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Lyle and Erik were charged with two counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances for lying in wait, making them eligible for the death penalty, and charges of conspiracy to murder. During their first trial, the defense argued that the brothers killed their parents in self-defense after years of alleged sexual, emotional, and ...
Aug 16, 2024 · Menendez brothers crime scene pics show bloody aftermath of their parents’ murder – as killers make new bid for freedom. MENENDEZ brothers Lyle and Erik, who have been behind bars for over three decades for the brutal murders of their parents, may soon be set free thanks to newly unearthed evidence. In a case that captivated the nation ...
- Brandon Cruz
Oct 5, 2024 · After a lengthy investigation, authorities arrested Lyle and Erik in March 1990, charging them with first-degree murder in the deaths of their parents, Kitty, 47, a stay-at-home mom, and Jose, 45...
- KC Baker
- The Menendez Brothers’ Privileged Upbringing
- Inside The Murder of Jose and Kitty Menendez
- The Sordid Trials of The Menendez Brothers
- Where Are Lyle and Erik Menendez Today?
As children, Lyle and Erik Menendez seemed to have it all. Born in 1968 and 1970, respectively, the two boys grew up in a wealthy New Jersey suburb with their parents, Jose, a self-made Cuban immigrant, and Kitty, a former beauty queen. But the Menendez brothers later claimed that their picture-perfect childhood was all a facade — which hid some ex...
On August 20, 1989, a seemingly hysterical Lyle Menendez, then 21, called 911. “They shot and killed my parents,” he sobbed. Outside the house, his 18-year-old brother, Erik, wailed into the night as the police arrived. As the Menendez brothers put it, they’d spent the evening at the movies. Because Erik needed his I.D. for their next stop that nig...
While arguments continued over whether or not Oziel’s tapes were admissible in court, Erik and Lyle Menendez’s trial captivated the nation. In 1993, the case played out on the nascent Court TV — and brought the drama of the Menendez family straight into Americans’ living rooms. As the Menendez brothers told it, their parents’ murder had come after ...
Though Lyle and Erik Menendez were sentenced to life in prison in 1996 — they were originally in separate prisons but are now housed together in Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego — they’ve continued to make headlines from behind bars. Both of the Menendez brothers have married, and they’ve opened up to the media about their infa...
- Kaleena Fraga
Jan 5, 2017 · Jose and Kitty Menendez were murdered by their two sons, Erik and Lyle, in 1989. Tonight, ABC News will investigate their deaths in a two-hour documentary.
- Jose Menendez was a Cuban emigre who was raised by “well-to-do business people and star athletes”, according to the LA Times. He moved to the US wh...
- Jose has been described as demanding, overbearing, and tyrannical, and during the trials, the defense interviewed six former teachers, six relative...
- Erik was 18 at the time of the murders, and Lyle was 21. According to ABC News, Kitty was shot several times in the face and torso on the night of...
- At the time of their deaths, Jose and Kitty lived in a $5 million Beverly Hills mansion, that was once home to Elton John and Michael Jackson, acco...
- A 1993 article in the LA Times described Kitty as “needy, pathetic, athletic, disorganized, suspicious and spacey”, and reported that in trial, a f...
Oct 24, 2024 · On August 20, 1989, José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez were shot to death in their Beverly Hills home. Nearly seven years, three trials, and many thousands of hours of TV coverage later, their...
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Oct 4, 2024 · Lyle Menendez, who was then 21, and Erik Menendez, then 18, admitted they fatally shot-gunned their entertainment executive father Jose Menendez and their mother, Kitty Menendez, in 1989 but said they feared their parents were about to kill them to prevent the disclosure of the father’s long-term sexual molestation of Erik.
