Chapter 85 Section 7

Eric told Sergeant Edmund that they smelled a strong smell of gunpowder as soon as they entered the house.Les Zoyler later repeatedly questioned the policemen who entered the scene at the earliest on this point.No one mentioned smoke in the house, and no one smelled gunpowder. Eric said that after Lyle called the police, he made another call to their tennis coach, Mark Hoffernan.Mark Hoffman, who lives in Santa Monica, said on the phone that he would be at the Monadets' house as soon as possible. Lyle also told Sergeant Thomas Edmund that Katie, the mother, was often neurotic and would knock the door behind her when she went to bed at night. "In the first year or two after moving to Los Angeles, she seemed to be in a bad mood, almost on the verge of collapse, and suicidal." In fact, the police learned later in the investigation that Mrs. Monadez had indeed had An overdose of pills had attempted suicide once, but that had been more than two years ago in Princeton, when Katie had discovered José's affair with Lois.

Thomas Edmund asked Lyall and Eric if they knew, or could have imagined, that anyone who had had such a vendetta against their parents could have done so to the Monadezes.The brothers said it might be a rival in the store, or someone in the company he had offended.But Lyall thinks "it's more likely the gang," which surprised Sergeant Edmund. It was 2:18 a.m. when the conversation ended, and Mark Hoffernan took the Monardez brothers back to his home in Santa Monica for a temporary stay.Because the police did not suspect Lyle and Eric at the time, they were never subjected to the standard test for "ammunition residue."The test uses laser light to detect whether a person has recently fired a firearm, such as a pistol, by applying a special chemical reagent to the palm of the person involved.

Early the next morning, Lyle went home to fetch a tennis racket, but was rejected by Les Zoyler.Later the brothers came together again.An officer allowed them to take tennis rackets and other items from Eric's Ford sedan. Relatives of the Monadez and Anderson families arrived in Los Angeles one after another to attend the funerals of Jose and Katie.Although the house of the Monardez family is monitored by a private security system, Livi Entertainment still considers safety and agrees that Lyle and Eric can choose a hotel to stay temporarily, and all expenses will be borne by the company.At that time, Livi Entertainment had already arranged for José and Katie's relatives and friends to stay at the Bellaci Hotel in Bavillie Hills, a luxury hotel frequented by celebrities. The top floor of the ultra-luxury Belair Hotel.Five days later, when Lyle and Eric moved into another luxury hotel for safety reasons, the Belair Hotel sent Livi Entertainment an $8,800 bill, including $2,000 for room service. .After that, the two brothers changed every few days and lived in all the high-end hotels in Los Angeles.They told friends it was a safety measure because their parents' killers or gangsters might still be after them.

The Monardez brothers soon received $650,000 in total from Hosse's personal life insurance.The business was pitched to him by his sister Marta Kano many years ago, and she persuaded him to raise the insurance level from $300,000 to $650,000.After the Monadez couple's accident, Mrs. Cannon cashed out the money almost at "lightning speed", and the two nephews each received $325,000 in compensation. On the third day after the murder, Lyle and Eric go shopping in the Century City Center.They first added a $1,500 blazer to each, then spent $15,000 on three Rolex watches and other jewelry at a jewelry store.To this end, they had a fierce dispute with their uncle Carlos Barat.Carlos Barrat is the husband of José's sister Terry. 29 years ago, 16-year-old José fled from Cuba to the United States with him, and the two have become life-and-death friends ever since.After José Monadez made his fortune, he appointed Carlos as his property manager, so it stands to reason that Carlos Barat had the right to supervise and control the Monadez brothers in terms of money.In fact, Carlos never thought that without Jose, he would not be able to control these two dudes at all.He never thought that the trip of the brothers to Century City was just the beginning of their "spending spree".

August 25 was the day of the funeral for José and Katie Monadez, but their sons were still thinking about shopping.When it came time for the funeral, all the guests gathered at the Kilt Building on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, but the immediate family of the deceased, Lyle and Eric Monadez, arrived more than an hour late. The reason was that they adjusted a lock of Lyle's wig at a wig maker.Lyle started to go bald when he was 14, and his father, José, told him he would look better with a wig. Three days later, on August 28, former colleagues and acquaintances and neighbors of the Monardezes in New Jersey held a simple and traditional memorial service for their deceased friend in the Princeton University Chapel.During Lyle's roughly 30-minute speech, he read to the attendees a letter his father once wrote him:

dear son: Thank you so much for your very touching letter.As you said in your letter, the most important part of my life is family, and I hope it will be the most important part of your life too.I just can't put into words how much I look forward to being able to talk to my dad again...I miss him so much. ………… As I have said to you before, you and I are the heirs of a huge and special wealth, and we must have a sense of responsibility and dedication beyond ordinary people.I know you sometimes worry about your future, but I trust you and Eric 100%.I never had any doubts about your future, or your future place in this country.

I hope that as you enjoy life and work to the fullest, and the great wealth you have inherited, you will keep thinking of your family, your country, and its fellow citizens.I have no doubt that you and Eric will be extraordinary people...I have no doubt that you will!