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Soheil Bigdeli didn’t want his in-laws to fly to Iran.
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Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2026
Grace, her white lace dress blackened with blood, is smoking a cigarette outside of an incinerated mansion that belongs to her in-laws, the Le Domas, who are all dead.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
Its theme — that the rich are different, and in not-good ways — meant she’d be forced into a ritualistic game of hide-and-seek, running for her life from her devil-worshipping, masters-of-the-world in-laws.
—Michael Ordoña, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2026
The prosecutor said Serafini snuck into his in-laws’ Homewood residence on the west shore of Lake Tahoe while nobody was home.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 17 Mar. 2026
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Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2026
Grace, her white lace dress blackened with blood, is smoking a cigarette outside of an incinerated mansion that belongs to her in-laws, the Le Domas, who are all dead.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
Its theme — that the rich are different, and in not-good ways — meant she’d be forced into a ritualistic game of hide-and-seek, running for her life from her devil-worshipping, masters-of-the-world in-laws.
—Michael Ordoña, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2026
The prosecutor said Serafini snuck into his in-laws’ Homewood residence on the west shore of Lake Tahoe while nobody was home.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 17 Mar. 2026
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“In-law.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in-law. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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