Theresa's sister's name was Celeste (nee Benigno) White. Her husband was named Jefferson(Jeff) White.
The child was Phillip Andrew Taylor until his adoption when he took the surname White.
In the movie the murder is shown to have been committed upstairs in the bedroom when it actually happened downstairs in the front, spare bedroom/office type room.
Christopher Meloni (Jerry) and Andy Hirsch (Andrew) previously worked together on the short lived sitcom The Fanelli Boys.
Stars Michael Ontkean (Kenneth Taylor), John Karlen (Joe Silvano), & Christopher Meloni (Jerry Cimarelli) are all best known for roles in police procedurals - as Willie Gillis in "The Rookies," Harvey Lacey in "Cagney & Lacey," and Elliot Stabler in "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," respectively.