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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,...
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Joseph Lyle Menendez (born January 10, 1968) [3] and Erik Galen Menendez (born November 27, 1970), [4] colloquially referred to as the Menendez brothers, are American brothers and convicted murderers who killed their parents, José and Mary Louise "Kitty" Menendez, at their Beverly Hills home in 1989.
Oct 24, 2024 · Lyle and Erik Menendez killed their parents in 1989 and have been incarcerated for 34 years. Here’s what the Menendez brothers’ lives are like today.
- Sara Kettler
- Freelance Writer
- Jose Was A Wealthy Entertainment Executive
- Jose Has Been Described as Overbearing and Tyrannical
- Kitty Was Shot Several Times in The Face and Torso
- They Lived in A $5 Million Mansion in Beverly Hills
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 when he was 16, and met Mary Louise “Kitty” Anderson at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. The two married in 1963, and moved to New York, where Jose worked for Coopers & Lybrand accounting firm. ...
Jose has been described as demanding, overbearing, and tyrannical, and during the trials, the defense interviewed six former teachers, six relatives, five neighbors, four tennis coaches, a swim coach and a soccer coach, who all recounted “unpleasant memories of the victims”, writes the New York Times in 1993. The outlet describesone witness who tes...
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 August 20, 1989, and was unrecognizable by the time police arrived at the scene. Jose, meanwhile, had been shot point-blank in the back of the head. On October 24, 1995, (the retrial of Lyle and Erik Men...
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, according to the Los Angeles Times. During the trial, prosecutors argued that the brothers murdered their parents to inherit their family’s fortune– according to the NY Times, Jose and Kitty’s will made thei...
Sep 19, 2024 · After shooting their parents to death, Lyle and Erik Menendez partied, gambled, and indulged in pricey shopping sprees. A look back at the unthinkable Beverly Hills murder that's gripped the ...
Mar 22, 2022 · Lyle and Erik Menendez claimed their mother was a neglectful drunk — and so in August 1989, they got revenge on her and their father. When affluent Beverly Hills couple Jose and Kitty Menendez were found murdered in their home on Aug. 20, 1989, an entire nation waited for answers.
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Aug 2, 2022 · In a trial filled with twists and turns — which played out on the nascent Court TV — Lyle and Erik admitted to murdering both of their parents on August 20, 1989. They denied, however, that they’d killed their parents merely to inherit their millions.
