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Air, smelled gun powder smoke, went into the den, and then dialed 911. >> someone killed my parents! >> reporter: the news spread quickly. >> i got a phone call from my brother. and i remember putting the phone down on the table. and walking around the house screaming. >> reporter: reporter robert rands phone also rang. it was a friend who had attended the las vegas trade show with him 10 days earlier. >> the friend had said, "hey, you remember that guy, jose menendez? you know, that you met bri...

The brothers had blown him off for several weeks. but finally, on october 20th, 1989, exactly two months after the murders, rand got his shot. >> i showed up at the menendez mansion at 3:00 in the afternoon. and -- a young woman in her twenties answered the door and she said, "oh erik and lyle are out playing tennis. th -- theyll be back at some point." >> reporter: the woman invited rand in to tour the house. >> and immediately in front of me is the room. the room where jose and kitty menendez ...

>> how frustrating was that? >> well, it was very frustrating. yeah, a good piece of evidence and i couldnt even listen to it. >> reporter: even though investigators didnt know whether theyd ever get to play that tape in court, they thought they had enough evidence to arrest the brothers. >> it was march 8th, 1990. >> detectives arrested joseph lyle menendez for the august murders of his mother and father. >> reporter: erik was playing a tennis tournament in israel at the time. >> erik menendez ...

♪ the barnes firm injury attorneys ♪ ♪ call one eight hundred, eight million ♪ >> reporter: reporter robert rand had been working the menendez story hard. he was writing a biography of jose menendez, but he couldnt complete it without talking to two people. joses sons, lyle and erik.

>> and we saw a few seconds of it, a few minutes. and we made excuses. a lot of us stood up and said, "we have to leave." we couldnt stand to see it, to watch it. >> reporter: but jose found this engaging. >> oh, hysterically funny. >> reporter: these stories of the menendez family had been buried for years, until the sons were charged with murder. and she signed on to defend them. veteran criminal defense attorney leslie abramson, known for her brash style in the courtroom, and with the press. ...

On," he said, "we dont wanna do the interview today. wed just like to meet you and get to know you." >> reporter: the brothers had flaked on rand before. he was annoyed, but obliged. they chatted informally. and made plans to meet later that weekend for an official interview. but when rand arrived -- >> lyle had left for new york on a red-eye the night before. he had a problem with his chicken wing restaurant in -- princeton. >> reporter: erik, however, was home. and this time he was willing to ...

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Dateline NBC’s “Unthinkable: The Menendez Murders, ” or played by Josh Stamberg on NBC’s Law and Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders. Rand is the only journalist who, in addition to covering both trials (the first in 1993 and the second in 1995), also covered the original investigations– speaking with the brothers two months after the murder, before they were even suspects.   A Hollywood Hitjob?  In early August of 1989, Rand was writing for Tropic, the Sunday magazine of the Mi...

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