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John Reilly is the son of Rosa Doletti and the general manager of the family's meat packing plant. Journalist Laura Santiago went undercover in the plant and was filming the unkempt conditions to expose the plant's endangering health code violations.

Reilly and Donetti barged into Santiago's apartment, where Reilly was commanded to slash Santiago's throat. When he couldn't, Donetti did it instead while Reilly held her down, then they planted the semen of former butcher Jorge Vargas to make it look like a rape. Donetti obtained the semen from mailing Jorge's wife Vanessa a letter from her typewriter, pretending she was a mistress who wanted revenge, then obtaining Jorge's semen in a secret drop from Vanessa.

Vanessa was arrested and she was cast in suspicion of Santiago's murder once her role was found out, but SVU knew the family plant had the answer. When Benson went undercover and snooped in Reilly's office for Santiago's footage, Reilly tackled and tried to kill her. He was instead arrested by her and backup.

Donetti manipulated Reilly to take the full confession to spare his family, but they realized he didn't kill Santiago, as she was slashed with a right hand while Reilly was left-handed. Donetti was found out when her typewriter was found at her home and she grabbed a kitchen knife with her right hand in a failed attempt to keep from being arrested.

The mother and son were found guilty of murder, accessory, and incrimination and imprisoned. (SVU: "Beef")

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