This film is based on the real life homicide of Alexandra Pesic, a dental hygienist and former beauty queen in Coquitlam, B.C (a Vancouver suburb) in 1992. In the actual case, her former mother-in-law Jelka Pesic and 3 men were found guilty of 1st degree murder and received sentences of 25 years to life. Jelka's grandson is now an adult and testified against his grandmother at her 2008 parole hearing (she was denied).