Andrea Canning

Hundreds of thousands of followers tune in to the 24-year-old's posts about exotic travel, beachy fashion, music.

Every day my favorite song keeps changing, but this was my favorite song on day two.

And even motherhood.

Okay.

She seemed to have it all, but now Gabby is attracting attention for all the wrong reasons.

Allegations of conspiracy to commit murder.

L.A.

prosecutors accusing a TikTok star of trying to hire somebody off the dark web to kill her ex.

Gabby's ex and the alleged target, Jack Avery, is a former member of the boy band Why Don't We.

He is also the father of Gabby's child.

Prosecutors in Los Angeles say back in 2020, Gabby embarked on a years-long quest to find a hitman to kill Jack, and they allege she didn't act alone.

Here to bring us up to speed on the alleged plot and what took so long to uncover it is NBC News breaking news reporter Matt Levitas.

Matt, thanks for being here.

So Matt, let's start with some background on Gabby Gonzalez.

We know she's this beautiful influencer.

Tell us more about her.

She's this 24-year-old from Florida.

She has hundreds of thousands of followers on TikTok and on Instagram.

She describes herself on her Instagram page as a lover of life and a mermaid at heart.

Yeah, it's ironic because everything in her posts, I was scrolling through the years and everything is so light.