ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A horrific prank among family members. That's what police said happened to an Alexandria family that was terrorized by three masked people threatening to break in.

(Editor's note: The above video was first published on Oct. 15, 2025)

The frightening surveillance video, shared with WUSA9, showed the people fully covered in Halloween masks banging on the home's door along South Iris Street.

Two weeks after the chilling incident and an investigation that spanned 100 hours of work, police have revealed that the trio were cousins of the family who had driven in from Fairfax County to scare them.

Days after the first press conference, after receiving tips, police contacted a woman who confessed that she, her two sons, her nephew, two other adults, and another child were r

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