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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 convicted of killing their parents, José and Mary Louise "Kitty" Menendez, at their Beverly Hills home in 1989.
The brothers were After their parents, José and Kitty Menéndez, were found dead in 1989, Erik and Lyle became the prime suspects. A Complete Timeline of Erik and Lyle Menendez’s Murder Case ...
After the brothers were charged in the murders of Jose and Kitty Menendez, they said they gunned down their parents after years of horrific sexual abuse at the hands of their father — an ...
The brothers were ultimately convicted of the murders and have admitted to the deed, but they have argued they did so in self-defense after enduring years of their father’s abuse.
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story chronicles the case of the real-life brothers convicted in 1996 for the murders of their parents, José and Kitty Menendez. While the prosecution argued they were seeking to inherit their family fortune, the brothers claimed—and remain adamant to this day, as they serve life sentences without the possibility of parole—that their actions stemmed ...
Erik Menendez was never supposed to keep the 17-page, soul-baring letter his older brother Lyle wrote to him in May 1990 when they were being held in county jail.. Lyle wrote the letter two months ...
On the evening of Sunday, Aug. 20, 1989, Jose and Kitty Menendez were watching TV inside their Beverly Hills mansion when their sons, Lyle, 21, and Erik, 18, burst into the room with 12-gauge ...
"For a very long time, survivors did not name their experiences of sexual abuse and assault because they were dismissed and normalized," says Laura Palumbo, communications director of the National ...