State parole officials had not yet publicly announced that Erik Menendez would remain behind bars, but word of the outcome was already spreading among his family members early Thursday evening.

Joseph Lyle Menendez (born ) and Erik Galen Menendez (born ), commonly referred to as the Menendez brothers, are American brothers convicted of killing their parents, José and Mary Louise "Kitty" Menendez, in their Beverly Hills home in 1989. Following the murders, Lyle and Erik claimed that unknown intruders were responsible for the murders, framing it as a ...

The Menendez brothers' hopes for freedom via the prison parole process were dashed when committees deemed them unfit to rejoin society, citing years of rule-breaking while behind bars. Erik ...

The Menendez brothers have suffered a new setback in their move to be released from prison after three decades as a judge on Tuesday denied their habeas corpus petition.

Judge denies Menendez brothers' petition for a new trial in latest ...

Bob Menendez is an American politician who was appointed as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate from New Jersey in 2006 and was elected to that body later that year. Menendez served until 2024, when he resigned after being found guilty of bribery and fraud. He previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1993–2006).

More than three decades after the crime that shocked the United States, the Menendez brothers’ case has returned to the center of public debate. The question resurfacing now is not only what happened in 1989, but where Lyle and Erik Menendez are today, what the courts have recently decided, and whether there is a real possibility of release.