Truth and Lies: The Menéndez Brothers — American Sons, American Murderers airs Thursday, Jan. 5 at 9 p.m.

FACT CHECK: Fisher-Price to Sell “Peaceful Protest” Playset. Erik’s two date back to 2002 (left) and 2000 (right), while Lyle’s is from 2003. A quick Google search reveals a slew of pictures from around the time of the crimes, when Lyle was 21 and Erik was 18.
Joseph Lyle Menendez was born on January 10, 1968 in New York City to José and Kitty Menendez. Lyle Menendez’s Age and Early Life . Before O.J. All rights reserved.

Where is Lyle Menendez now?

When Erik and Lyle Menendez were convicted of murdering their parents in 1996, they were sent to different prisons 500 miles apart and never saw each other face to face until now.

Mounting interest in true crime cases like Steven Avery's (Making A Murderer), O.J. In the summer of 1989, two affluent California brothers gripped the nation’s headlines when they murdered their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion. They moved from New jersey to Los Angeles, where they lived in a Mediterranean home in Calabasas that was rented out to stars such as Prince and Elton John. I’m at peace with it because I’ve just sort of accepted [that] it’s OK not to understand.”. Then when they returned home, Lyle infamously called the police to report the crime (though leaving out the fact that they were the ones who had committed it).
Many will recognize this story as that of the Menendez brothers, who shot their parents and, after a lengthy, much-publicized trial, were later sentenced to lives in prison without the possibility of parole. Your life is your totality of it.… You can’t change it.

Are the brothers still close? Both Lyle and Erik’s performance as grieving kids was so convincing (Erik was in the fetal position crying) that the police didn’t bother to test them for gun shot residue. But what many people may not know is that the police were negligent by breaking protocol.

Throw in the portrayal of Lyle and Erik Menendez — the telegenic brothers who massacred their parents and soothed their grief with shopping sprees — and it definitely merits one hour every Tuesday (10 p.m. EST on NBC) for the next seven weeks. In fact, that's the alibi Lyle and Erik first used when questioned about the murders. Lyle and Erik Menendez, the two brothers convicted of murdering their mother and father, Kitty and Jose Menendez, in their Beverly Hills mansion in 1989, are now housed in the same California prison. His second wife is Rebecca Sneed, a magazine editor from Sacramento, whom he married in 2003. The two brothers grew up in a life of privilege since their father was a very successful entertainment executive. According to ABC News, in 1999, Erik married longtime pen pal Tammi Menendez (neé Saccoman), who self-published a book about their unconventional relationship, They Said We’d Never Make It: My Life With Erik Menéndez, in 2005. The brothers, who were 21 and 18 at the time, said they were out for a night at the cinema, while their parents stayed in to watch a movie themselves. He and Erik are in different prisons and haven’t spoken to each other in years, but they do exchange letters. Many are wondering where Lyle is today, after what he and his brother did to their parents. And while the claims were never able to be proven, this defense led to a deadlocked jury and a retrial. Both siblings alleged they had suffered years of abuse at the hands of their parents, and claimed their father had sexually assaulted them for years. Lyle Menendez was born to a Cuban-American business executive, Jose Menendez, and a schoolteacher, Kitty Menendez. Meet Her Siblings, Husband, and Daughter. has re-shone the spotlight on the Menendez brothers, and they’ve recently spoken out in the press.

FACT CHECK: Kwik Trip Launches “Kwik Strip” Gentlemen’s Clubs, FACT CHECK: Burisma Admitted to Paying Bribe to Joe Biden. After murdering them —for which they claimed self-defense (although the jury thought money was the motive)– they called the police. The brothers purposely left the scene of the crime and went to the movie theater. Lyle, too, has been married: from 1996 to 2001 to former model Anna Ericksson, and from 2003 and onwards to magazine editor Rebecca Sneed, according to ABC News. As they continue to serve their sentence many may find themselves wondering how old are the Menendez Brothers now? On June 11, Lifetime is premiering a TV movie titled Menendez: Blood Brothers, and Younger star Nico Tortorella will play Lyle.

That’s what’s on everyone’s minds before they consider watching Lifetime’s Menendez: Blood Brothers on June 11. Simpson's (American Crime Story: The People V. O.J. When they were only 21 and 18 years old, respectively, brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez murdered their parents, Jose and Kitty, on Aug. 20, 1989. Erik recently sat down with People in September 2016 for his first face-to-face interview since his conviction, discussing falling in love with Tammi, coming to terms with his crimes, and what he’s learned in the years since. Arguing that years of parental abuse led the brothers to kill their parents, the defense claimed the photo showed Jose Menendez’s hand in an inappropriate position in Lyle’s lap. They are both serving life sentences behind bars, without the possibility of parole. Simpson’s was the most famous celebrity trial in history, there was the trial of the Menendez brothers; another case of Hollywood’s elite being charged with murder and being infamous by the media for it. If you want all the details, then get a closer look with our Lyle Menendez wiki. Hispanic Heritage Month: Top 10 Up-and-Coming Latin American Entertainers.