Netflix’s Monsters reexamined Dominique Dunne ‘s brutal murder while exploring her father Dominick Dunne ‘s connection to the Menéndez brothers’ infamous case. During the seventh episode, which was released on Thursday, September 19, the audience learns about why writer Dominick Dunne ( Nathan Lane ) was personally affected by Lyle ( Nicholas Alexander Chavez ) and Erik Menéndez’s ( Cooper Koch ) murdering their parents. “My ex-wife and I had two daughters before Dominique, but they both died in infancy.
That made Dominique our miracle daughter — our angel. We always assumed she would bury us. That’s the way it is supposed to be,” the fictional Dominick explained as footage of his daughter being taken off life support was shown.
“I was convinced that would be the most difficult moment of the entire ordeal and our entire lives. But I was wrong. Far worse was watching the trial of [her murderer] John Sweeney and how the defense tried to make him out to be the victim.
” Dominick covered the Menéndez murder trial in 1993 after the brothers were accused of killing their parents, José and Kitty. Erik and Lyle were initially tried separately as they alleged that years of physical, emotional and sexual abuse caused them to shoot their mother and father. The case ended in a mistrial after the jury was unable to reach a unanimous decision.
A retrial began in 1995, Erik and Lyle were tried together. They were ultimately found guilty of first-degree murder an.