I just ran out of the room. I didnt 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 done its in history. How did it really happen . Beverly hills represents wealth. It represents exclusivity. The prettiest people, the fanciest cars. All over Beverly Hills but rarely here. In august, 20th, 1989, the quota was filled. Whats the problem . Whats the problem . Pardon me . The phone rang and it was the watch commander indicating that he needed to respond to the station. They had a double homicide. 722 north elm. The first patrol car pulls up. Erik is weeping hysterically on the front lawn. At this time we had two deceased persons inside. A male and a female.
to. they re both here. they re both here. we walked to work in the morning, and when we climb the fountain, we re a little out of breath, and so were they. one day i said to them, i feel a little pressure in my chest. do you? and they said no. and when i went to the doctor, he said, you know, that s a sign. and just to make this story short, i wanted i was thinking of doing it in the summer. they tell you not to go in the hospital in july because that s when the residents change. grey s anatomy it isn t. i was going to go in in august. then i had such a big may. i was either giving an award or presenting something, and i said to my cardiologist, well, you know, could i wait until the end of may for this because, you know, it didn t seem to look good. and he said, you can wait, but there s a small risk that you could drop dead. i said, how soon tomorrow. i told no one until i announced it on the air. your first show back to work, you wanted david letterman to b
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Shes called him or connected with his people to say, we have to do something. And that resulted in the attack on the american base. It was largely a failure, and i think most of it fell outside of the grounds of the american airbase in the middle east. But they essentially said, we have to do something. We have to save face. Im just curious because we were told for 2 or 3 days ahead of time, something is coming, something is coming. Of course, intelligence could have picked that up, but do you think anything similar happened or could have happened here with iran calling the United States or israel and saying, we have to do something, and here is what that something was, something that amounted, yes, youre right. An unprecedented state action, but also a failed action. Im almost certain that there were back Channel Communications of some kind, and they basically openly said it was going to happen. So i think the same thing happened before the Biden Administration retaliated for the u. S
Now almost 30 years later chilling new details. Evidence never broadcast before a letter, hinting at secrets too dark to imagine. This is so outside of the norm something is going on in that house. Did they kill in cold blood or in crippling fear . Oh man it was gutwrenching. I wanted to bust the door down. They spoke the truth about what had happened. Tonight, hear from the brothers themselves. People were afraid of him. Lets go through this bit by bit. There was no way he was gonna let this secret get out. Silence destroyed our whole family. Im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres Keith Morrison with unthinkable the menendez murders. Reporter here it was the shining symbol of their success. Here, finally, an address worthy of their long struggle their amazing rise. Beverly hills, california. Beverly hills emergency. Reporter careful what you wish for. Someone killed my parents reporter 28 years later its still the case that has the power to shock. Its Beverly Hills. Its the movie