Alicia Minault (An Aurora Teagarden Mystery)

The evil Alicia Minault

Alicia Minault (Gabrielle Rose) is the hidden main villainess from the 2016 Hallmark film, The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery, the fourth film of the Aurora Teagarden series (airdate October 16, 2016). She is the sister of Melba Totino and the maternal great-aunt to Melba's granddaughter, Charity Julius.

Following the murders of Charity's parents, T.C. and Hope (which were committed by Charity's boyfriend, Harley Dimmoch), Alicia then masterminded the murder of her own sister, Melba, which Charity committed, with the result seeing them inherit the Julius family fortune. Following Melba's murder, the evil Alicia posed as her sister and informed police regarding the disappearance of her daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter, with Charity hiding out with Harley. In the time that passed, Alicia sold her house to Aurora Teagarden, all while evading questions regarding the case.

After the bodies were found in the house's attic, Alicia's machinations began to unravel. During the autopsy report, it was revealed that while two of the bodies were those belonging to Hope and T.C. Julius, the third body was Charity's, but an elderly woman's. Sally Allison's search revealed that the woman posing as Melba Totino was indeed her evil sister, Alicia Minault, and while Martin Bartell tracked Harley, he spotted him with Alicia. The villainess was informed by Harley about Aurora finding Charity, and she sent Harley back to Charity's house to kill Aurora, while Alicia entered a cab. After the villainous couple was subdued, Alicia's cab passed by while Charity and Harley were placed under arrest. She frantically ordered the driver to pass by, but Lynn Smith (who worked the case when it was originally reported) stopped the cab and placed Alicia under arrest. In defeat, Alicia snarled at Aurora and stated that she should have never sold the house to her.