Jose And Kitty Menendez Murder Case
Lyle and Erik Menendez Case
31st Dec, 2008 - 5:52pm
A wealthy couple from Beverly Hills was brutally murdered by their own sons, Lyle and Erik Menendez but what was the reason for the killing? Abuse? Greed? What is your stand?
Joseph Lyle (Lyle) Menendez (Born January 10, 1968) and brother Erik Galen (Erik) Menendez (Born November 27, 1971) were convicted in a highly publicized trial for the shotgun murders of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, residents of Beverly Hills, California. The murders occurred on August 20, 1989, in the den of the family's 722 Elm Drive home in Beverly Hills. The brothers then drove off and dumped their shotguns on Mulholland Drive and bought tickets at a local movie theater to use as an alibi. When the brothers returned home, Lyle called 911 and cried, "Somebody killed my parents!" In the following months, the brothers led a life of luxury and lavish spending, adding to investigators' suspicions that they were involved in their parents' deaths. Prosecutors later alleged that the brothers spent about $1 million in their first six months as orphans. On December 8, 1992, the Menendez brothers were indicted by the Los Angeles County Grand Jury on charges that they murdered their parents.
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