Cold Cases in Beverly Hills, California

ColdCaseIndex documents 2 cases in Beverly Hills, California, dated 1932 to 1989. 0 are recorded as unsolved. The earliest is Paul Bern (1932) and the most recent is José & Kitty Menéndez (1989).

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Status of the 2 cases
  • Solved or convicted 1 (50%)
  • Closed without conviction 1 (50%)

By type

1 Suspicious Deaths1 Multiple Homicides

All 2 cases

Conviction 1989

José & Kitty Menéndez

José and Kitty Menéndez were shot dead in their Beverly Hills home on August 20, 1989, by their sons Lyle and Erik, who were convicted of first-degree murder in 1996 and sentenced to life without parole.

Beverly Hills Multiple Homicide
Ruled Suicide 1932

Paul Bern

MGM producer Paul Bern, 42, was found dead of a gunshot wound at his Beverly Hills home on September 5, 1932, two months after marrying actress Jean Harlow. A note was found and a coroner's jury ruled the death a suicide.

Beverly Hills Suspicious Death Age 42

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