The question is not whetherLyle and Erik Menendezkilled their parents. They admit that they did. Instead, the focus of the case has long been on why they did it. They say they killed out of fear and in self-defense after a lifetime of physical, emotional and sexual abuse suffered at t...
Judge rules Menendez brothers’ resentencing hearing can proceed Terry Beault, the 85-year-old aunt of Erik and Lyle Menendez, is in critical condition after the family said she was retraumatized by crime scene photos shown during the hearing on Friday. April 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM Crime vic...
Murder & The Menendez Brothers: Episode 6 - The Black Box In December of 1993, after months of testimony from over one hundred witnesses, two juries – one for Lyle Menendez and one for his brother Eric – began deliberations. And like every aspect of the Menendez brothers story the resu...
Although the brothers were tried together, there were two separate juries deciding their fate. When deliberations began, they stretched on for weeks before both juries determined they were divided over whether Lyle and Erik Menendez should be convicted of murder or manslaughter. JUDGE (in cou...
new evidence has been called into question since, he said, the brothers lied multiple times throughout the investigation. He said they asked friends to make false testimonies, including asking a girlfriend to say their father raped her, came up with pre-planned alibies and staged the scene....
If they were convicted of first-degree murder, the brothers could have faced the death penalty. After weeks of deliberation, the respective juries couldn't come to a clear decision on whether Lyle and Erik should be convicted of murder or manslaughter, and the judge declared a mistrial. All...
“The older of the Beverly Hills brothers charged with murder boasts in the book that he beat District AttorneyGil Garcettionce and will do it again,” read an article from theLos Angeles Timesabout the book in 1995. “While his first trial is in progress, he acknowledges th...
Police initially speculated that the killings were a mafia hit based on the gruesome scene. The brothers were charged with murder after Erik, who was then 18 years old, confessed the killings to his therapist in March 1990. During the trial, prosecutors argued the br...
Lyle and Erik were arrested in 1990 on two counts of first-degree murder each. Three years later, the first trial began where the brothers were tried separately. The prosecution — led by district attorneysPamela BozanichandLester Kuriyama— questioned Lyle and Erik individually, which was ...
The latest example involves the high-profile case of brothers ofErik and Lyle Menendez, who were convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the 1989 murder of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, inside the family’s Beverly Hills mansion. ...