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The family bid farewell to the patriarch at a private funeral in December.

The investigation into their murders, which led to the conviction of the family’s patriarch, Alex, shed light on a host of mysteries surrounding the family.

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Mr. Leguizamo portrays the patriarch of an upwardly mobile Latin-American family who finds himself in choppy waters, both financially and emotionally.

Although they live within their means, Man-su’s termination jettisons the You family from their tax bracket and thrusts its patriarch down a rabbit hole of shame and emasculation.

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Ming Xuechang, the family patriarch, reportedly killed himself; other family members were handed over to the Chinese authorities.

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