit of material or professional success. Many of us dream of having a spirit like Ejaz.

I'm usually a silent viewer but he seemed like such a kind soul and she was a level of evil I can't even fathom. Subhanallah.. may Allah reward him for all of his good deeds, forgive him, and give him the highest ranks of jannah (paradise) ameen💔 Edit: I really like how you put the victim in the title and have them as the main focus of the video. Keep up these amazingly researched videos!👍

As a man who has been abused,I just want to say thank you, you're an amazing soul.

As a Muslim it's nice to see coverage of minority cases. Really sad story

What a horrible, manipulative, evil, monster of a woman. She had plenty of chances to turn her life around but chose to suck the life out of anyone who tried to help her. My heart truly goes out to the victim of a crime that should have never happened.

Wow, his mom dying right in front of him like that must of been insanely traumatic. Poor guy.

A true man of Islam. Praying for his son and loved ones

Muslim subscriber here👋🏽, instead of saying Muslim religion you could say Islamic. Thank you for making this video, I never really heard of this case before, feels nice to see someone shed light on it.

His mother would have been so so proud of him. May Ejaz rest in peace

The fact that he took the shahada brought tears to my eyes..May Allah sw grant him the highest rank of jannah

as a muslim this breaks my heart :( i hope he’s in Jannah iA

People like Ejaz are wonderful, it’s sad that others take advantage of people like that and ultimately seek to destroy them.

Bro how tf is it even possible for a person's biggest flaw to be that they're too nice? This man was literally too pure for this world. We do not deserve people like him. May he rest in peace and be remembered for his unwavering kindness.

This story completely shattered my heart. Pure and kind people like him are becoming more and more rare to find, and he was robbed of a potential for a fulfilling and beautiful life. My heart aches for him and his friends and family. It takes some hardcore evil to brutally murder such a pure soul. I do hope he is resting in peace. 🕊️

Ejaz sounds like he was such a good person :( Rest in peace 💔

I know it's serious and what happened to the victim in this situation is horrendous, but every time I hear Hailey say "gent-itles", I giggle.

It’s sad to think about that if his friend never introduced Leah to Ejaz than he’d probably be alive rightnow living his best life with his son… truly heartbreaking 💔 May be Rest In Peace

My brother was a victim of abuse for 16 long years. So many times it was my brother being removed from his own house because the police automatically think men are the abusers. Even when my brother had witnesses the officers didn’t believe that my brother was the actual victim. Not a mark,bruises,or broken hair strands on his exes head. He had bruises,scratches so deep that blood was dripping from them,and hand print bruises around his neck but hillbilly authorities down southeast never think men are victims. They see the male victims as weak and not keeping the woman “in check”

Besides laughing at how you pronounced genitals (I mean gentitals) LOL 😂 🤪!! this case is so sad.. and you are brilliant at spreading awareness and also peoples stories, you have great empathy and a way of describing things, making it easy to understand and listen to. I listen while cleaning homes and it makes it more interesting. You’re great ⭐️

👋🏿greetings from Nairobi. A good example is the ongoing case of Christian Obumseli who was killed by his partner. We need to talk about men being abused as well. Rest easy Ejaz.

This story hit me harder than others for some reason. Ejaz just sounds like such an amazing person, and the world is worse off without him in it. To his family, may Allah give Ejaz an easy and pleasant journey and shower blessings upon his grave 💐

“Gen-tit-tals”, you pronounced it right at 1:07:20 I thought you had corrected yourself but then you went back to saying it incorrectly 😩 I’m sorry I couldn’t ignore it🤧 it does not take away at all of the main focus of this which is the victim Ejaz and how an amazing man he was and did not deserve at all what had happened to him. May he Rest In Peace🕊

as a muslim subscriber im glad you're talking about it thank you

you’re literally so amazing i love you sm

very strange coincidence... my name is Leah, was raised extremely Sheltered and religious (Mennonite) me and this girl lived pretty much the exact life. Ya know, minus being the crazed evil psychopath. you are always responsible for your decisions and actions. Ejaz deserved so so so much better. may he find peace

the mother part made me emotional, as an Indian, I can say indian and Pakistani people have a very strong bond with their parents specially mom

May Allah grant him jannah

Sickening. Religion and faith shouldn't be used to scam people

What a beautiful soul. He deserved to live a long life filled with love and peanut butter. My heart aches for him. Thank you for taking female on male violence so seriously. Many TCC channels will completely brush over this aspect of some cases because they don’t think it’s that big a deal or even believe that the man should’ve simply not let himself be abused. Cause that’s totally how that works, right?

What an incredibly tragic story! RIP Ejaaz (his name in Arabic literally means "miraculous"), and what a wonderful human being he was!

You did a really great job emphasizing the life of the victim and humanizing him. What a thorough telling. Thanks for framing your stories this way.

Women abusing men happens a lot more than we think. Society has made it so that men feel extra embarrassed coming forward to tell their story.

I wish this was just a happy story of a hardworking man named Ejaz who loved peanut butter and mowing and cooking and making the world a better place by being a better person than those who hurt him. :( Rest peacefully Ejaz, thank you for being wonderful while you were here on Earth

For anyone that’s curious, what Eijaz said in Arabic before passing away I called a shahada which is a sort of last proclamation or prayer. Lol idk how to explain it but there you go

Everyone needs an Ejaz in their life!

the dua/islamic prayer for someone who has passed away is "inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi rajiun" if anyone would like to make a quick prayer for him. unrelated but im so tickled by ur use of "muslim religion" 😭

Ejaz is such an incredible person. If only there were more men like him out there who're kind and understanding.

What a great human taken by such a cruel way. Would’ve loved to meet a person like him. Rest in peace Ejaz. 😢

He sounds like such a good guy, truly selfless and charitable. He went above and beyond, and for her to turn around and stab him in the back is horrific.

He sounds like such a kind hearted man 😭 he didn’t deserve this at all, what an awful women; I hope karma gets to her! Also, I can’t take you seriously when you pronounce genitals like “gentitals” 😭 💀

Ejaz is the kind of person people pray to have in their lives. Either as a friend, husband or an acquaintance. Rest in peace Ejaz

He sounded so sweet and kind. He sounded like a literal king. And it was so wholesome the way he thought peanut butter was like the best thing ever and loved mowing the lawn. Such a wonderful person. Taken too soon.

It not the “muslim religion” but Islam. E.g I am Muslim and I follow the religion Islam.

this is the first true crime i’ve ever cried to. i wish i had a loving father like ejaz and he sounded like such a wonderful loving man. it’s so sad and heartbreaking to know that he was murdered. your voice is also so calming 💕

Ejaz is so kind and wholesome i cant get the fact on how could a person be so low that she dare to do such thing to him, i would be luckiest person to get someone as Ejaz as my partner 😭

Wow I know being charitable is very important in Islam - I hope while practicing kindness and charity, people stay safe

I'm so glad you brought men victims to light! I'm very glad that women are being better protected against abuse and that they are being focused on, but I believe that we need to also give male victims the same attention. I have a good friend who is clearly being used and drained by his girlfriend and it sucks since they always feel the need to bottle it up inside. So I'm happy you recognize this.

Muslim here. You can live with your mother in law because once you marry her daughter, she is deemed as family (mehram) and you cannot marry her. For example my husband can live with my mother as if it’s his mother. Even if we divorce, you can never marry your wife’s mother or grandmother. Pakistani here as well. His name is pronounced as Eh jaaz. Not eeejazz.

My heart is breaking for this man. He deserved so much better.

What an awful, tragic case. So heartbreaking for Ejaz and his family. May he Rest In Peace and his memory live on. ❤️ He sure sounds like an incredible human being.

grammar 101 with hailey muptiple: multiple gentitals: genitals insuperior: inferior p.s. I love your videos!❤

I wonder if the friend feels guilty. How could he have known what kind of person she was. Damn. Why does bad always happen to the good?

Ejaz seemed like a literal Saint, I'm so devastated for his family someone took his life in the worst possible way. 💔

He’s a martyr so he went to Jannah directly without any questions especially cuz of the kind of person he was, may Allah bless him n give him the highest levels of jannah

Hayley you've been so constant in my routine getting better from a very bad depression. I applaud your intro, from the heart. My best friend (he) and I (she) have through the years helped each other out escaping and recovering from our abusive partners. It's so true that it happens both ways and it's important to be conscious about it. We now are actively involved in helping others and creating awareness here in our part of Chile. Thank you so much for your words and just being such a nice person, empathetic and caring. Love from Chile!

You repeatedly adding an extra “T” in the word “genitals” was very cute & funny to me 😆 it’s already an awkward word as it is and then you’re like “genTitals” 😆♥️

this is probably one of the most upsetting stories i ever heard. every time you mentioned the things Ejaz did i was smiling because of how amazing he was, and then when it came down to what that horrid woman did to him it just shattered my heart. no one will ever forget him and everyone will remember him fondly. he'll live on in everyone's thoughts and memories forever.

It’s so sad hearing how bright and kind the victims r in ur videos and then hearing how they were taken from this world,

Ejaz 😭 may you rest in peace 🕊️ forever no one deserves this type of treatment regardless of gender race religion sexual orientation that's all obsolete. Everyone deserves a happy pain free peaceful life! 😭😭😭🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

Thank you for bringing light to this issue! From one king to a queen.

This is such a tragic story… thank you for covering these lesser known cases! But also… it’s “genitals” girl, not “genTITals”..

Thank you for shedding light on this case and on this victim. As a Muslim it deeply saddened me to hear about this. I’m glad you’re bringing more awareness towards men who are victims of abuse and Muslim victims in the crime world.

I’m dying laughing over the way you say genital. Where is that extra “t” coming from??? Don’t feel bad. I’m a southern girl who can’t say oil or roof 😂

Such a selfless man, rip to him

how heartless does one have to be to hurt such a kind person.

I just watched a "Soft White Underbelly" interview with an LAPD cop, and he had a story about stumbling on a crime scene where two random kindly elderly people had been murdered in a spree, with one of the victims' head cut off and the other one's genitals removed. The perpetrator turned out to be one guy on a meth binge. Maybe there's something about doing too much meth that causes some people to go off violently, like a chimpanzee.

She thought that Ejaz would kill her if she didn't kill him first...nah man, he'd kill her with kindness.

He was this kind and generous because this is how his prophet taught him to be. Mashalla this man was a wonderful Muslim. ❤️

Ejaz is my hero, he sounded like such an amazing soul and humble person. I’m so happy to have gotten to only know even a little piece of what he was like, I can’t imagine how blessed people felt to be surrounded by him. His mother would be proud of how amazing he came to be, she must of been an amazing women too.

As a Pakistani muslim this hits close to home ... He was such an amazing person May Allah grant hi high place in jannah Ameen

you pronounced almost everything wrong, but i love your video 😭 also you can say Islam and not just “Muslim religion” same thing as saying Christianity and not “Christian religion”

As a Muslim follower of yours I'm here for thisssss👀👀👀

The way Hailey calls them "gentitals" is so cute 😂 Also, Ejaz sounds like such a wholesome person which is really rare these days. He deserved so much better and I wish he and Lia had never crossed paths.

Tbh I really don’t get how that apartment was good enough to CHARGE TENANTS TO RENT….but not for a woman to stay in alone for a few months? Just say you were attracted to her and wanted to get closer, that part makes no sense. Sadly he had a type, and that type is often dangerous to your wallet…or even your life! May he Rest In Peace, no one deserves this, least of all an immigrant they should be safe here too.

Everyone in the comments are mad about the mispronunciations and I’m over here like… His family didn’t hear or see from him for 3 weeks and every time they tried to call or come over there was some bullshit excuse by his estranged soon-to-be ex wife, and no one thought to call the police for that long???

My heart hurts for ppl who get killed for being too kind.

Haley, thank you so much for choosing to share this case with us! I am a woman and a feminist and understand all the historical underpinnings of why violence against women is so terrible and why they’re in conversation is so important. But I also personally know a man who is going through some thing which is creepily similar to what you described in this episode. The conversation about men being abused by women is such an important one for us to add, I agree, to those on the table today. Thank you again for sharing with us and I can’t wait to see what you choose next! Wishing you a great weekend :-)

I pray that the “Arabic prayer” Leah referred to was Ejaz saying the shahada. May Allah grant him Jannatul firdaus Ameen.

i found him loving peanut butter so much very wholesome. may you rip ejaz

This story broke my heart, he seemed wonderful and so caring. RIP Ejaz x

His mama knew she was passing 😢 this poor man I feel so bad for him. You can just tell he is kind look at that smile and eyes and as an ex DV victim I feel this so differently this could have been me in March 😢 Rip Buddy I’m so sorry this happened to you, MEN ARE AND CAN ALWAYS BE VICTIMS TOO!

The “friend” who asked Ejaz to help a methhead needs to check themselves. DONT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOUR NICE NAIVE FRIENDS!!!

the way i rushed to this video 😭

I'm confused how he won't live with a women if it's not his wife because of how important his beliefs are but he's willing to marry a random women. There has got to be more to the story there.

you’re so good at connecting the victim to the audience and showing who they were as a person.

Hailey! I've always wondered your process of researching the cases for your videos. I've always been interested in research, but I don't even know where to start when I find a topic I want to write about. I think it would be interesting if you could have a little segment or even a mini-video on your process? Just wanted to put my thoughts out there- keep up the great work!