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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 and convicted murderers who killed their parents, José and Mary Louise "Kitty" Menendez, at their Beverly Hills home in 1989.
Younger brother Erik alluded to some of the abuse he allegedly suffered in a letter written to his cousin months before the killings. This was later unveiled as new evidence in the siblings’ 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 ...
During the brothers’ trials, which took place from 1993 to 1996, Lyle and Erik – who were 21 and 18 at the time of the killings – claimed they had endured a lifetime of abuse at the hands of ...
The brothers were arrested in 1990 on two counts of first-degree murder after their parents — José and Kitty — were found shot to death in their home. Lyle was 21 and Erik was 18 at the time ...
The petition also details a recently discovered letter that defense attorneys say was written by Erik Menendez eight months before the 1989 shooting that suggests sexual abuse by his father ...
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 ...
In 1996, the Menendez brothers were convicted and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the shooting deaths of their parents, Jose and Kitty, in their Beverly Hills home.