The Real Reason the Menendez Brothers Killed FBI Insider Speaks Out-WEEK IN REVIEW
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🗓️ 8 March 2025
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Killers Week in review. |
| 0:02.4 | I look back at the most prolific stories of the week. |
| 0:06.3 | This is Hidden Killers with Tony Bruske. |
| 0:10.5 | For over 35 years now, the Menendez brothers have sat behind bars for the brutal |
| 0:17.1 | 1989 murders of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez. |
| 0:21.0 | But despite decades of legal battles, appeals, and renewed push for resentencing, |
| 0:25.9 | one question remains, did they kill for money? |
| 0:29.6 | Or was it a desperate escape from a life of abuse? |
| 0:33.6 | Today, we're breaking down the psychological side of the case with someone who knows how to separate a motion from hard evidence, retired FBI special agent Jennifer Coffin Dafer. |
| 0:44.1 | Jennifer, I know we've talked about this case before and if I'm right, you can correct me if I'm wrong, but from my memory, I think you believe that the prosecution got it right, |
| 0:54.3 | and Lyle and Eric pulled the trigger for dollar signs, rather than because of the abuse. |
| 1:00.0 | But let's say for a moment, their father was the monster that they described. |
| 1:03.9 | If you take a lifetime of psychological trauma, mix in the promise of total freedom, both from abuse and financial struggle. |
| 1:12.5 | Don't we end up kind of with a weird cocktail of motives that's a little more complicated |
| 1:15.8 | than just greed alone? |
| 1:20.0 | Well, certainly, yes. |
| 1:21.7 | But Tony, my issue with that case has always been that position that they were sexually abused |
| 1:29.0 | was story number five |
| 1:31.0 | three, four, and five |
| 1:33.1 | it started entering in |
| 1:34.8 | various modes, right? The first |
| 1:37.1 | story was, from the boys, |
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