Contents
Part I: Murder in Beverly Hills
Chapter 1: Nightmare on Elm Drive
Chapter 2: No Suspect(s). No Weapon(s).
Chapter 3: Living in Fear-Hollywood and the Mob
Chapter 4: A Family Mourns
Chapter 5: The Investigation Begins
Chapter 6: Millionaire Orphans
Chapter 7: Who Killed the Next Senator from Florida?
Part II: The Parents: Jose and Kitty
Chapter 8: The Menendezes of Havana
Chapter 9: True Love
Chapter 10: The American Dream
Part III: "The Boys": Erik and Lyle
Chapter 11: A Close-Knit Family?
Chapter 12: Growing Up Menendez
Chapter 13: Hertz Man
Part IV: California Dreaming
Chapter 14: Inconvenient Women
Chapter 15: Troubled Sons
Chapter 16: Kitty's World
Chapter 17: Friends
Chapter 18: Princeton
Chapter 19: Exposed Secrets
Chapter 20: Choices and Fears
Chapter 21: Kill or Be Killed
Chapter 22: What Have We Done?
Part V: Jerry and Judalon
Chapter 23: A Fateful Meeting
Chapter 24: The Confession
Chapter 25: November 2, 1989
Chapter 26: "Don't Go to the Cops!"
Part VI: Closing In
Chapter 27: One Night in Malibu
Chapter 28: The Oziels-She Held Us Hostage
Chapter 29: The Informant-Judalon Smyth
Chapter 30: The BHPD Search Warrant
Part VII: Who Knows What Goes On Within a Family?
Chapter 31: The Arrest-Inside the Beverly Hills Bunker
Chapter 32: First-Degree Murder
Chapter 33: Unanswered Questions
Part VIII: Trial by Media
Chapter 34: The Escape Attempt
Chapter 35: Judalon Goes Public
Chapter 36: "Now We Can't Succeed"
Part IX: Trial By Two Juries
Chapter 37: Showtime-Opening Statements
Chapter 38: The Prosecution-Guiltier than Sin?
Chapter 39: I Don't Recall-Donovan Goodreau
Chapter 40: Trial Within a Trial-Dr. Leon Jerome Oziel
Chapter 41: The Prosecution Rests
Chapter 42: The Defense
Chapter 43: Sisters in Conflict
Chapter 44: A Compelling Witness
Chapter 45: Lyle's Cross Examination
Chapter 46: Strange Sins-Erik Testifies
Chapter 47: The Return of Donovan Goodreau
Chapter 48: The Therapy Experts
Chapter 49: More Family Secrets Revealed
Chapter 50: Privilege Denied-The "Therapy Tape"
Chapter 51: The Soap Opera of Judalon Smyth
Chapter 52: Don't Turn Away from the Pain
Chapter 53: Choose Your Victim
Chapter 54: Mistrials
Part X: Aftermath
Chapter 55: Erik, Lyle, and O.J.
Chapter 56: The Second Trial
Chapter 57: Defense on the Ropes
Chapter 58: The Verdicts-Life or Death?
Chapter 59: LWOP and a Wedding
Chapter 60: Erik and Andy Cano-The Letter
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
About the Author
