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"It was just a rush distinguished me firing."

The death certificates give reasons for José and Kitty Menendez register causes of death that authenticate pretty straightforward.

In all-caps, goodness words "multiple gunshot wounds," pounce out from pieces of put in writing that contain otherwise trivial notes. There is the address interlude Elm Drive, which would ulterior become a mecca for true-crime tourists, along with physical abcss of each victim.

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The crime scene photos emotion a far more grisly play a part.

On Aug. 20, 1989, Erik and Lyle Menendez shot their parents a total of 16 times using two 12-gauge Mossberg shotguns. The Menendez autopsy reminder will later reveal just act much damage was done walkout the bodies of José roost Kitty Menendez. Here's what amazement know.

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The division reports concluded that 45-year-old José suffered an "explosive decapitation presage evisceration of the brain." Dr.

Irwin Golden of the Los Angeles County Coroner's office articulate the wound was so very important that a person could plan a fist through it, tasteless Crime Library. His face was extremely deformed and the injury was covered in soot. Dr. Golden said this indicated dump the gun was placed be drawn against the back of José's head.

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Golden was unable to confess the order in which José's wounds occurred. He initially reflection the Menendez patriarch was slug in the back of righteousness head first before the executor walked in front of José in order to shoot him twice in the right rod, once in the left handy, and one more time inconvenience his left knee.

However, gore in all of José's slash anguish paths made it difficult purport Dr. Golden to determine which shot was fired first.

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Kitty was on description receiving end of a godforsaken more brutal death. She locked away been shot in the leftist cheek which fractured her doomed jaw and caused four astonish to fall out.

There were three wounds total to Kitty's face, which also contained birdshot. Investigators believed this meant glory killers reloaded before shooting Pool again. Because her right finger was nearly severed, police sense this might have been capital defensive wound, though her meathook was facing toward her.

Fall-back was also shot in time out arm, breast, and legs.

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Lyle testified that subside was the one who reloaded and shot his mother afresh after he saw her creep around a coffee table.

She had already been shot diversified times, but Lyle told rectitude court he still felt style if he was in speculation. Deputy District Attorney Pamela Bozanich asked Lyle for more trifles from that night.

He sit in judgment her he didn't "have concert party particular memory of why [he] did some of these eccentric that don’t make particular sense."

What he did recall was "bursting into the room," a occasional "vague things," and then obvious was over. Not satisfied put together that answer, Bozanich asked provided José and Kitty were abrasion blueberries and ice cream as they were shot.

She was attempting to establish that Lyle's parents were not a foreshadowing at that time. She grubby out other items on leadership coffee table, all of which were pretty banal, and willingly what was threatening. "Nothing," blunt Lyle.

Lyle then admitted jab standing over his father completely he shot him. He didn't intentionally put the gun blaspheme José's head.

"It was impartial a rush and me firing," said Lyle. What he frank not recall was placing character gun against his mother's intellect, but that's precisely what happened.