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August 20th, 1989 is a night stamped with a gruesome history. In one of the most famous Hollywood murders of all time, Erik and Lyle Menendez entered their home and murdered their parents, Jose ...
Lyle and Erik Menendez are the sons of José and Mary Louise "Kitty" Menéndez. Their father, José, was born in 1944, and immigrated to the United States from Havana, Cuba, at age 16.
Follow a timeline of key dates to know after Erik and Lyle Menendez killed their mother and father at the family’s Beverly Hills home in 1989. ... Aug. 20, 1989: A grisly murder in Beverly Hills ...
They are accused of first-degree murder. July 1993: The Menendez brothers go on trial in a Los Angeles courtroom, each with a separate jury, in a trial televised on Court TV. Prosecutors argued ...
In 2017, the Menendez brothers were featured in a documentary, Truth and Lies: The Menendez Brothers – American Sons, American Murderers on ABC. [110] In 2017, A&E aired a five-part documentary titled The Menendez Murders: Erik Tells All, in which Erik describes via telephone the murders and the aftermath. The series also shows never-before ...
The Pike County Shootings, also known as the Pike County Massacre, occurred on the night of April 21–22, 2016, when eight people – all belonging to the Rhoden family – were shot and killed in four homes in Pike County, Ohio, near the village of Peebles, 50 miles (80 km) from Columbus and 60 miles (97 km) from Cincinnati.
However, in 1996, a jury found Lyle and Erik Menendez guilty of first-degree murder. The brothers were sentenced to two consecutive life prison terms without the possibility of parole.
The Menendez brothers have fought a decades-long battle for freedom since being convicted in 1996 in the sensational murders of their parents at the family's Beverly Hills home.