A TEEN accused of stabbing his mother to demise with a steak knife has admitted the homicide was impressed by the Menendez brothers.

The 15-year-old boy surrendered to cops on Tuesday evening after he hit his mother with a dumbbell and stabbed her to demise with a kitchen knife, police mentioned.

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On Thursday, the teenager was charged with first-degree intentional murder for murdering his mother, Suzanne Gelinskey, at their household house in Franksville, Wisconsin.

The boy, who stays unnamed because of his age, advised cops he plotted to kill his mother after watching the Menendez brothers documentary on Netflix.

The doc explores the notorious case of Erik and Lyle Menendez, who shot their mother and father to demise of their Beverly Hills mansion in August 1989. The brothers are presently serving life in jail with out parole.

On Tuesday, the boy advised cops he turned on The Menendez Brothers after he got here house from faculty depressed with the “urge to kill his mother and father,” based on ABC affiliate WISN.

He mentioned he watched the Netflix doc whereas his mother, who labored for the Racine Unified Faculty District, was sitting on the sofa utilizing her laptop.

The teenager mentioned the twisted homicide scheme got here to him after the “shotgun scene” within the doc, explaining how the infamous duo killed Kitty and Jose Menendez.

The boy hit his mother within the head twice with a dumbbell bar earlier than stabbing her with a knife 5 instances, cops mentioned.

He advised investigators his mother requested him, “Why?” throughout the ugly assault.

“Ache,” he reportedly replied.

Gelinskey’s reason for demise was a number of chest wounds that induced inner bleeding, based on the post-mortem report.

Cops have been known as to the household’s house after the teenager’s pal reported he despatched her an image of his mother’s physique over Snapchat, based on Fox affiliate WITI.

The horrific snap reportedly confirmed the mother mendacity on her again in a pool of blood.

When officers arrived on the home, the teenager “dropped a brown and silver kitchen knife on the entrance stoop of the house,” the prison grievance mentioned.

He then reportedly advised cops to kill him.

Timeline of the Menendez brothers case

Erik and Lyle Menendez’s case dates again greater than three a long time since their mother and father have been discovered shot to demise at their Beverly Hills mansion.

Under is a timeline of the brothers’ case, beginning on the ugly crime scene:

August 20, 1989 – José and Kitty Menendez are discovered useless from a number of shotgun wounds.

March 8, 1990 – Lyle is arrested exterior his mother and father’ Beverly Hills mansion.

March 11, 1990 – Erik surrenders to police after flying again into Los Angeles from Israel.

December 1992 – Homicide expenses towards the brothers are formally filed.

July 20, 1993 – The homicide trial, extremely publicized on Courtroom TV, begins in Los Angeles with Erik and Lyle every having a separate jury.

January 28, 1994 – The primary trial ends with two deadlocked juries.

October 11, 1995 – Lyle and Erik’s second trial begins with one jury.

March 20, 1996 – The Menendez brothers are convicted of two counts of first-degree homicide and conspiracy to commit homicide.

July 2, 1996 – Lyle and Erik are sentenced to life in jail with out the potential of parole and despatched to separate prisons.

February 22, 2018 – Lyle is transferred to the San Diego jail, the place Erik is held.

April 4, 2018 – Lyle was moved into the identical housing unit as Erik – the primary time the brothers have been reunited in over 20 years.

Might 2023 – Lyle and Erik’s lawyer recordsdata a habeas corpus petition after Roy Rosselló, a member of the Puerto Rican boy band Menudo, made sexual abuse allegations towards Jose Menendez in a Peacock docuseries.

September 19, 2024 – Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story releases on Netflix.

October 3, 2024 – Los Angeles District Legal professional George Gascón says his workplace is reviewing new proof in reference to Lyle and Erik’s convictions.

October 7, 2024 – The Menendez Brothers documentary movie comes out on Netflix.

October 16, 2024 – Members of the family of the Menendez brothers maintain a press convention begging for the siblings to be launched from jail.

October 24, 2024 – Los Angeles County District Legal professional George Gascón recommends the brothers be resentenced.

November 25, 2024 – The Menendez brothers seem in courtroom for a standing listening to to study their resentencing listening to is pushed again from December 11 to permit new DA Nathan Hochman extra time to evaluation the case.

January 30-31, 2025 – Erik and Lyle’s resentencing listening to was initially set however needed to be rescheduled as a result of California wildfires.

March 20-21, 2025 – The brothers are set to go earlier than a decide for his or her resentencing listening to.

“She is useless,” the teenager repeated, based on the arrest report.

“She is useless from what I did,” he allegedly added.

The teenager mentioned he deliberate to kill his dad when he obtained house from faculty, inflicting him to look the home for a hammer.

Nevertheless, he mentioned he could not discover a large enough device for the sick job.

The teenager additionally advised investigators he took 9 of his brother’s nervousness tablets earlier than the horrific crime.

The boy’s bond was set for $1 million.

His subsequent courtroom listening to is ready for Friday.

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