SEEMINGLY NORMAL IMAGE WITH DISTURBING BACKSTORY
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SEEMINGLY NORMAL IMAGE WITH DISTURBING BACKSTORY This is a 1990-91 NBA Trading Card of basketball player Mark Jackson. In the background, you can see Menendez Brothers, who brutally murdered their parents. The photo for the trading card had been taken after they committed the crime, but before they were caught. On August 20, 1989, Lyle and Erik Menendez walked into the den of their parents’ Beverly Hills home with a Mossberg 12-gauge shotgun. José and Kitty Menendez were sitting on the couch. José was shot in the back of his head. Awakened by the shots, Kitty Menendez got up from the couch and ran toward the hallway. She was shot in the leg, which caused her to slip on her own blood and fall. She was then shot several times in the chest, arm, and face, rendering her unrecognizable. Both the parents were also shot in the kneecaps to make it look like they had been murdered in connection with an organized crime. Later that night, Lyle Menendez called 911 and screamed “Someone killed my p...