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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.
Lyle and Erik Menendez became household names after murdering their parents, Kitty and José Menendez, on Aug. 20, 1989.. The Menendez brothers, born into a life of wealth and privilege, testified ...
During their high-profile trial, the brothers accused their parents, José and Kitty, of alleged physical, emotional and sexual abuse. Erik and Lyle were found guilty of first-degree murder and ...
Erik and Lyle's parents, José Menéndez and Kitty Menéndez, were found dead at their Beverly Hills home in 1989. After Lyle called the police, authorities discovered José was shot six times and ...
Brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez were found guilty of murdering Jose and Kitty Menendez in 1989 and sentenced to life in prison without parole. Now in their 50s, they began their bid for freedom in recent years after new evidence of their father’s sexual abuse emerged in their case. Their lawyers filed a habeas corpus petition — a request ...
Lyle Menendez, then 21, called 911 saying he and his then 18-year-old brother Erik Menendez had just returned home from the movies to find their parents dead. It was the brothers' financial ...
After their parents, José and Kitty Menéndez, were found dead in 1989, Erik and Lyle became the prime suspects. The brothers were both arrested in 1990 on two counts of first-degree murder.
The case was declared a mistrial and Lyle chose not to give evidence at the retrial. ... The brothers shot their parents when Erik was 18 - and it was the younger Menendez who first confessed to ...