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Adam Stuart Spiro

Case from Rancho-santa-fe, CA dated Nov 05, 1992

Victim Details

Adam Stuart Spiro

Male

White / Caucasian

Rancho-santa-fe

CA

1992-11-05

14

Adam

Stuart Spiro

07/13/2026

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Adam Stuart Spiro, aged 14, was tragically found dead on November 5, 1992, in his family's home in Rancho Santa Fe, California. The incident was part of a horrific murder-suicide orchestrated by his father, Ian Stuart Spiro. On that fateful day, Ian Spiro shot his wife, Gail, and their three children, Sara, Adam, and Dina, as they slept in their beds. Each victim was shot execution-style with a large caliber handgun. The bodies were discovered in their luxurious rented home in the Covenant secti ...
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  • Newspapers.com: Secret lives (Spiro family) 1993 - 1/3 - Newspapers.com
  • Murder at the rancho | Maclean's | NOVEMBER 30, 1992
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