Rk Menendez Brothers Murder Case

Imagine if you or one of your siblings decided to murder your parents for financial gain and went through with it. The Menendez brothers were faced with the fact that they could be tried and convicted for exactly that. With the false evidence the brothers created to plead self defense, the conviction was going to be a lot harder than expected. It took 2 trials to finally sentence them to life in different prisons without the possibility parole. Lyle and Erik Menendez were found guilty of murdering their parents for 14 million dollars of inheritance money.
On the night of August 20th, 1989, Jose and Kitty Menendez were bushwhacked in the family room at 10:00 PM by their two children. Mrs. Menendez was filling out an UCLA application for her son, Erik, as she and her husband munched on berries and cream. They were interrupted by Erik and Lyle barging in through the doors with two 12 gauge shotguns. They fired a total of 15 gunshots with two contact shots. After blowing off the back of their father’s skull, Kitty was terrified as Lyle Menendez callously reloaded. Then, he pressed the shotgun up against his mom’s cheek and pulled the trigger with a fatal shot. The brothers called the police to report that they had found their parents brutally murdered in the family room when they returned to the house from the movie theater. At first, police suspected that Mafia hitmen attacked the parents. After …show more content…
“There was no dispute that these two brothers, 18 and 21 at the time, savagely blasted their millionaire parents to death with a pair of shotguns on the night of August 20, 1989.” Evidence and testimonies in court played a huge role in convicting the brothers of their heinous crime. It took two trials to successfully put the brothers in prison. The Menendez brothers brutally murdered their parents with the motive of 14 millions dollars of inheritance