Who is Lyle Menendez?
LYLE Menendez and his brother Erik have been thrust back into the spotlight following a movement on TikTok.
The pair were convicted in 1996 for the murders of their parents, José Menéndez and his wife, Mary ("Kitty").
His father José Enrique Menéndez was born in and moved to the States at 16.
Lyle's mother Mary Louise "Kitty" Andersen was a teacher who gave up work to care for her young sons.
Jose and Kitty married in 1964 and Lyle was their firstborn in 1968 with following in 1970.
The brothers were initially tried separately, but both juries were deadlocked.
at the time of the double murder.
You can catch up on the story with The Menendez Murders: Erik Tells All which is available on Hulu.
Hulu is also streaming Truth and Lies: The Menendez Brothers.
Why did Lyle Menendez kill his parents?
Lyle and Erik used shotguns to .
The legal team for argued that they were sexually abused by their father.
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The brothers claimed the fatal shooting of Jose and Kitty in their Beverly Hills home was a form of "imperfect self-defense," according to .
They believed, "honestly though mistakenly," according to the newspaper, that their parents were going to kill them if they did not act.