The trial(s) of Erik and Lyle Menendez took the nation by storm, convincing everyone that the brothers were just two spoiled rich kids who killed their parents out of greed. But after hundreds of hours of testimony, over 50 witnesses, the family secret was no longer hidden in the dark, and the brothers still paid for it.
This week is the second and final part of the Menendez Brothers.
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SOURCES
BOOK: The Menendez Murders - The Shocking Untold Story of the Menendez Family and the Killings that Stunned the Nation by Robert Rand
https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/menendez-brothers
https://www.biography.com/news/menendez-brothers-murder-case-facts
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-07-22-tm-930-story.html
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-07-17/menendez-brothers-vacate-convictions-new-hearing-evidence
https://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/are-the-menendez-brothers-married-meet-their-wives/
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