Lyle And Mary Menendez's Murder On 722 North Elm Drive

On August 20, 1989 Jose and Mary Menendez were found shot to death in their Beverly Hills home on 722 North Elm Drive. The convicted were their sons, Lyle and Erik Menendez. At the time, Lyle was aged twenty one and Erik was eighteen. Their parents, Mary Anderson and Jose Menendez, were on the coach when the two sons entered the room and shot them dead by the use of shotguns. The brothers claimed that they have returned from a night of the movies and found their parents assassinated. The brothers called 911 and screamed, “Someone killed my parents!”. Although it brought them to distraught that night, their behavior over the next few months did not show distraught. They were making purchases like Rolex watches and a Porsche from the fortune

Erik was also struggling with his sexuality, and not being straight was something his apparently homophobic parents wouldn't have been very accepting of. After the murder, Erik began to feel burdened by guilt. He confessed to his therapist, Dr.Oziel that himself and his brother were the ones who killed their parents. Dr.Oziel’s mistress claimed she overheard a therapy session which Dr.Oziel had taped in which the brothers confessed to their murders. For many years people heard one side of the story that was put up by the prosecutors on why the brothers killed their parents. That reason was because they were greedy and they wanted to inherit their parent’s wealth. After a couple more years another story was brought out to the public and that was that the brothers were physically, sexually, and emotionally abused throughout their lifetime and they believed that their lives were in danger. Leslie Abramson was the brothers defense attorney. She was the one who claims the brothers were abused throughout their lifetimes. She says this crime scene is a classic example of the overkill one sees when the frightened and powerless people kill those they fear. She claims that the brothers’ instinct to survive took over. The tennis coach of the

He couldn’t believe what happened and Lyle tried to calm him down but Lyle seemed afraid to Erik and that made Erik feel even worse. Erik and Lyle told the court at this moment they were convinced that their parents were going to kill them. There were a few days after what had happened that their father’s behavior convinced them that they were going to die. They said that their parents had guns in the house and the reason why they both bought two shotguns was to defend themselves. Lyle recalled his confrontation with his father. His dad left and his mother was still standing there and she said that Lyle had ruined the family and his dad came out and took Mary by the arm and told her come on kitty and they walked in the living room and his father closed the doors. Lyle then freaked out and he thought they were going ahead to follow their plan and kill them. He then ran upstairs and told his brother that it was happening. The brothers then loaded their guns and sprinted to the room. Erik got to the room first and they bursted the doors and started firing. Erik started firing in front of him to his parents. They said they fired many times and there was a lot of noise and smoke from the guns. When the shooting