Lyle Menendez and Erik Menendez, collectively referred to as the Menendez brothers, are American brothers and convicted murderers who killed their parents, José and Kitty Menendez, at their Beverly Hills home in 1989. The defense argued that the brothers killed their parents out of fear their father would kill them after years of sexual, emotional, and physical abuse. Meanwhile, the prosecution claimed that the motive was to inherit their father's multimillion-dollar estate.

I’ve sure you’ve all seen SOMETHING on the Menendez brothers at this point. Let’s discuss what took place in 1989 and how biased I believe the system was - with sexual abuse against men at the time.

You know I have to chat about my blondest moment of the week, pre case.

https://www.encyclopedia.com/law/law-magazines/menendez-brothers-trials-1993-94-1995-96

https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/famous/menendez/trial_16.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyle_and_Erik_Menendez

https://innocenceproject.org/

Joining Katie this week, her childhood friend (might as well be a biological sibling at this point) Noah! Just a disclaimer: the mimosas were strong and the giggles relentless this week. Tara Lynn Grant (June 28th ,1972 − February 9th, 2007) was a married American woman, mother of two children - from Macomb County, Michigan, and a successful consultant at Washington Group International. She became nationally known as the victim of murder by her husband, Stephen Grant, in February 2007. Join us as we break down the details of this horrific case.

Felicia Gayle Picus was a former St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter who was found stabbed to death in her St. Louis, Missouri, home during the day on August 11, 1998. Felicia, 42 years old, was killed during a burglary in her gated community home. She was stabbed and cut 43 times with a butcher's knife taken from her kitchen.

Marcellus Williams, 55, was convicted of first-degree murder in 2001 in the death of Felicia Gayle. He has long claimed his innocence and is scheduled to be executed in less than one week - he asked the US Supreme Court on Wednesday for a stay of execution, arguing his due process rights were denied during the years long legal battle to save his life.

https://themip.org/clients/marcellus-williams/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Felicia_Gayle

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/marcellus-williams-execution-missouri-supreme-court-1235106803/

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTFjETne3/

On May 31, 2014, in Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States, two 12-year-old girls, Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser, lured their friend Payton Leutner into a wooded area of a local park and stabbed her 19 times to appease the fictional character Slender Man. WOAH - yeah you read that right, two 12-year-old girls! I could not believe this story when I first read the article on it. Was it premeditation or a severely disturbed mental health case?

Catching up on life and where I've been the last 8 months! 2024 has been life changing mentally for me, let's get into it. Let's talk: weddings, the craziness from the presidential debate, panic attacks and more. I missed you guys!

Links for case notes -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slender_Man_stabbing

https://www.biography.com/crime/a45191639/slender-man-stabbing-case-explained-and-updates

https://youtu.be/3dgwJxVQpLs?si=hHpuPOC3sbr0beWd