A 21-year-old man who killed a young mom and her one-year-old daughter when he hit them at 100mph has developed a disturbing cult following as fans argue he's too "cute" for prison.
As reported by the Tampa Bay Times, in 2018, Cameron Herrin fatally struck the mother and daughter while speeding.
In April of this year, Herrin was given a 24-year prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide.
Now, a cult following has emerged for the fresh-faced 21-year-old on TikTok, with users on the platform declaring that he is "innocent".
For instance, one person wrote: "He is innocent please give him one chance."
Another added: "Omg [he's] so cute. Release him..."
A third simply wrote: "He is so damn not."
Another fan argued: "He is not [a] criminal it was [an] accident."
A different member of the fanbase wrote alongside a broken heart emoji: "Justice for Cameron. 24 years is too much."
Twenty-four-year-old Jessica Reisinger-Raubenolt and her 20-month-old daughter, Lillia, had been crossing a street in Tampa, Florida when Herrin hit them.
Prosecutors stated that Herrin had been taking part in a street race at the time of the incident.
Per Insider, TikTok videos gushing over Herrin have managed to accumulate billions of views, and videos under the hashtag #justiceforcameron have been viewed over 26 million times.
Many of the videos feature the young convict in court as his sentence is announced.
What's more, a Change.org petition, which has been signed over 28,000 times at the time of writing, has been set up calling for leniency in his sentence.
Herrin's mother has now weighed in on the bizarre fascination with her son, telling the Tampa Bay Times that his fans seem to have "an unhealthy obsession" with him.
She even said they send letters and ring her up in the middle of the night and that the obsession became "scary" when people began stalking members of her family online and allegedly hacked Herrin's partner's accounts.
Widower David Raubenolt requested that the judge give Herrin the maximum sentence of 30 years for ending the lives of his wife and daughter.
