Chapter 87 Section 9

By the end of 1989, the Monardez brothers had spent more than $1 million. Chief Detective Les Zoyler of the Pavillon Hills Police Department and his partner Tim Linham are in trouble.Since the murders of Hosse and Katie on August 20, little progress has been made in the case.There are no suspects, no witnesses, no murder weapon, no motive, and no on-site forensic evidence such as fingerprints, hair, DNA, footprints, etc.This seems undoubtedly a "perfect murder". They had visited José Monadez's colleagues, acquaintances and friends before his death. Apart from hearing all kinds of rumors about José's violent temper and domineering style, it was really difficult to identify one or several suspects from these complainers.In other words, everyone may become a suspect, but this possibility is not that great.

It wasn't Lyle and Eric's "crazy spending" that really caught the police's attention on the Monardez brothers, although the detectives felt that this kind of unrestrained spending was very abnormal. Nor was it the words Peter Ware, a longtime Calabetha friend of the Monardezes's, told investigators: "I can't make any case, but I suspect those two kids did it." A friend of Lyle's, Glenn Stevens, told police he had heard Lyle talk to someone on the phone about how he had erased all the files stored on Katie's computer, and two more were called in to be on the safe side. Computer engineers to ensure that those destroyed files will not be restored and recalled.

In fact, Jose Monadez told some relatives about his idea of ​​amending his will.Not long after the incident, Lyall heard from a relative in Princeton that Hosse's new will was stored on a computer in the Monadez's bedroom, and the relatives discussed asking an expert to retrieve the new will.Lyle learned that the will had just been amended before Jose and Katie were murdered, and it had not yet been notarized by a lawyer, so it had no legal effect.But if the police obtained a warrant and their experts decrypted the computer, the consequences would be disastrous. Lyle immediately decided to fly back to Los Angeles alone.Before leaving, he told his bodyguard Richard Winskowski that he had some urgent business to deal with and would be back in two days. On August 31, Lyle destroyed the amended will and all the files on the computer before his relatives, and then randomly picked a computer consulting company from the "Phone Yellow Pages" and told them that they were going to sell the computer. No personal documents are expected to fall into the hands of the buyer.Lyle also specifically asked two engineers sent by the company to search the computer for entries for "Lyle, Eric, and the will." "Will" in English is "Will", which can also be used as a person's name. It is translated into "Will" in Chinese, which is a nickname for "William".So the computer engineers thought that all Lyle wanted them to look up was three names, "Lyle, Eric, and Will."The experts finally told Lyle that there were no files left on the computer that could possibly be repaired.Lyle wrote a $150 check to the computer company and returned to New Jersey the next day to meet his bodyguards.

However, Lyall made a very stupid mistake here.Due to a momentary obsession with money, what he handed to the computer engineers was a fake check.Glenn Stevens overheard those conversations when the accountant from the computer consulting firm kept calling Lyle after receiving the bank's bounced notice. It was also because of this trip to Los Angeles that bodyguard Richard Winskowski began to wonder if Lyle was really being hunted down by a group of California gangsters, as he said.Perhaps Lyle sensed Richard's distrust of him, or perhaps he felt the inconvenience caused by his personal bodyguards. Three days later, Lyle fired Richard Winskowski.Needless to say, the bodyguard later also became a police witness.

What Glenn Stevens provided made the police realize that they themselves had made an unforgivable mistake.But now that all the files have been erased, all they can do now is to make up for it. Fortunately, they finally have a main direction to attack.Investigators intensified their efforts to investigate the Monadez brothers, interviewing them twice in three days, and began interviewing everyone who had contact with Lyle and Eric.Because Eric is relatively fragile and immature, and Lyle is often not in Los Angeles, the police decided to open the gap with Eric first. On October 24, Les Zoel went to talk to Eric at the Monadets home in the Pavillon Hills. He mentioned that he had heard from friends of the brothers that there was a dispute between Lyle and Eric. Small conflict, because Eric thinks that Lyle spends too much money and is "becoming more and more authoritarian like his father".Friends also said Lyall was trying to get Eric's money away.

Eric had managed to maintain his composure during the conversation with Les Zoyler, but his heart was about to collapse.After the detectives had left, he picked up the phone and spoke to Lyle in Princeton, who desperately needed someone to confide in.Lyle is not there.Eric called their psychiatrist, Dr. Jiromi Ozer. On October 31, All Souls' Day, Eric went to Dr. Ozer's clinic as scheduled.He told the doctor that in the past two months, he had experienced a low tide that he had never experienced in his life. He was depressed, confused and confused, and became suspicious and nervous, and was often awakened by his own nightmares at night.He asked the doctor to accompany him for a walk outside.

The two walked under rows of tall and elegant palm trees in the Bavillie Villa.As usual, Dr. Ozer encouraged Eric to pour out all the unhappiness and depression in his heart.As they approached the clinic again, Eric stopped, and so did Diromi Ozer.Eric leaned on a coin box in a parking space and said, "We did it. We killed the parents." Back at the office, Dr. Ozer called and asked Lyle to come see him immediately.While they waited for Lyle, Eric revealed the secret that he and Lyle had kept for two months. Eric said the incident first started on July 30 and 31, 1989, three weeks before the murders.A TV series "Billionaire Boys Club" (Billionaire Boys Club, abbreviated as BBC) adapted from the true story that happened in Bavillie Hills was broadcast on TV. The BBC was originally a fraternity investment and social club.Its founder, John Hunter, gathered a group of wealthy children to speculate in stocks and futures, and take out food, drink and entertainment.After the stock market failed, in order to get more money to fill in the loopholes, this gang of wealthy young men who had no fear did not hesitate to kill people to get money.A son-in-law named Resha Elamini even conspired with the BBC to kill his own father.When it was finally seized by the police, the BBC had owed $900,000 in debt and two lives.Jo Hunter and Resha Elamini were each sentenced to life in prison.Raisa Elamini's younger brother was a classmate of Eric's at Pavillier Hills High School.