Siara Mia Perez

9-3
November 2, 2021
Task #1
Select a topic:
1) What is the story of the Body on Somerton Beach?
2) What did the Menendez Brothers do?
3) Why is everyone so sensitive nowadays?

November 3, 2021
Task #2
Narrow your focus?

They killed their parents They killed their parents

because of their because they were
inheritance. sexually assaulted by
them.

The defense said that

the prime motive of
The prosecution What did the Menendez killing their parents was
accused the brothers Brothers do? the sexual abuse these
of committing the
young men suffered at
murders at their
their father’s hands.
Beverly Hills home
and argued they
were motivated by a
desire for control of They killed their
their parents They killed their parents parents because they
reported 14.5 million because they were being hated them.
estates. held hostage.

Their father obligated them to do

things in and outside of school that
Their father did not let them go
they did not want to do and perform
out because of what he was doing
oral sex.
to them, and they got tired of it.
November 4, 2021
Task #3
Think of your audience and the purpose of your paper.
Audience: Judges and Lawyers
Purpose: To prove what they did and what happened in the trial.

November 5, 2021
Task #4
Locate Primary and Secondary sources
Primary source: The Private Diary of Lyle Menendez
Secondary sources:
1) Dangremond, S. (2017) How Much are the Menendez Brothers Worth Today?
Town&Country. Retrieved from https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-
and-power/a13403176/menendez-brothers-net-worth/
2) Nelson, A. (2021) What happened to the Menendez Brothers? Case explained, where are
they now – and what Erik and Lyle do. NationalWorld. Retrieved from
https://www.nationalworld.com/lifestyle/tech/what-happened-to-the-menendez-brothers-
case-explained-where-are-they-now-and-what-did-erik-and-lyle-do-3239208

November 8, 2021

Task #5

Create an outline

Introduction:
I. Who are the Menendez Brothers?
II. Tease what they did.
Early theories:
I. Theories of what they did and why
1. They killed them for the inheritance
2. They killed them because of sexual abuse
3. They killed them because they hated them and feared him
4. They killed them because they were being held hostage
II. What did they do?
III. Why did they do it?
Modern Ideas:
I. What happened at the moment of the murder?
II. What were they experiencing the moment of the murderer? (Book)
III. How did they get caught?
IV. What happened in the trial, and did they win?

Conclusion
I. Where are they right now?
II. Did they really deserve to go to jail?