The second Monsters series on Netflix now centers on the Menendez brothers. Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez tale is a nine-part dramatization that explores the real tale of two brothers who, on August 20, 1989, shot and killed their parents at their Beverly Hills home.
Prosecutors said that the Menendez brothers planned to kill their parents in order to seize the family money, which included a $14 million estate, despite the boys' claims that years of mistreatment at the hands of their parents drove them to the point of murder.
Where, however, are the Menendez brothers these days? This is the Menendez brothers' lives in 2024, thirty-five years after their parents were killed.
The Menendez brothers: what happened to them?
Following shotgun shots to their mother, Kitty Menendez, and father, José Menendez, in 1996, Lyle and Erik were given life terms for their crimes.
Despite the Menendez brothers' first account to police that they returned from a movie theater to discover their parents murdered while watching Batman, officials later started looking into the brothers after exhausting all other potential possibilities, including members of the mafia.
The Menendez brothers said throughout their trial that they killed their parents because they had been sexually, emotionally, and physically abused for years and were acting in self-defense and fear for their life.
Prosecutors claimed that the brother killed their parents in order to inherit their wealth because they spent fairly lavishly after the murders, even though family members supported these claims in court and testified that Erik and Lyle had discussed stories of abuse prior to the murders.
Now, where are the brothers Menendez?
Erik Menendez, the younger brother, is 53 years old, and Lyle Menendez is 56 years old at the time of writing.
Following their sentencing, Erik was housed at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, while Lyle Menendez was transported to Mule Creek State Prison in Ione, Northern California.
at spite of worries that the brothers would plot an escape together, prison authorities moved Erik to Lyle's section at San Diego's Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in 2018, bringing the Menendez brothers back together after 22 years apart.
Prison hasn't stopped the brothers from falling in love, either.
Erik's pen friend Tammi Saccoman corresponded with him after his first trial. Before being married in 1999 at Folsom State Prison, the couple first met in person in 1997. They Said We'd Never Make It: My Life With Erik Menendez is the book Tammi wrote later about her relationship with Erik.
Will the Menendez brothers be released from custody?
The brothers have made many appeals over the years, but each one has been turned down.
The Menendez brothers most recently filed an appeal for a new hearing in 2023, citing new evidence. This evidence included a statement from Roy Rosselló, a former member of the boy band, who said that José Menendez had also sexually assaulted him when he was fourteen years old. Menendez + Menudo: Boys Betrayed, a Peacock documentary series, featured the recently obtained evidence.
Cliff Gardner, one of the brothers' representatives, told The Los Angeles Times last year that "this undercuts the state's theory."
He said, "We are aware that abuse was taking place, and Jose fit the description of someone who would molest a 13-year-old."
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The second Monsters series on Netflix now centers on the Menendez brothers. Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez tale is a nine-part dramatization that explores the real tale of two brothers who, on August 20, 1989, shot and killed their parents at their Beverly Hills home.
Prosecutors said that the Menendez brothers planned to kill their parents in order to seize the family money, which included a $14 million estate, despite the boys' claims that years of mistreatment at the hands of their parents drove them to the point of murder.
Where, however, are the Menendez brothers these days? This is the Menendez brothers' lives in 2024, thirty-five years after their parents were killed.
The Menendez brothers: what happened to them?
Following shotgun shots to their mother, Kitty Menendez, and father, José Menendez, in 1996, Lyle and Erik were given life terms for their crimes.
Despite the Menendez brothers' first account to police that they returned from a movie theater to discover their parents murdered while watching Batman, officials later started looking into the brothers after exhausting all other potential possibilities, including members of the mafia.
The Menendez brothers said throughout their trial that they killed their parents because they had been sexually, emotionally, and physically abused for years and were acting in self-defense and fear for their life.
Prosecutors claimed that the brother killed their parents in order to inherit their wealth because they spent fairly lavishly after the murders, even though family members supported these claims in court and testified that Erik and Lyle had discussed stories of abuse prior to the murders.
Now, where are the brothers Menendez?
Erik Menendez, the younger brother, is 53 years old, and Lyle Menendez is 56 years old at the time of writing.
Following their sentencing, Erik was housed at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, while Lyle Menendez was transported to Mule Creek State Prison in Ione, Northern California.
at spite of worries that the brothers would plot an escape together, prison authorities moved Erik to Lyle's section at San Diego's Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in 2018, bringing the Menendez brothers back together after 22 years apart.
Prison hasn't stopped the brothers from falling in love, either.
Erik's pen friend Tammi Saccoman corresponded with him after his first trial. Before being married in 1999 at Folsom State Prison, the couple first met in person in 1997. They Said We'd Never Make It: My Life With Erik Menendez is the book Tammi wrote later about her relationship with Erik.
Will the Menendez brothers be released from custody?
The brothers have made many appeals over the years, but each one has been turned down.
The Menendez brothers most recently filed an appeal for a new hearing in 2023, citing new evidence. This evidence included a statement from Roy Rosselló, a former member of the boy band, who said that José Menendez had also sexually assaulted him when he was fourteen years old. Menendez + Menudo: Boys Betrayed, a Peacock documentary series, featured the recently obtained evidence.
Cliff Gardner, one of the brothers' representatives, told The Los Angeles Times last year that "this undercuts the state's theory."
He said, "We are aware that abuse was taking place, and Jose fit the description of someone who would molest a 13-year-old."