AP reports about the Higher Source deaths in Rancho Santa Fe noted 
the strange circumstances of last time the area had a major news story, 
in 1992. Police found the wife and three children of purported spook Ian 
Spiro shot to death at their posh home the neighborhood. Spiro himself was found 
dead in Anza-Borego Desert State Park three days later. The case was never 
officially solved.

The Octopus: Secret Government and the Death of Danny Casolaro ($19.95
from Feral House, POB 3466, Portland, OR 97208) reports on Ian Spiro in
a chapter entitled "Mysterious Deaths":

"The mysterious death list came also to include the execution-style
slaying of Ian Spiro and his family, a wife and three daughters, near San
Diego on November 1, 1992. Spiro reportedly worked for US and British
intelligence agencies on operations that included the October Surprise,
Iran-Contra and the hostage crisis in Lebanon. Spiro spoke with
[Casolaro informant Michael] Riconosciuto, for whom he was helping
collect documents to present to a grand jury, only a few days before his
death."

No connection has yet been made between the Spiro and the Higher 
Source deaths.

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