Lyle was also implicated in the burglaries, but Erik’s guilty plea as a juvenile shielded Lyle from legal action.Ī $1.69 composition notebook signed by Menendez in pencil on the front cover contains his journal, which was started one day before the Menendez family moved to 722 Elm Drive in Beverly Hills, the house in which the murders of his parents took place. The Menendez family had previously lived in Calabasas, California they moved to Beverly Hills in 1988 after Erik plead guilty to burglarizing the homes of parents of his schoolmates, stealing an estimated $100,000 in cash and jewelry. Lyle and Erik were found guilty of murder in a second trial, spanning the fall of 1995 and winter of 1996, and are now serving life sentences in prison.
In 1992, the brothers were indicted for the murders their 1993 trial, which was broadcast by the new Court TV network, ended with separate juries for each brother deadlocked between finding them guilty of murder or of manslaughter. Jose and Kitty Menendez had been shot multiple times at point-blank range. On August 20, 1989, 21-year-old Lyle Menendez called 911 and told the operator that he and his 18-year-old brother Erik, both of whom were aspiring professional tennis players, had returned home to find that their parents had been shot and killed.
Kitty menendez archive#
One 9-3/4 x 7-1/2-inch composition notebook, with notes, letters, and related papers.ĭiary and archive of letters and related materials once belonging to Eric Menendez, who, along with his brother, was convicted of the 1989 murders of their parents. I AM ALONE WITH SO MANY FRIENDS”: ERIC MENENDEZ’S BEVERLY HILLS DIARY AND ARCHIVE OF RELATED MATERIALS “AND SO DEPRESSION STRIKES ONE MORE TIME.
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