Les Zoeller Now?: During 1996, the only things being highlighted on all the new channels were the Menendez brothers’ case. On 20th Aug, 1989, Joseph Lyle and Erik Galen Menendez entered their house in Beverly Hill carrying shotguns and firing 6 times at their parents who were sleeping on the couch at the time. Their parents, Jose Enrique and Mary Jouise Kitty Andersen met each other while studying at Southern Illinois University and then got married in 1963 and moved to New York City, US.
After killing their parents on the night of 20th Aug, they acted as innocents and said it might be the Mafia who killed their parents. A few days after that, the younger brother, Erik Menendez started having killing memories of their parents in his dreams and couldn’t bear the mental pressure of it so he approached to his therapist, Dr Oziel.
While having therapy sessions, he confessed to the killing of his parents and Dr Oziel was recording all the sessions for his safety. Later, the police found out about the audio recordings of the confession sessions and took Lyle and Erik into custody.
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When this entire incident came into the news, the whole of America was shocked. This was the extent of crime in American history. Joseph Lyle Menendez, born in Jan 10th 1968 and Erik Galen Menendez, born in Nov 27th, 1970 who got famous as ‘the Menendez brothers’ killed their parents when they were just 21 and 18 years old.
Who was the defence lawyer and prosecutor of Menendez’s brother’s case?
When the Menendez brothers’ murder trial started, it was a national sensation. The courtroom trail was being broadcasted to all. Leslie Abramson was the defence lawyer for the Menendez brothers and they both claimed that they were sexu@lly abused by their father, Jose Menendez.
The prosecutor, Pamela Bozanich and Lester Kuriyama alleged that the killings were done by the motive of greed and to inherit the property their parents had worth $14.5 million.
Who was Detective in Charge of the Menendez Brothers’ case?
The real life person who was the detective in charge of the Beverly Hills’ Menendez brothers case was Les Zoeller. Zoeller has given many years of his life, serving in the Beverly Hills Police Department. He has a great history of cases including Lyle and Erik Menendez case, the Van Cleef and Arpels robbery murder case, and the Billionaire Boys Club. He was the prime detective investigating the murder of the Menendez brothers’ parent, Jose and Kitty Menendez.
Detective Zoeller was married to Lisa and had two children, Ashley and Kyle. On 9th July, he suffered a major stroke which sent him into a coma, and on 4th Aug, he died.
While he was working on the Menendez brothers’ case, he was already known for his honest and utmost integrity who always wanted to provide justice to the victims. Being the prime investigator of the homicide killing of Jose and Kitty which happened on North Elm Drive in Beverly Hills, he told the media that he suspected the brothers since the beginning but it took 7 years to prove their crime.
Who played the Detective in Netflix’s show?
In the Netflix series, ‘Monsters: Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’, the role of detective in charge of the Menendez Brothers’ case is played by Jason Thomas Butler Harner. Jason Butler is an American actor who has performed in many films, Tv series , audiobook and theater and is commonly known for his role in an American crime drama TV series, Ozark where he played as an FBI Special Agent Roy Petty.
