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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Elizabeth Gregory

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story – the shocking true story behind Netflix's show about the murders that shook America

On a warm Beverly Hills evening in August 1989, two brothers entered their own home carrying shotguns and killed their parents José and Mary Louise ‘Kitty’ Menéndez.

Kitty was shot 10 times, while José was shot six. After the murders, the brothers didn’t flee, and instead waited for the police to show up, calling 911, with Lyle screaming, "Someone killed my parents."

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