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Erik and Lyle Menendez Were Surprised They Weren’t Immediate Suspects in Parents’ Murders
More than three decades after the brutal murder of their parents, Kitty and Jose Menendez, Erik and Lyle open up about the aftermath, saying they were shocked to not immediately be considered suspects. “The gunpowder residue was all over our hands … There were gun shells in my car,” Erik,...
Parole rescinded for former LA police detective convicted of killing her ex-boyfriend’s wife in 1986
A chance for parole was rescinded Wednesday for a former Los Angeles police detective serving a sentence of 27 years to life in the cold-case killing of her ex-boyfriend’s wife in 1986.Stephanie Lazarus was convicted in 2012 of killing Sherri Rasmussen, a 29-year-old nurse who was bludgeoned and shot to death in the condo she shared with her husband of three months, John Ruetten. She wasn't arrested until 2009.The state Board of Parole Hearings heard arguments from lawyers on both sides during a hearing Wednesday that lasted about 90 minutes. The three commissioners then met privately and returned...
Ex-cop kidnapped vulnerable teen girl, fed her meth and molested her in sick plot: prosecutors
A retired Los Angeles County deputy sheriff and his nephew allegedly kidnapped a vulnerable 14-year-old girl, doped her up with methamphetamine and sexually molested her, prosecutors said Wednesday. Former lawman Benny Vincente Caluya, 68, and his 49-year-old nephew, Clifford Leimana Abihai, are accused of plucking the teenager off the streets as she walked alone in the city of Lancaster on Aug. 27 or 28, the county District Attorney’s Office said in a press release. Prosecutors said the girl was then given meth and taken to Caluya’s Lancaster home, where the onetime deputy allegedly molested the youngster. “It is particularly egregious that...