Menendez brothers timeline: From the 1989 murders to their new fight for freedom Erik and Lyle Menendez have been behind bars for decades -- and the sensational case is still riveting the nation. Here's a timeline of the case. Menendez brothers' resentencing hearing to begin Los Angeles Distr...
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...
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...
L.A. hair mogul’s wife guilty of murder in deadly love triangle April 11, 2025 On the night of the slayings, the brothers walked into their Beverly Hills mansion and shot their parents with shotguns they’d bought with cash. Jose and Kitty Menendez were watching a movie in the living ...
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...
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...
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....
with the Menendez's case as the second. "The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story" is a dramatization of the story of brothers Lyle and Erik, who were convicted of murdering their parents, José and Kitty Menendez. Their arrest and criminal proceedings were a media circus at the time and continue...
With a videotaped tour of the Beverly Hills mansion where Lyle and Erik Menendez killed their parents four years ago, the presentation of evidence and testimony finally came to a close Friday in the brothers' murder trial.
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. On Thursday, prosecutors in Los Angeles announced...