How Two Fake "Influencers" Slowly Turned to Murder

The world is already aware that some social media

influencers

live a life of secrets and deception, but what if I told you that one couple was so horribly deceitful that they ended up killing each other when Kiana and Ronald Burns got married in 2015? Full of luxury, there were choreographed dances, top-notch food and service and it was all professionally filmed for everyone to see. What they didn't know, however, was that years later their battered and bruised relationship would no longer be possible. hide a fact that one of them in particular could not bear to come true and would tragically end in the most violent way possible.

Welcome back to Coffee House Crime friends, my name is Adrien and today you are going to see how

fake

people online can be. In this video, we are watching the horrendous marriage of Kiana and Ronald Burns and how their huge egos would

slowly

devour each other. By the way, if you're new here, I post videos like this up to twice a week, so if that sounds like your kind of thing, please consider subscribing and now, with that being said, grab a coffee and let's get caffeinated while we investigate. This is the case with the Burns family, welcome to the people of Atlanta, as the capital of the Peach State Atlanta is full of fun. things to do also played an essential role in this Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, so it's no surprise that this city is full of cultural and historical importance if you don't mind hot, humid summers and enjoy winters. soft and many green spaces. good food and millennial vibes, then Atlanta can be a great place to live, that is of course if you can stomach it, it's a higher than average crime rate;

In fact, the violent crime rate is 2.5 times higher than the national average in every sense other than the crime rate. Let me tell you, the people of Atlanta were not prepared for this story. Good and bad things in your life can change overnight and sadly, this happened to the Burns family on November 6, 2021. A distressing call was made to authorities to which the Police Department responded from Atlanta. They find a couple dead in their own home It seemed that one of them had

murder

ed the other before taking his own life Kiana Burns, 44, and Ronald Burns, 46, were home alone when shortly before 9:00 p.m.

Kiana shot her husband and then herself. This story, like any other

murder

, was an unbearable tragedy for everyone around them, especially for the eight children they left behind. Kiana and Ronal were well known in the area and even online the so-called power couple owned several. business together and seemed to be very well off, this included a beauty salon, a barber shop and several online consultancies and in addition the couple often shared their relationship online now, despite having eight children, fortunately all eight were out of the property at the time of the murder and there were no other deaths, but a lot of questions arose about their deaths because to a lot of people this didn't make any sense, I mean, they were madly in love with each other, they had several children and successful businesses and, As far as possible, everyone knew that they also had no enemies, so how did this end in homicide, suicide?

It was quickly established that Kiana shot her husband and then took her life, and with that information, what exactly happened to force such a tragedy? Well, as always, I'm here to tell you that story, but first I'll warn you that you better buckle up because this one is absolutely wild, but first let's travel back in time and cover the basics starting with Kiana, she was born on the 15th. September 1977 and spent most of his childhood. Living in Missouri, Kiana knew that she wanted more from the life she was born into and, so, after graduating high school, she decided to study cosmetology after enrolling in the local Buci school.

Her resilience helped her start strong. She was deaf with her hands. She learned quickly. Most importantly, she already knew how to network with other beauticians, soon after completing her training, she took her new skills and started her own cosmetology business and eventually named it Critical Designs Beauty Salon and Barber Shop, now despite not have official business training, Kiana was very smart and didn't do it. It wasn't long before her local community took notice of her high-quality work. Over the years, she built a network first through family and friends and then throughout the St Louis community and

slowly

but surely, over the next 20 years, her business became one of the salons most successful beauty salons in St.

Lewis with their full roster of employees across their two locations and an even longer list of clients. Kiana's business was literally booming and she moved in with her husband. Ronald Burns was born on May 14, 1975. He was tall, athletic by nature and at least in his opinion he was also a smart businessman. Ronald attended the fashionable high school, where basketball played an important role in the life of him. He competed in the 1994 state championship and was also known for being a committed and competitive player, perhaps it was his competitive spirit that pushed him to look for ways to improve while his wife Kiana was busy excelling in her own business, Ronald

turned

to corporate of multi-level marketing and other business scams to get off the ground, it was indisputable that, despite his propensity for shady work, Ronald knew how to network and build his circle.

He tried everything he could to get ahead and would even start preaching Christianity in his own company called Glory's Ministry to build his community and get his own name out to as many people as possible, so this is where he starts. It gets interesting but Kiana was not actually his first wife, it was only in the year 2014 that Ronald was bankrupt and in a loveless marriage he was unhappily married to Mrs. Avis Burns and while he may have looked clean and successful On the outside, the reality is that many of his previous businesses had failed, in fact, Ronald met his first wife only after trying to scam her with one of his business ideas, which fortunately she rejected at the time, despite this, The two continued to message each other until things slowly heated up.

At the time of meeting Avis, Ronald was already in another relationship, however, due to fate or perhaps his newfound interest in this new woman, that relationship quickly came to an end and now, without it, the two were finally free. To see. Despite four years of marriage and having two children together, cracks slowly began to form in their relationship. In 2014, they

turned

to reality shows to broadcast their problems, which ultimately led to the messy situation being revealed. on the American television show Divorce Court, she was telling him. When we returned home I have a seven-year-old daughter who is not with her who lives with her but she told me to find a babysitter for my seven-year-old daughter I'm like what we need a babysitter you In my head, stay home, mom , but I'm fine, maybe she wants to go out with the girls or whatever, when I read this Facebook, she tries to get me to take care of her so she can go to a guy's house and when I read all this I think what's going on she says oh , I'm just going to the guy's house uh, we weren't going to do anything, I'm like you go to his house to play bingo, you want to play Spades because you know, you know you don't need to go to his house to do that right now.

I won't pretend that Ronal was an innocent victim in this story because, frankly, he was a true narcissist who routinely hurt others during this TV show and openly admitted to being unfaithful. his wife and although it is not actually known who he was and many speculate that he was already with Kiana, his ex-wife was also pretty quick to reveal that she was terrible with all financial decisions. I mean, she apparently couldn't hold down a full-time job and used her credit cards for thousands. Ronald gravitated towards Kiana after this, after all, she had a real sweet tooth and unlike him, she had a real deal under her belt, as for Kiana, well, she was attracted to her confidence, her swagger, and her ability to build a network around.

He, the two truly believed that they could build an empire together, so with that in mind, their next serious relationship was born very soon, the two got married and on September 13, 2015, their families officially became one and, as You can probably imagine, no expense was spared. At their wedding, the two rented a fancy reception hall, invited everyone they could think of and ate, drank and danced late into the night and with two absolutely huge egos, you can bet they had to make a big deal out of it from an outsider's perspective, Kiana and Ronal. He seemed to be an Unstoppable Force that merged the effect of two families and ventured into joint business.

Efforts together now initially, Kiana's money and Ronald's experience seemed to be a winning combination, but as time went on, all of their businesses would eventually collapse, ultimately leaving only Kiana's cosmetology business afloat. Despite Ronald's lack of financial contribution, he projected an air of success, his social media painted a picture of luxury and happiness which consequently masked his real financial struggles and that is because behind the façade of marital bliss and opulence hides the damning reality of its own. Financial Instability I've said it before and I'll say it again, but social media is a monster that takes no prisoners.

Those who feel the need to float their success and luxury tend to be the most insecure people, right up there with those who feel the need to post a selfie every day and it's no wonder the Burns couple were no different, their façade happy was actually paper thin and just thick enough to make those watching filled with envy, for example, on May 6, 2020. Keana posted on Instagram. to say listen up everyone, so yesterday my husband decided to surprise me with this, a Maserati lante, my life is amazing, other posts included expensive nights out, family photos outside their big house, moralistic captions and her posing in expensive outfits with her hair Wearing makeup and beautifully arranged nails on the other side, Ronald constantly posted about his businesses and simultaneously portrayed his endeavors as wildly successful.

The couple also behaved like devout Christians, often referencing Bible passages and acts of Jesus related to whatever posts they uploaded at the time. But it didn't stop there, the couple also posted photos inside their luxurious mansion showing off their wealth and family life in full for the public, photos posing in front of the house during car vacations or at fancy events, it was all there for you. everyone saw it. However, the reality of the situation was far from what they posted and despite their best efforts to appear as successful

influencers

behind closed doors, the two struggled more than anyone else around them.

For his part, Ronald had been working to p America for several years. Well-known marketing insurance company that prays for lower and middle class families. In reality, he was quite infamous for trying to involve his friends' family and even members of his parish in this scheme in an effort to build his status when the money came into his income. It was never enough to keep the family afloat, in fact, the 2014 Divorce Court shows that he couldn't even afford monthly payments of $250, but now, in this new marriage to Kiana, Ronald had access to his business and unfortunately Of course, all his money was on his overconfidence. and the dysfunctional mind Ronald believed that all he had to do was use Kiana's money to get himself off the ground and if he was able to do that, then he could propel them both further up the food chain and so on with dollar signs on their eyes.

Ronald used his wife's hard-earned money to finally fund the businesses he had always dreamed of. Shortly after this, his social media pages featured his financial consulting companies, two of which were called Sixf Figure Ambition and Legacy Financial. Solutions and showed their family living in At the upper echelon of success, many of these online photos showed the couple posing with products and attending many conferences apparently accompanied by dozens of legitimate testimonials from satisfied customers; However, it doesn't take much digging to realize that these posts didn't tell the whole story because in reality, all Ronald was doing was sucking money out of his wife's beauty business using all the finances she had accumulated through over the years to fund crackpot consulting firms.

Hi, I'm R Burns and this is my lovely wife Kiana Burns. Hello, today we are going to talk to you about entrepreneurship and how it greatly benefited our lives. For those who don't know my husband and I, we have been entrepreneurs for the last 20 years and our mission istake you to become successful entrepreneurs. Also, after over 20 years in business, guys, one of the fundamental things we believe is that you should never spend all of your trading time building someone else's business; They must be in a position of income leverage where they make money rather than not.

It doesn't require your time because you only have 24 hours in a day and if you spend all of your 24 hours building another man's business, you will never own your own and be able to pass it on to your children. We hope to be able to teach you now that it is It is important to remember that Ronald and Kiano were not young adults without responsibilities and that between them they were responsible for not one or two but eight children. Despite pressure to address the financial situation more realistically, they were unwilling to compromise their public image as a prosperous society. power couple for Kiana and Ronald, their identity as an ultra successful couple was deeply tied to their pride and self-esteem, that's how everyone knew them and at this point they would do anything to maintain that facade, they truly believed they could

fake

it until Lo did, the comments found on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram were filled with people praising them as a power couple with hard work ambition and Faith that you can achieve.

That was also the message they constantly conveyed to their audience. It's obvious that both Ronal and Kiana were too full of themselves to face the reality of their worsening situation; in fact, his arrogance would even go so far as to self-produce a fake. reality series where they aptly named their show Meet the Buns America, you don't want to miss this, my wife Mrs. Burn, hey this show is going to start and it's going to be exciting, hey son are you okay hello Honey, how? You make every episode is going to be exciting and packed with action impact, we're talking about big business, we're talking about big family, meet the burns, get off my couch, you know better, right?

Hey, like I said, we're going to take it from all angles. business family business hey, you know, get to where the koola and corpet don't get lost now, despite this, any money Ronald was managing to earn was quickly swallowed up by his exaggerated lifestyle and his desire to appear as something in which that they simply weren't there. In fact, their spending habits and absurd lifestyle led them to the point that by the end of 2019, the two were completely lost on December 19, 201 19 Kiana and Ronald Burns officially filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in this type of bankruptcy, the couple had to liquidate some of their assets to pay off the debt they owed, in the end they ended up losing almost $20,000 of their personal belongings and while this may seem like a nice chunk of change, the debt they faced was actually Much more significantly during the four years of their marriage, Kiana and Ronald had accumulated over $500 $100,000 in debt, not even Kiana's beauty business could get them off this ledge, leading them to file for bankruptcy while the fire burned. below burning their finances and livelihoods on the deck.

Ronal and Kiana sailed. As if nothing was wrong, the two continued to present themselves as a happy family and successful business owners when in reality this did nothing to keep them afloat, they were now nothing more than scammers and liars who needed to turn around and continue the charade, Ronald decided. . that it would be smart for the family to move to a bigger city so they could scam more people, which, by the way, was one of the dumbest business decisions ever made. I mean, not only was Kiana's business based in her hometown, but it was her main income. for the family, but unfortunately Kiana accepted this rather ridiculous proposal and in the year 2021 the Burns family moved to Atlanta, Georgia, although most families may have chosen to be more selective and humble with their moving costs.

Ronald and K were not prepared to do that. rented a luxurious five-bedroom, seven-bathroom mansion in the wealthy suburb of Sandy Springs, not that they made it obvious that they were renting, but they would even tell their followers that they had purchased the house outright with the money they had earned through In business once again, the Burns family appeared on top of the world and now the fake cars, clothes and Smiles had a mansion to go with them, despite Ronald's best efforts to keep his business afloat in the big city, the appetite just wasn't there. I want to be pretty direct about your six-figure ambition, and Legacy Financial Solutions was a business to begin with and moving to a bigger city was never going to change that, but finances were no longer the only thing the family worried about.

Keana found it very difficult to adapt to her new surroundings, her entire social circle and business were back in St Louis, so she felt completely isolated from her friends and family and, behind closed doors, the couple's relationship continued to fall apart, it seemed like the fake lives they were living on the outside were finally catching up to them and that was when some really harsh accusations arose between the couple, apparently Ronald had once again started cheating on his wife. Things were already starting to get extremely difficult for Kiana for a while, it seemed as if Ronald didn't.

He no longer cares about her, he only cares about her money and is now also dealing with infidelity in a now-deleted video that was posted online. Ronald opened up about their relationship and complained about difficulties in their marriage, which eventually led to a breakup. Close to divorce now, this sudden negativity came as a big surprise to many of her followers, however, she offered a glimpse of the man Ronald really was. I guess about 7 months ago, something like that, seven months ago, six, seven months ago, when my wife and I were. We decided that we were going to get divorced, um, that we don't want to be together anymore, um, we just broke up with each other, uh, we broke up with each other, we both came to that conclusion, but let's not impact everyone's lives. that's all around us because we decided we don't want to be together anymore, let's not do that, so I said, let's have a conversation and we pulled out a piece of paper, drew a line down the middle and talked about how the business was going to go how we were going to go. split the business uh and and and she went her way and I go my way but we didn't want to compromise and jeopardize everyone else's future because we were stumbling, let's not destroy our businesses.

Let's not take down each other's names, let's not do any of that because there are kids, there are family members, there are moms and everything we plan to retire one day and just because we decide we don't like each other anymore, we are going to lose everything we have. G, ruin that for everyone, now we have to find a way how we can work together, be divorced, go our separate ways, know that at some point we will remarry someone else, but still keep what we promise to the people we They depend on us. The video was actually quite revealing on the surface, it seemed like he had a complex understanding of his faith marriage and his business, but upon listening closely to the context of his message, it became clear that he had no idea what he was talking about just now. love and No Money, the two were completely disillusioned with each other and now that they both felt alone, the pressure of their false facades was starting to build up, whether he wanted to admit it or not, but Kiana needed to get out of that marriage and although it's not It is clear when exactly it happened.

She began her own adventure shortly after moving to Atlanta. What's ironic here is that Ronal, who was already cheating on his wife, found this too difficult to handle and, soon after finding out, filed for divorce. In fact, these court documents dating back to October 19, 2021 show that Ronal filed for divorce citing his infidelity as the reason for the separation and meanwhile most of his friends and family were completely unaware of what was happening perhaps Ronald preferred to keep keeping things secret maybe it's because he knew that if he spoke out loud about it, it wouldn't look very good, but either way, Kiana was a different story and looking at her social media it was clear that something was wrong to begin with. a disaster, he stopped mentioning ronal and his marriage on Facebook and shortly after.

In September, she was only posting selfies to get attention, even posting videos of herself at her club, where it was no surprise that her husband was out of sight of her; However, perhaps the most notable change occurred on October 20, 10 days after Ronald filed for divorce in this video. and in a rare slip of her always positive content, Kiana took to Facebook to talk about something much more serious, the bright smile she often expressed was now replaced by an exhausted and worried woman, it became obvious that she was not in a good place leading some to worry about her I'm asking you one thing because I really need it now I need prayer I need prayer I need strength I need love I stay encouraged I'm going to go to my house go to my little prayer room I'm going to talk to God, everyone will pray for me and I promise you that I will continue to pray for everyone else who needs encouragement.

I love you all, I'll talk to you soon. Her sudden outburst never got better in the following days, just 3 days later on October 23rd. she posted God knows I would do anything to wake up from this nightmare # good I Strength sometimes people put up walls not to keep others out but to see who cares enough to tear them down God most of all Kiana was clearly about to collapse there were too many things pressing down on her in her life and now she needed to escape the hell she was so clearly experiencing on a daily basis, not only were her family and her business several states away, but her financial kingdom had collapsed and her husband no longer supported her. loved.

Her Kiana firmly believed there was no way out of this nightmare and tragically this would end in the worst way imaginable on November 6, 2021 and in the Atlanta suburb of Sandy Springs, a quiet afternoon. Stillness was torn as a commotion was heard from the Burns. The residents' neighbors could hear screams coming from the property and that was when they heard multiple gunshots according to Sergeant Salvador Ortigo. The authorities responded to a call of domestic violence from one of the daughters of the Burns family and shortly after that call a second came from Kiana herself. She confessed that she had just shot her husband and asked the police for help as soon as possible;

However, when they got there, she had also shot herself, although she was still breathing when the first agents arrived and measures were attempted to save her life, unfortunately everything was like that. Too late, neither Kiana nor Ronal survived that night, while the details of what really happened inside that house remain a big mystery. It's clear that Kiana and Ronal were arguing when she pulled out a gun. What happened next left everyone in complete disbelief. The end. This story is absolutely tragic: a promiscuous and overconfident conman had taken everything he could from his wife, who was too proud and angry to let him go, the result was the death of both of them, his paper-thin reputation shattered in an instant and everyone Suddenly, everyone online could see them exactly who they were, in a way that Ron and Kiana never lost that facade until the moment they died, they were able to hide their secrets and lies from everyone, but was it really worth it?

The answer is absolutely not and now eight children will grow up without a mother or father. Fortunately, none of them were home at the time of this terrible tragedy and all eight children are still living with their own families for the time being to finish things. Here Kand and Ronald's lives were nothing more than an endless series of highly orchestrated deceptions. The saying fake it till you make it may work for some, but only for a short time and it will eventually catch up with you and these two huge ones. Egos would slowly eat each other before you're gone although I'd like to know what you think about this because yes I know I say this all the time but this story was absolutely insane so as always let me know in the comments section. below if you would like to support the channel get early access to my videos and get extra content then check out my patreon here or alternatively check me out on all the top social media with my instagram here thanks again for watching and as always please let us know we see. again very soon for another until that time comes although remember to take care of yourselves, take care of each other and as always stay safe thank you and goodbye