Lyle and Erik Menendez

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On the evening of August 20, 1989, brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez shot and killed their father, Jose and their mother, Kitty while they slept in the living room. After the murders, Lyle and Erik left and went to see Batman and attended a food festival. Upon returning to their Beverly Hills mansion, the brother "found" their parents dead and called police. During the investigation, LAPD had no intent to investigate the boys as suspects. In the months after the murders, the brothers began spending money wildly. It is belied that they spent $700,000 between the murders and their arrests. Lyle confessed to killing their parents to their psychologist, and Erik turned himself in three days later. Both were tried separately, but both trials ended in a mistrial. Eventually, they were retired together. It was clear the Jose Menendez was physically, verbally, and sexually abusing the brothers their entire lives. Kitty Menendez was a functioning alcoholic who condoned her husband behavior. This was used as a motive by the defense as to why the Menendez brothers took their parents' lives. The real reason was because they knew they would inherit their father's multimillion dollar estate. in 1994, they were found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. They were sent to separate prisons. After 22 years, both brothers reunited after they were placed in the same housing unit in a prison in San Diego County.