
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, March 12, 1990                   TAG: 9003122801
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF.                                LENGTH: Short

SLAIN MILLIONAIRES' SON SURRENDERS TO POLICE

The second of two sons charged with killing their millionaire parents at the family's mansion here quietly surrendered Sunday to waiting police at Los Angeles International Airport.

Erik Menendez, 19, had arranged through his attorney to turn himself over to detectives, said Beverly Hills Police Lt. Bob Curtis. He had been playing in a tennis tournament in Israel.

"It was a very low-key thing," said Curtis. "They met him at the airport and arrested him for the murder of his parents. . . . I don't even know how many people noticed what was going on."

Menendez and his brother, Lyle, are heirs to the $14 million estate of Jose Menendez, 45, an executive of a Hollywood video distribution company, Live Entertainment Inc.

Menendez and his wife, Mary Louise "Kitty" Menendez, 44, were shot to death Aug. 20 in their $5 million mansion. The sons reported finding the bodies on returning from a night on the town.

- Associated Press

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