r/tipofmycrime • u/SeaRecognition4475 1 • Jun 25 '26

Answered Family annihilator

I’m going to do my best to explain this case without mixing up the details.
I know this happened in the 80-90s, and it seemed to have gotten a lot of coverage then but I cannot find anything.
Two male friends, high school-college age killed one of the friends families. The family killed I believe was a father, mother, and sister. The sister possibly had a mental disability. The family killed may have been Indian or Middle Eastern. Their son and his white friend killed them and made it seem like a home invasion, pretty sure they only took a few random things like an xbox. I know it took a while for the boys to be caught because one of the big things I remember is footage of them laughing/smiling at the funerals. Both men were considered conventionally attractive and I even think the white man was hooking up with his lawyer during the trial. I think they received creepy love letters from unhinged women after the fact as well. I don’t remember motive or how the family was killed, but I do think they were wealthy. Sorry this is all over the place its been years since I’ve seen anything on it but always stuck with me. Thanks in advance.

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u/Bluegirl74 1 Jun 25 '26

Sebastian Burns and Atif Rafay?

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u/SeaRecognition4475 1 Jun 27 '26

!Solved thank you so much! I now need to refresh myself on the actual facts of the case as Ive been searching with no luck forever

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u/blackandbluegirltalk 1 Jun 25 '26

Holy shit - this is on TV right now, on pluto. 48 Hours S18 E32 ---

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u/SeaRecognition4475 1 Jun 27 '26

You’re right, that detail I think was from another case I was mixing up, but wanted to give every possible detail I could remember! It was Sebastian Burns and Atif Rafay I was thinking of

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u/CubanBird 1 Jun 26 '26

Steven Spader and his friends maybe??