Lyle Menendez biography: 13 things about New York City native

Joseph Lyle Menendez is a Cuban-American man born in New York City, New York, United States to Jose Enrique Menendez and Mary Louise “Kitty” Andersen Menendez. Jose was born in Havana, Cuba while Kitty was born in Oak Lawn, Illinois, USA.

Who is Lyle Menendez?

After Lyle was born, he and his parents moved to Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA. He and his younger brother Erik Galen Menendez attended Princeton Day School in Princeton.

Lyle is 6’1″ tall. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. On November 27, 1970, Erik was born in Blackwood, New Jersey, USA. According to him and Erik, they were molested by Jose when they were young. In 1984, Jose allegedly molested Roy Rosello, then 14, in New Jersey.
2. In 1983, he dated Stacey Feldman while they were attending the Princeton Day School. She broke up with him when she went off to college.
3. In 1986, he, Erik and their parents moved to Beverly Hills, California, USA. In 1987, he started dating Jamie Lee Pisarcik.
4. On August 20, 1989, he and Erik fatally shot their parents inside their residence in Beverly Hills.
5. On March 8, 1990, he was arrested. On March 11, 1990, Erik returned from Israel to Los Angeles, California and turned himself in.
6. In December 1992, he and Erik were charged with the murders of their parents.
7. On March 20, 1996, a jury in Los Angeles convicted him and Erik of first-degree murder in the slayings of their parents.
8. On July 2, 1996, he and Erik were ordered to serve life in prison without the possibility of parole. From July 2, 1996 to April 1, 2001, 2001, he was married to Anna Erikkson.
9. In November 2003, he married Rebecca Sneed at a ceremony in a maximum security visiting area of the Mule Creek State Prison in Ione, California.
10. In February 2018, he was moved from the Mule Creek State Prison to the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego County, California. On April 4, 2018, he was moved into the same housing unit as Erik.
11. In May 2023, he and Erik requested a new hearing by filing documents based on newly discovered evidence that allegedly proves that Jose had also molested Rosello.
12. On January 10, 2024, he turned 56.
13. On October 3, 2024, Los Angeles district attorney George Gascón announced that his office will review new evidence that he and Erik and were possibly molested. A hearing was scheduled for November 29, 2024.