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Instead, they said the boys killed their parents so they could have their money and that the murder was premeditated because Lyle and Erik bought the guns days beforehand. In the closing arguments ...
The brothers admitted to killing their parents, but contended that they did so out of fear, especially of their father, who they claimed was a violent paedophile. As evidence, the defence called ...
The Menendez brothers murdered their parents, José and Kitty, on the evening of Aug. 20, 1989, in their Beverly Hills home. Each armed with a 12-gauge shotgun, Lyle, then 21, and Erik, then 18 ...
Joseph Lyle Menendez (born January 10, 1968) [3] and Erik Galen Menendez (born November 27, 1970), [4] commonly 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.
Both Lansing and Abramson argued imperfect self-defense — claiming that the brothers truly believed that if they didn't kill José and Kitty then their parents would eventually kill them. The ...
The show had Bozanich catch Erik in a lie about how he and Lyle attempted to purchase two handguns days before they killed their parents. This was a mistake since Kuriyama was the one asking Erik ...
During their first trial in 1993, which ended in mistrial, the brothers testified that they killed their parents after years of alleged sexual abuse by their Hollywood executive father, which they ...
Erik and Lyle Menendez are speaking out about the 1989 murders of their parents — and what has happened in the 35 years since the brothers killed them — in a new Netflix documentary.