steal jewelry from the people. it s a way of directing their frustration and resentment and anger and acting out. in an attempt to keep lyle menendez out of trouble, because he was over 18, basically, erik took the fall for these robberies in calabasas. and jose made a deal with the d.a. s office that he would be charged as a juvenile. they couldn t stay in calabasas because their sons had burgled the neighbors houses so they moved to beverly hills. for them that was the ultimate in showing success. . when the menendez family moved to beverly hills, one of kitty s closest friends said you finally made it. you ve got your 90210 zip code. hello, everyone in tv land!
at a college debating class. when jose met her, you know, he was a brash, handsome guy, wavy dark hair, 6 1 , and he swept her right off her feet. according to lyle, her son, kitty menendez was miserable in her marriage, and she wasn t trying to hated that. she would just explain all the things that she could have been, the things that she could have had and it would come out in a rage. dad was having an affair for months and months. i would have to listen to my mother crying in the house. she realized that 20 years of sacrifice was for nothing. it s very hard not to feel for kitty. she seemed trapped in a marriage she didn t know what to do about with a man who was obviously very difficult. kitty menendez was the doormat in the family and she allowed everyone in the family
i believe at 10:00 in the evening, the neighbors heard a banging but did not want to get involved. it sounded like a shotgun blast over and over again, you re talking a good 16 shots with a shotgun blast. nobody called police which is very unsurprisingly, they call on barking dogs all the time in beverly hills and parking violations. i remember first hearing about the menendez murders on local tv. and it seemed completely unreal. the names of the victims that we have is joseph enrique menendez, 45 years old, and his wife mary or kitty louise menendez, 44 years old. who could get into the home and creep up on them as they re
trauma to the legs, to the head, to the torso. just immense carnage on the body itself. just below on the floor between the coffee table and the couch was mrs. menendez, kitty menendez. in my 38 years in law enforcement, i ve seen murder victims. i ve seen suicide victims. but the condition in which these two bodies were in, i ll never forget the look. they were basically unrecognizable. the way movies depict a crime scene is tamer often than what it really is. it is always shocking, the. a blood. it is more than you can fathom. you could hear a flopping and it was the bookcase or the ceiling. my partner needed to hold an umbrella over my head and a
i just ran out of the room. i didn t want to go back in. welcome to how it really happened. it was a hot august night in 1989 when media titan jose menendez and his wife kitty were gunned down in cold blood in their beverly hills mansion. the gruesome murder would trans fix a nation drawn to the lurid testimony from the courtroom. for the first several months, the world would be riveted by one of the most publicized who