Lyle Menendez, then 28, married mannequin and salon receptionist Anna Eriksson on July 2, 1996, the day he and brother Erik Menendez had been sentenced to life in jail with out the potential for parole for the 1989 double homicide of their mother and father, Jose and Kitty Menendez.
Anna began writing to Lyle in 1993 throughout his first trial, which resulted in a mistrial, after which moved to California to be close to him the next 12 months. She grew to become a dependable presence on the months-long retrial that started in 1995 and resulted in convictions in March 1996, in line with the Los Angeles Times.
They could not take their vows in individual, nonetheless, Lyle as an alternative taking the plunge over speaker cellphone, the groom in custody and the bride within the workplace of protection lawyer Leslie Abramson.
He seemingly hoped to have the ability to wed Anna in individual, as soon as he knew the place he’d find yourself.
“We do have a wedding continuing,” California Correctional Establishment spokesman Lt. Jack Pitko informed the LA Occasions in September 1996 as soon as Lyle and Erik had been ordered to separate prisons. “There is a ready listing…However I do not see why he should not be capable of get married if he follows all the principles.”
Anna filed for divorce in 2001 after, in line with a number of experiences from the time, she allegedly came upon Lyle was exchanging letters with different ladies.