Are the Menendez Brothers in the same prison? The high-profile case had a tragic requirement in housing the siblings in county prison. Here's what the Netflix documentary explores regarding their arrangement.
Are the Menendez Brothers in the Same Prison?
The Menendez Brothers, Lyle and Erik were convicted of first-degree murder in 1996 for the murder of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez.
They shot them dead in their own home in Beverly Hills in 1989, claiming that they were allegedly being physically and sexually abused by their parents, specifically by their father Jose.
However, the prosecutor believes the allegations were 'unfounded', claiming that the "whole defense was fabricated."
On July 2, 1996, they were sentenced to life in prison without parole. But then came a bigger problem they had to face: on the day they had to be transferred to the California correctional facility.
"We thought we were going to go to the same prison," Erik, now 53, stated in their Netflix documentary The Menendez Brothers, explaining that they were put in separate vans, and no matter how much Erik tried reaching and screaming out to his brother Lyle, "It was the last time I saw him."
While the Menendez Brothers practically begged to be taken to the same correctional facility, this didn't happen.
In 1996, Lyle served his time in Mule Creek State Prison in Northern California.
His brother Erik had been transferred countless times to various institutions before landing in Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in Southern California in 2013. But is it possible these two reunited?
The Brothers Reunite, 21 Years Later After Convictions
Lyle continuously fought to be transferred to San Diego prison where Erik was.
Lyle stated in their Netflix documentary that he missed his brother, "I feared that I could not protest him. I just felt no peace. Like a part of me was just across the state. I fought for decades to be reunited with my brother."
By April 2018, their wish had been granted.
"I felt like it was finally a chance to heal," Lyle said in the documentary, adding how he felt overwhelming joy in getting to see and hug his brother again, "And I was starting on that day."
As Lyle shared recently, "I see him every day and we talk and we are very close. It took 21 years."
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