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Erik and Lyle Menendez were sentenced to life without parole on July 2, 1996 - 29 years ago today.

We'll have to agree to disagree about that.

I'm totally unclear as to how people are drawing the conclusion Burke delivered the head blow. Patsy is linked by her physical evidence to strangulation. John is linked by his physical evidence to SA. JBR's party pants, vest and boots are in a heap right inside her door. Her toilet contains...

I've actually found it to be easier to be a newcomer to true crime discussions because if anyone gets annoyed with me I can just use the excuse that I'm new here and don't know anything.

To answer the question of what it was that was wiped off of her; blood. Blood was still present at the time of the autopsy because she continued to bleed after she'd been wiped. Dead bodies don't bleed. She was wiped before she was strangled.

O.k., this discussion motivated me to do some research and this was all I could find. I was pretty sure there was some blood found on JBR's nightgown. This is snipped from Steve Thomas' 2001 deposition. Q. Was there any blood evidence found on that nightgown? A. Not that I'm aware of.

I don't recall Burke identifying the glass of tea. It's possible I forgot but I as far as I recall, in the portion of video made public, he's only shown the pineapple. According to Steve Thomas, a first responder said he remembered there being a larger container of pineapple in the fridge so I...

I think one adult could easily have overpowered three little boys. I can't think of anyone else with a credible motive.

It was Stevie Branch's stepdad, Terry Hobbs. DNA in a hair found in one of the shoelaces used to tie up the boys, matched the DNA of Hobbs. Stevie's younger half sister has come forward as an adult with the claim Hobbs sexually abused her. Another member of the family has said Stevie made...

They're going before a parole board at the end of August.

The fibers were sourced to John's black sweater made in Israel. John wore this sweater to the White's. In the crime-scene walk through you can see what looks like a black Hefty bag at the bottom of the staircase leading up to JBR's bedroom. This was said to have contained used clothing for the...

I don't believe the series of attacks was a group activity with all 3 surviving family members participating or that there is any evidence to suggest this.

I'm just going to address the point about John's fibers supposedly linking him only to wiping her down. This is inaccurate. It was the fibers identified as consistent with towel material that it was said were used to wipe the area. Those were the fibers referred to as "dark blue". That leaves...

The evidence is that John's fibers link him to sexual assault and Patsy's fibers link her to strangulation. How does BDI explain this?

I doubt a 4 yr. old did that by herself.

sexual assault

I've seen the point that Burke's clothing wasn't collected or tested floating around for years but does anyone have a source? I'm honestly asking, not trying to be difficult.

O.k. just putting this here for people wandering into the conversations: From the autopsy summary: "Small dark blue fibers, consistent with a cotton towel, were recovered from the vaginal area." So, to get to the Burke theory, we need to: A) believe the medical examiner is mistaken B)...

O.k., but just to clarify, to get to the theory that Burke is responsible for SA, we have to in addition to drawing the conclusion the Medical Examiner can't tell the difference between towel vs. pajama material, we also have to believe the area was wiped with Burke's pajamas since it was the...