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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

‘Incestuous fantasy’: Netflix hit crime drama rekindles debate over Menendez murders

Cooper Koch and Nicholas Chavez at the premiere
Cooper Koch and Nicholas Chavez at the LA premiere of Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story. Photograph: Kay Blake/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

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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