Chapter 92 Section 14

Each of the 1,100 initial jury candidates was asked to fill out a 122-question questionnaire, 15 of which were about child abuse and domestic violence.The final two juries each had 12 jurors and 6 alternate jurors.Lyle's jury consisted of seven men and five women, with an average age of 42.Eric's is eight boys and four girls, with an average age of 46. On July 20, 1993, the case officially opened for trial.Only three female family members sat in the seats for the relatives of the accused, José's mother, Maria Monadez, and her two older sisters, Marta Kano and Teri Bharat.None of the Andersons were in court, unwilling to hear harsh words about their deceased relatives.

Compared with three years ago, the Monadez brothers are obviously thinner and more mature.They are plainly dressed and sophisticated.Lyle jokingly said that the only thing left to him by the luxury and scenery of the year is the wig. The prosecutor in charge of prosecuting Lyle Monadez is still Pame Berjanich, and she has a new Japanese partner, Lester Culiama, who is prosecuting Eric Monadez . In the opening speech of the prosecutor's lawyer, Pam Bojanich first described the shocking murder scene and the several gunshot wounds on the two victims.Next, there is the "crazy consumption" of the "pearls like earth and gold like iron" of the Monadez brothers: Rolex watches, BMW sports cars, high-end apartments, as well as Lyle's restaurants and Eric's tennis coach.Palme reminded the jurors that since Lyle and Eric were able to lie to the police over and over again after the murder, and hired private bodyguards to cover them up, it was entirely possible that they would perjure themselves on other issues as well. Such as being abused by parents.

At the beginning of the statement, Jill Lanson, the defendant's attorney representing Lyle, admitted that Hosse and Katie Monadez were indeed killed by their sons, "We do not deny this. At the trial of this case The only thing you should pay attention to is why all this happened." "The two defendants killed because they were afraid of being killed by others." Jier spent a long time introducing Lyall and Ari to the jury. Ke's affluent life from childhood to adulthood is intended to show that money is by no means their motive for killing people.The direct cause of this murder was that the ugly secret under the cover of this "perfect family" was about to be revealed.

Jill Lanson said: "A few days before the murder, Eric told his brother that their father had been molesting and abusing him for 12 years." Hosse also molested him when he was 6 to 8 years old."Lyle found Husse and told him that "the harassment and abuse must stop immediately", otherwise he will leave the house with his brother. According to Jill's statement in the speech, Hosse immediately told Lyle that "he has the right to do to his sons whatever he wants, and no one should threaten him."Hosse also "clearly told Lyle that family secrets can only be confined within the family, and that all those who try to blackmail him with this must disappear from this world."

Jill Lanson said Jose Monadez's blatant physical threats made the brothers realize they should have weapons for self-defense.Lyle and Eric went to some stores in Los Angeles first, but the Los Angeles area required a two-week "buffer period" for gun purchases to calm the excitement of some people's anger.Believing their danger was imminent, the Monardez brothers drove to San Diego to purchase two rifles using Donovan Gudry's driver's license and a false address. Jill Lanson said that because they were ashamed to speak out, the brothers never mentioned the harassment and abuse that took place in the family to "outsiders". The relative, the relative, told the lawyers instead.

Then, the prosecutors and defenders prosecuting and representing Eric Monadez spoke. Lester Culiama told Eric's jury that the prosecution's witness, Dr. Jiromi Ozer, will testify in court that Eric told him that his father José was a very strict "He often accuses and interferes with Eric's actions, so that Eric will never feel able to hold his head up in front of him."Eric also said to Dr. Ozer that he guessed that his father had deprived him of his property inheritance rights. Eric bluntly said that "this is another reason to kill Hosse."Eric once confided his biggest secret—murder—to his psychiatrist Dr. Ozzel and his friend Craig Signaroli, but never mentioned being abused and harassed.It wasn't until seven months after the murder that the family scandal suddenly emerged, when the brothers needed to defend themselves against their crimes.

Lester Kuliama finally pointed out that Lyle and Eric bought the murder weapon with stolen identity documents before committing the crime, deliberately forged the alibi evidence, and deceived the police with lies after committing the crime, and invited Computer experts destroy documents that may become physical evidence, such as wills.All these facts show that this case is a well-planned murder case. Eric's lawyer, Leslie Aranson, said in a statement that "everything Lyle did was to protect his brother" because Eric "is the real victim in the Monadez family."Leslie said that Eric did not reveal that he had been abused and harassed by his parents for a long time until he was in prison. "This approach may be suspicious, but it does not mean that it is not true."The reason Eric didn't tell Dr. Jiromi Ozer and Craig Signaroli about this was because he didn't trust them 100%.Lesley told the jury that when Eric testified, "he will explain to you why he killed his parents".

The media noted in comments the next day that Leslie Aranson did not say "he's going to tell you the truth". As for the brothers' mother, Katie Monadez, Jill Lanson told the Lyle jury: "She was killed because her children were afraid of her." Leslie Aranson said It is impossible for Lyle and Eric to seek "comfort and support from Katie, because Katie herself is psychologically dysfunctional, and what she inflicts on the brothers is more abuse—physical, emotional, and sexual" .