‘Incestuous fantasy’: Netflix hit crime drama rekindles debate over Menendez murders
by Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6R3TW)
Thousands, many born after the 1989 murders, have sprung to defence of Lyle and Erik Menendez since broadcast of Monsters
It was a crime that shocked and captivated a nation.
On the night of 20 August 1989, Lyle and Erik Menendez, then 21 and 18, stormed into their Beverly Hills mansion, shot their father, Jose, five times at point-blank range in the back of his head, and their mother, Kitty, nine times, including in the face as she tried to crawl away. In a frantic 911 emergency call, they then claimed that somebody had killed their parents.
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