Chilling 911 call Menendez brothers made pretending to find their parents dead just moments after killing them
Topics: Menendez Brothers, Netflix, True Crime, Crime
Britt Jones
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Topics: Menendez Brothers, Netflix, True Crime, Crime
Police audio from the moment the Menendez brothers called to report their parents as dead has rocked the public, in light of a new TV show about the siblings.
The Menendez murders rocked a nation in the 80s, after Kyle, 22 at the time, and Erik, 19 at the time, were found to have murdered their parents in cold blood.
The pair, who are now 56 and 54, were jailed for the 1989 murders, and charged with shooting their parents in their Beverly Hills home.
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In the clip, they can be heard speaking to an operator about the scene they supposedly walked into.
The brothers have recently been depicted in a Ryan Murphy drama which can be streamed on Netflix, which even Erik has hit out against for its ‘inaccuracies’.
The show, called Monsters, shows the pair’s life as they navigate the moments leading up to killing their parents, as well as the trial the soon followed and the immense media presence.
The Menendez Brothers documentary, which will air on the same platform on October 7, will be a chance for the siblings to clarify their side of the story, decades after the murders.
From their point of view, and what they said during the trial, Jose, 45, and Kitty, 47, had been abusing them.
Their father had been sexually abusing them since childhood, and their mother knew about it.
But what some people have found difficult to wrap their heads around is what happened immediately after the men killed their parents.
During the audio call to police, the brothers frantically described walking in on a gruesome scene.
The call operator was concerned when they asked 'what's the problem' as screams on the other end of the line can be heard.
Lyle then said: “Yes, please, ah.... We're the sons of- someone killed my parents."
Erik can then be heard wailing in the background.
The call handler then asks: “What, by who? Are they still there?”
Lyle then said, "yes", before then backtracking with a "No, no. No.”
There then seemed to be some conflict between the brothers when Lyle shouts, "Erik, man, don't."
Between Lyle shouting for his brother, who the court heard was in another room, and the call handler trying to get to the bottom of what was going on, the clip is distressing to say the least.
At one point, the handler can be heard telling someone that "we have a hysterical person", before asking who shot Jose and Kitty.
Lyle responded, "I don't know, I just got- came home" before screaming "Erik, get away from them'."
When asked if Erik could be put on the phone, the older brother said he was ‘hysterical’.
Finally, the handler confirmed that an ambulance was on its way to their home and Lyle ended the call with: “Okay I gotta go.”
Their call was picked apart during the trial, and Lyle was asked he his crying in the call was 'real crying'.
He admitted that it was, and it was due to his jumble of emotions in that moment.
He said: “My parents were dead and I was just about to call the police. It's really hard to describe the weekend and the stress and fear and nervousness.”
The Ryan Murphy series has received flack for its depiction of the brothers, particularly because some viewers have claimed that it isn't accurate and portrays the brothers poorly.