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Who are the Menendez brothers' wives? As Los Angeles District Attorney petitions for their freedom after 35 years behind bars, a look at the women who married notorious double killers Lyle and Erik


Is time really the greatest healer? Jailed brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez might say yes, despite spending the last 35-years in prison.

Found guilty of brutally murdering parents José and Kitty Menendez in the living room of their affluent Beverly Hills home in 1989, the brothers have welcomed a remarkable change in fortune from the general public regarding the double slaying. That argument fell flat at their 1993 retrial with prosecutors successfully arguing that the murders were carried out for financial gain after the brothers went on a rampant $700,000 spending spree in the weeks after shooting their parents to death. Chilling crime scene photos showing the blood-soaked couch where José Menendez, a wealthy CEO with Vivid Entertainment, was shot in the back of the head at point blank range

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