In 1989, while he and his wife were watching television, they were shot to death by their sons. This browser does not support getting your location. She was described by Joses sisters as not a very carrying or protective mother. Bob Anderson, the boat operator, described the atmosphere as tense and remembered that Lyle and Erik avoided their parents the entire trip. At Southern Illinois University, he met his future wife, Mary Louise 'Kitty' Menendez. As of February 2018, both men are housed in the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility, San Diego, California. 1931), and two older brothers, Milton (b. Despite her initial unhappiness, Kitty moved with Jose and Erik to Calabasas, California. Mary Louise Kitty Menendez (ne Andersen; October 14, 1941- August 20, 1989) was an American socialite, and former teacher and beauty queen. Family members linked to this person will appear here. Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. Both men will spend the rest of their lives in prison. Jose and Kitty Menendez are seen here in this undated family photo. "Kitty Menendez was a former beauty queen, and her husband, 45-year-old Jose Menendez, a Cuban-immigrant who worked his way up to a top executive position. Lyle told her about how he was being sexually abused by his father and what he did to them. Jill Clayburgh (in Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders), Beverly DAngelo (in Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills), Courtney Love (in Menendez: Blood Brothers), Lolita Davidovich (in Law & Order True Crime), Kittys nickname was a childhood nickname given to her by her older brother Brian. When the first Menendez trial began in July 1993, the . Lyle and Erik Menendez, charged with first-degree murder, admit that they killed their parents Aug. 20, 1989, but testified that they acted in fear and self-defense after years of abuse. They were brought up in the lavish Beverley Hills by their affluent parents. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. The murder of Menendez became a national talk and the case ran for almost six years before the . [50] In late 2017, A&E aired a five-part documentary titled The Menendez Murders: Erik Tells All, in which Erik describes via telephone the murders and the aftermath. Born on October 14, 1941, in Oak Lawn, Illinois, Mary Louise Kitty Andersen was the youngest of four children. They spent the next day shark fishing with their parents. On August 20, 1989, Jose Menendez and his wife, Mary Louise Kitty Andersen, were murdered in their Beverly Hills home. Dr. Oziel testified that the brothers stated that they killed their parents because their father was an overbearing presence in their life, and their mothers death was a mercy killing because she was so miserable and wouldnt be able to live without Jose. In all of his workplaces, he was credited with being an highly intelligent and diligent, but was widely disliked as arrogant and rude to co-workers and abrasive to subordinates. Kitty Menendez in the 1970s. An email has been sent to the person who requested the photo informing them that you have fulfilled their request, There is an open photo request for this memorial. Year should not be greater than current year. They also investigated potential mob leads. Lyle was 21 and Erik was 18 when they fatally shot Jose and Kitty Menendez on August 20, 1989, in the family's Beverly Hills home. He was known among show business celebrities and had a successful career in the industry. To support her husband, Kitty worked as a teacher in the Bronx. 0 cemeteries found in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA. Make sure that the file is a photo. This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. Allein zwei Jahre brauchte es, bis entschieden worden war, dass die Tonbnder mit den Gestndnissen der beiden, die ihr Psychiater Dr. Oziel mitgeschnitte "[29][30], Erik testified that a couple weeks before the night of the killings, that he told his brother about the sexual abuse he was experiencing, which then led to several confrontations within the family. Dunne commented on the terrible nature of the murders, and the boy responded, Yeah, I heard the father was pretty rough on those kids., In a 1996 interview with Barbara Walters, Erik said his relationship with his father was, Brutal. According to a memorial bio written by Kit Benson(a Law Enforcement Officer and Detective in NC for ten years) and Morgan Benson(a member of the Civil Air Patrol, The Retired Officers Association, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the Society of American Military Engineers), Kitty was born on October 14, 1941, in Cook County, Illinois. Echoing the testimony of those before, Cox said Kitty Menendez was dependent on drugs and alcohol, depressed and obsessed with appearances. Read on to learn more about Jose and Kitty Menendez. Your Scrapbook is currently empty. 100. In three years, from 1986 to 1989, annual revenue at Live Entertainment soared from $40 million to $400 million. Weve updated the security on the site. They are serving life sentences without the possibility of parole over the fatal shootings of their parents Jose and Mary Louise "Kitty" Menendez. Initially Police thought the killings to be a mob-hit, but soon discovered otherwise. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. Kitty, meanwhile, was a homemaker and socialite. There was an error deleting this problem. Under cross-examination, Cox conceded that the last time he saw Kitty Menendez was in February, 1987. They had a privileged upbringing but as they got older, allegations of physical and s*xual abuse by their father began to . They claimed that the last confrontation happened inside the house den on August 20, 1989, a few minutes before Kitty and Jos were killed. Where are the Menendez brothers now 2021? [12] Kitty was shot 10 times in total. Jose convinced her to come back, but according to his brother-in-law, this was more for their sons than it was out of love for her. They will never be released from the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, California. [13][14], Immediately after the killings, both brothers remained in the house, expecting police to respond due to the noise of the gunshots. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. He holds dual bachelor's degrees from Pace University and a master's degree from New York University. He insisted that the murders of 45-year-old Jose and 47-year-old Kitty who suffered 15 gunshot wounds between them were not . Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. Within a matter of months, he was hired by Lyons Container Service in Illinois to be conptroller, and three years later, Menendez was named the companys president. However, those who came to know her described her as a high-strung woman who had great difficulty coping with stress, and her husband's repeated extramarital affairs drove her to despair. In November 2003, Lyle married Rebecca Sneed at a ceremony in a visiting area of Mule Creek State Prison; they had known each other for around ten years before their engagement. Pretending to go to the movies to see the James Bond film, "License to Kill," the two boys returned to find their parents watching television together. Jose & Kitty Menendez's Death Was Gruesome. It was a wonderful ceremony until I had to leave. On August 19, 1989, the Menendez family went shark fishing with Motion Picture Marines. All photos uploaded successfully, click on the Done button to see the photos in the gallery. They married in 1963 and moved to New York City, where Jos earned an accounting degree from Queens College. In 1962, her senior year at SIU, Kitty had met Jose Menendez, a freshman who was three years younger than her, and they were soon in love. Joseph Lyle Menendez (born January 10, 1968) and Erik Galen Menendez (born November 27, 1970) are American brothers who were convicted in 1996 for the murders of their parents, Jos and Mary Louise ("Kitty") Menndez. We improvised. Tonight, ABC News will investigate their deaths in a two-hour documentary. Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA. However, Lyle requested to be housed with Erik, and in April of 2018 was moved into the same unit as his brother. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. September 1993. Roger R. Smith, who was second in command at Van Nuys-based Live Entertainment, said Jose Menendez once spelled out his potent management credo: Ive always thought it far better, Roger, to be feared than loved.. The murders remained unsolved for six months until Lyle and Erik were arrested following Eriks confession to his therapist, Dr. Jerome Oziel, who eventually told his girlfriend Judalon Smyth who subsequently went to the police. Lyle Menendez screamed across the phone line to a 911 operator in the late night of August 20th, 1989. Then, learn about Evelyn McHale, the woman behind the most beautiful suicide., The Tragedy Of Kitty Menendez, The Beverly Hills Mother Killed In Cold Blood By Her Own Sons. Her father was an army veteran who own his own air conditioning and heating business, and her mother worked in an airport. He expressed his belief that the brothers committed the crime for the money and stated that there had been no evidence of abuse of any kind. Jose Menendez was a businessman in California from Cuba Credit: AP:Associated Press. In his interview with ABC, Lyle says, Youre not living in the reality of what has occurred and why it occurred with anyone in your life Emotionally youre a ghost. Both juries deadlocked, which resulted in a mistrial. The Menendez brothers are serving life sentences without the possibility of parole over the fatal shootings of their parents. Pero a medida que los detectives se agotan, la evidencia . Lyle was 21 and Erik was 18 when they fatally shot Jose and Kitty Menendez on August 20, 1989, in the family's Beverly Hills home. Both Jos, an entertainment executive, and Kitty Menendez, a teacher and stay-at-home mother, were killed in their Beverly Hills estate by 15 rounds from two 12-gauge shotguns, reportedly leaving both bodies almost unrecognizable (via The U.S. Sun).The legal defense team for Lyle and Erik Menendez claimed the boys were physically, sexually, and emotionally abused by their father, and that the . When I do, I do it with a great sadness and a primal fear. They remained in separate prisons until February 2018, when Lyle was moved from Mule Creek State Prison in northern California to the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego County;[37] where they were housed in separate units. Kitty had been shot so many times she was unrecognizable. 1989] Self-defense claim: Record executive Jose Menendez and his wife Kitty are shot to death http://t.co/1Pydqo5GRQ pic.twitter.com/W7IUQ8iobY, Mel A. Phillips (@MelPhillips1) August 20, 2014. English )[16], During the early stages of the investigation, police tried to narrow their search to suspects who had motives to kill Jos and Kitty. . Dec 2021. Kitty rarely disciplined her sons and often left them to fend for themselves at a very young age. The photo became a controversial piece of evidence in the first murder trial in 1993. He would often humiliate her in public, put her down, and tell her to shut up. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. Prosecutors were highly skeptical of Lyle Menendez's claims. The sordid Menendez house of horrors turned even more sinister when Lyle Menendez testified on the witness stand that he had molested his younger brother, Erik, repeating some of the terrible acts that his father perpetrated on him. His father was a well-known soccer player who owned his own accounting firm. Hope there rotting in hell right now! The 40+ Best Companies To Work For By The Beach in Southern California. This is rare footage of the actual crime scene and of the bodies being carried. You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. 4 Despite growing up lavishly in the opulent Mediterranean-style mansion of their parents, the 21 and 18-year-old brothers had allegedly been so tormented by their father that they decided to murder them both in one fell swoop. A few years ago the Menendez family enjoyed an outing together. Decades after the double murder, Lyle, now 53, expressed regret over his parents deaths. Erik provided the fatal blow into his mothers face. That was a very lonely night. In a particularly gruesome detail, the brothersactually had to leave the den where the shooting took place and retrieve more bullets from their car to reload. The request was approved by the prison board and he was transferred to the facility. The crimes committed by Lyle and Erik Menendez took teenage angst toterrifying levels when they shot and killed their mom and dadin one of the most brutal, high-profile crimes in American history. He moved to the US when he was 16, and met Mary Louise Kitty Anderson at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. And it's just something very special that I never thought that I would ever have."[48]. During the penalty phase of the trial, Abramson (the brothers' defense lawyer), apparently told a defense witness named William Vicary to edit his own notes, but the district attorney's office decided not to launch a criminal investigation on Abramson. For the second trial, they were tried together by a single jury, which found them guilty, and as a result, they were sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. [4][5] Kitty quit her teaching job after Lyle was born, and the family moved to New Jersey, where Erik was born on November 27, 1970, in Gloucester Township. Starting from scratch, he graduated from Southern Illinois University and became a licensed CPA. Oak Lawn Public LibraryKitty Menendez after being crowned Miss Oak Lawn in 1962. Introduced as Exhibit 219 in the first trial was an envelope with Kitty Menendez's handwriting, reading: "Erik's birthday November 1976." . I take it, Mr. Smith, that you did not like Jose Menendez at all, Bozanich said. By the age of four, both had grown up in the opulent Beverley Hills. Jose and Kitty Menendez were shot 16 shotgun blasts. Albrecht's ruling was appealed, after which the proceedings were delayed for two years. He saw her in therapy from November, 1986, until February, 1987. Kitty Menendez worked as an elementary school teacher but retired when Lyle Menendez was born on Jan. 10, 1968. Henry Howard Holmes, The Devil in the White City, Charles Ng & Leonard Lake, Family Slayers, Richard Speck, A New Kind of Mass Murderer, Timothy Jay Vafreades, The Vampire Trucker, 17 Odd Details Behind The Horrific Menendez Brothers Homicides, forced his sons to perform oral sex on him. Both Lyle, 27, and Erik, 24, have admitted to . Lyle and Erik spent much of their sentences held in different prisons in California. [9] Lyle attended Princeton University from which he later was suspended for plagiarism. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. Her home life was very unhappy, with a cruel, abusive father and a despondent, battered mother. [20] Erik eventually confessed to his psychologist Jerome Oziel, who then told his mistress, Judalon Smyth. After killing their parents, the two men picked up the spent shell casings, and calmly went to see the movie in order to establish their alibi. She fell after being shot in the leg by her boys. On a warm summer evening, the two brothers crept into the den of their home where Jose and Kitty Menendez were sleeping and fired into their skulls. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? We have set your language to They were first tried . There was a problem getting your location. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. https://t.co/4Nf6IhQnpW pic.twitter.com/0w18ucsUn7, The outlet describes one witness who testified in trial a guest who sat near Jose during a banquet, and claims that at one point, Jose turned to Lyle and said, Shut up, you dummy., Investigative journalist Dominick Dunne covered the Menendez brothers trial and wrote an article for Vanity Fair in 1990 titled Nightmare on Elm Drive. In the article, Dunne details a trip he took from New York to LA, during which he met a teenage boy who was returning to California after a sojourn in Europe. He struck up a conversation with the boy, and learned he lived in the same general area as the house where Kitty and Jose were shot. Jose was a businessman whose family migrated from Cuba to Illinois after the Fidel Castro uprising happened. His salary allowed for him and Kitty to moved to a decent Queens neighborhood. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. Would love your thoughts, please comment. But he was experiencing marital problems and his relationship with both sons was deteriorating. Lyle Menendez fired the first shots at Jose Menendez, with one hitting the back of his head. According to the brothers, the elder Menendez forced his sons to perform oral sex on him, among other horrificacts. 1934) and Brian (1940- 2017). Defense lawyers have said that they are near the end of their case if the tape is not unsealed. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. Police talk their sons, Lyle, 21, and Erik, 18. "[46][47] In an October 2005 interview with ABC News, she described her relationship with Erik as "something that I've dreamed about for a long time. At the time of their deaths, Jose and Kitty lived in a $5 million Beverly Hills mansion, that was once home to Elton John and Michael Jackson, according to the Los Angeles Times. Her purpose was to punish her husband and she didnt think much about the effect on her children, Cox said. Kitty Menendez, whose sons described her as mentally unstable, told Erik on August 19, 1989, "'If I'd kept my mouth shut, things would have worked out in the family,'" he recounted. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. . She was concerned that Erik may be gay, so she gave him a deadline to find a girlfriend when he started school at Calabasas High School a deadline which Erik barely met. On Aug. 18, 1989, Erik and Lyle Menendez purchased two shotguns at Big 5 Sporting Goods in San Diego, California, 100 miles from their home. In an article headlined "Family, friends decry victims' court portrayal" which was published in the Los Angeles Daily News on March 21, 1996 (the day after the Menendez brothers were . Drag images here or select from your computer for Kitty Menendez memorial. Approximately $14 million is expected to be the net worth of Jose and Kitty Menendez. Additional post-mortem images of Kitty and Jose Menendez and crime photos. She was 100 percent sure that they fabricated their defense. With a flurry of shotgun rounds, the brothers violently killed their parents, Jos and Kitty, doing enough damage to their bodies to render them nearly unrecognizable. Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? Fast drei Jahre hatte es gedauert, den Mord an Jos und Kitty Menendez - und die Mrder, die Shne Lyle und Erik, endlich vor Gericht zu bringen. Her life ended and our lives essentially ended all because of this fateful decision. Carlos liked Jose "very much.". The couple had two sons, Joseph Lyle and Erik, and in 1968 the family moved to Beverly Hills. This account has been disabled. [19] They collectively spent approximately $700,000 before their arrests. In 1963, they eloped, shortly after Betty received her BS degree in communications. Her father, Charles Milton Andersen, was a United States Army veteran who started his own air conditioning and heating company. According to Lyle, while in California, Kitty and Jose seemed to be more of a couple and Jose was treating Kitty better. [44][45], On June 12, 1999, Erik married Tammi Ruth Saccoman at Folsom State Prison in a prison waiting room. During their first trial, both brothers had testified that they killed their parents because they feared their parents would kill them. You spoke at the memorial service, didnt you? she asked. The Menendez saga has captivated the American public since 1989. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. Almost seven years after the murders, in 1996, after two highly publicized trials, Lyle and Erik were found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder and were sentenced to serve two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole. The Menendez brothers attacked their parents while their mother rested her head on their father's lap. They also testified that their father threatened to kill them if they did not keep the abuse a secret. Jose, along his wife Kitty, was gunned down in his Beverly Hills home by his sons, in 1989. Kitty attended Oak Lawn Community High School with her brother Brian, where she was a member of the dramatics club, the pep club and the poster club. The trial will not resume until Wednesday because the judge will be at a conference. Married to Jose Menendez (1963- 1989; their deaths), Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, California, United States. Lyle is the oldest brother, he was born in 1968, and his brother Erik was born in 1970. The molestation allegations were heinous. I was told during the trial by the bailiffs that the brothers would high five each other, particularly after a good day in court when they were testifying. Initially, Jose and Kitty lived in New York City, where Jose obtained an athletic scholarship at Queens College and Kitty . Nearly seven years, three trials and many thousands of hours of TV coverage later, their sons,. The killing of Jos and Kitty Menendez on a quiet Sunday evening in Beverly Hills didn't make the cover of People magazine until the arrest of their sons seven months later, and the case developed an intense cult following. The financial gain theory was disputed by the defense team claiming that the brothers did not think they were getting any inheritance. While attending Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, he met his future wife, Mary Louise Anderson, nicknamed Kitty to those who knew her. Successful entertainment executive, Jos Menendez, 45, and his beauty queen wife, Mary "Kitty" Menendez, 47, were relaxing at their Beverly Hills home when their sons killed them with. Lyle and his brother Erik murdered their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, at their Beverly Hills home in August 1989. He said his mother washed his body until he was 13. She graduated a year after Brian in 1959. There had to be a series of decisions she made of not to tell what was happening. [17] Erik hired a full-time tennis coach and competed in a series of tournaments in Israel. Jose Menendez was the father of Erik and Lyle Menendez. But Kittys brother, Brian, said: The idea that Erik and Lyle were abused by my sister Kitty is absolute insanity. And Deputy District Attorney Pamela Bozanich agreed. Erik and his brother Lyle gunned down their father, Hollywood executive Jose Menendez, as well as their mother, former beauty queen Kitty Menendez, at close range inside their Beverly Hills mansion. Kitty Menendez was suicidal over her husbands eight-year extramarital affair, and Jose Menendez was the ultimate control freak, two witnesses testified Friday at Lyle and Erik Menendezs murder trial. The opulent couple had worked so hard to provide for their boys and make a good life here in America." - Article continues below advertisement Christian Menendez Brothers 8. You can catch up on the story with The Menendez Murders: Erik Tells All also on Hulu. Jose Menendez was a Cuban emigre who was raised by "well-to-do business people and star athletes", according to the LA Times. He came from a prosperous family who lost part of their wealth to the Cuban government. 2 of 5. See trial video 48 at 1:01:41 - 1:10:22. The episode focuses on the brothers and their new wave of supporters on social media. Continuing to round out a personality profile of the parents, the defense on Friday called its 52nd and 53rd witnesses: Kitty Menendezs onetime therapist and Jose Menendezs ex-corporate colleague. Although the family was not among the elite, Jose's parents were celebrity athletes and he and his two sisters wanted for nothing. Smith, who followed Cox to the stand, said he flat-out did not like Jose Menendez, who got things done by belittling and instilling fear.. Sus hijos, Lyle (entonces de 21 aos) y Erik (entonces de 18 aos), fueron condenados y condenados a cadena perpetua por los asesinatos. [6][7] In New Jersey, the family lived in Hopewell Township and both brothers attended Princeton Day School. According to Jamie, Kitty was very nice to her and never once indicated her dislike since Kitty would take Jamie out to eat and sometimes would attend Jamies tennis matches to support her. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. Add to your scrapbook. When Jose took a job offer from LIVE Entertainment, he had to move the family to California much to Kittys dismay. When Dunne asked the boy if he knew the Menendez brothers, the boy responded no, as they were older than him. The brothers' cousin, Andy Cano, said that as a child, he was told by Erik about the sexual abuse, which they both described as "penis massages. A 1993 article in the LA Times described Kitty as needy, pathetic, athletic, disorganized, suspicious and spacey, and reported that in trial, a former neighbor, Alicia Hercz, testified that she had been acting strange the three weeks before being killed by Erik and Lyle. He is known to the public, alongside his wife Kitty, as the victim of a double homicide committed by their sons Lyle and Erik in August 1989. Her mother, Mae Helen, worked in an airport before meeting her husband. During the trial, Erik took the stand to testify that he and his brother feared Jose, and had been sexually abused by him. Now serving life in prison, the brothers will never see the free world again. The brothers burst into tears and hugged each other at their first meeting in the housing unit. [3], The couple's first son, Joseph Lyle Menndez, who goes by his middle name, was born on January 10, 1968, in New York. I have to be emotionally attached, and I'm emotionally attached to Erik My family does not understand. In her opening statement, attorney Leslie Abramson said the single most important issue is why Jose and Kitty Menendez were killed by their children. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. Having exhausted their appeal remedies in state court, they filed separate habeas corpus petitions in the United States District Court. Try again. "[46], In 2010, A&E released Mrs.Menndez, a documentary about Tammi. One of Jose's assignments was to audit Lyon Container. [25] Represented by their defense lawyer, Leslie Abramson, the brothers stated that they killed their parents out of fear for their lives after a lifetime of abuse at the hands of their parents, especially sexual abuse at the hands of their father, who was described as a cruel perfectionist and pedophile. 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