2. 10pm, Sunday, August 20, 1989
Two men drive up in a small car to the
front of the Menendez Mansion in
Beverly Hills
Jose and Kitty Menendez murdered with
close-range shotgun blasts
3. The murders were in August and by the
end of December, Lyle and Erik
Menendez had spent one million dollars
on luxuries.
4. They had watched a tv-miniseries
“Billionaire Boys Club” and had become
convinced their father had a fortune and
was hiding it from them.
After the murders, each son received
only two million dollars.
5. Police suspicion rose with spending
A friend intimated in an interview that
the brothers may have done it
The owner of an audio-supply store
approached the police with tapes from
psychotherapy sessions
6. Portrayed as
victims of child
abuse in first
trial.
Resulted in a
hung jury.
Second trial resulted in first-degree
murder convictions.
7. Sentenced to life in
prison without the
possibility of parole.
Both brothers
married in prison,
but are segregated
into Maximum
Security for their
own safety.
Jose shot twice in chest
Kitty shot in leg and arm, stood (blood ran vertically down her body), tried to walk away, shot again. Kitty shot 4 times in head and 6 times in body
Shell casing collected before killers left
$15,000 Rolexes w/i 3 days
$500,000 restaurant
Lived in hotels, hired bodyguards
