This episode reunites Mariska Hargitay with guest star Anthony Edwards, best known for his role of Dr. Mark Greene on ER (1994). Hargitay appeared in 13 episodes of that show as Dr. Greene's love interest.
Although unconfirmed, this case is eerily similar to the case of People V. Turner (2015)
Gabriel Ellis was in this episode as Diego Perez as well as in Dick Wolf other hit show Chicago P.D. (2014) as Gustav Munoz.