A TEEN accused of stabbing his mom to death with a steak knife has admitted the murder was inspired by the Menendez brothers.
A 15-year-old boy turned himself in to the police on Tuesday night. He allegedly used a dumbbell to hit his mother and then stabbed her to death with a kitchen knife.
Charged with first-degree intentional homicide, the teenager, residing in Franksville, Wisconsin, is accused of killing his mother, Suzanne Gelinskey, at their family residence.
The boy, who remains unnamed due to his age, told cops he plotted to kill his mom after watching the Menendez brothers documentary on Netflix.
An infamous case that gained notoriety is that of Erik and Lyle Menendez. In 1989, they shot their parents inside their Beverly Hills mansion. Currently, the brothers are serving a life sentence in prison with no possibility of parole.
On Tuesday, the boy told cops he turned on The Menendez Brothers after he came home from school depressed with the “urge to kill his parents,” according to ABC affiliate WISN.
He said he watched the Netflix doc while his mom, who worked for the Racine Unified School District, was sitting on the couch using her computer.
The teen said the twisted murder scheme came to him after the “shotgun scene” in the doc, explaining how the notorious duo killed Kitty and Jose Menendez.
The boy hit his mom in the head twice with a dumbbell bar before stabbing her with a knife five times, cops said.
He told investigators his mom asked him, “Why?” during the gruesome attack.
“Pain,” he reportedly replied.
Gelinskey’s cause of death was multiple chest wounds that caused internal bleeding, according to the autopsy report.
Cops were called to the family’s home after the teen’s friend reported he sent her a picture of his mom’s body over Snapchat, according to Fox affiliate WITI.
The horrific snap reportedly showed the mom lying on her back in a pool of blood.
When officers arrived at the house, the teen “dropped a brown and silver kitchen knife at the front stoop of the home,” the criminal complaint said.
He then reportedly told cops to kill him.
Timeline of the Menendez brothers case
Erik and Lyle Menendez’s case dates back more than three decades since their parents were found shot to death at their Beverly Hills mansion.
Below is a timeline of the brothers’ case, starting at the gruesome crime scene:
August 20, 1989 – José and Kitty Menendez are found dead from multiple shotgun wounds.
March 8, 1990 – Lyle is arrested outside his parents’ Beverly Hills mansion.
March 11, 1990 – Erik surrenders to police after flying back into Los Angeles from Israel.
December 1992 – Murder charges against the brothers are officially filed.
July 20, 1993 – The murder trial, highly publicized on Court TV, begins in Los Angeles with Erik and Lyle each having a separate jury.
January 28, 1994 – The first 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 murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
July 2, 1996 – Lyle and Erik are sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole and sent to separate prisons.
February 22, 2018 – Lyle is transferred to the San Diego prison, where Erik is held.
April 4, 2018 – Lyle was moved into the same housing unit as Erik – the first time the brothers were reunited in over 20 years.
May 2023 – Lyle and Erik’s attorney files a habeas corpus petition after Roy Rosselló, a member of the Puerto Rican boy band Menudo, made sexual abuse allegations against 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 Attorney George Gascón says his office is reviewing new evidence in connection with Lyle and Erik’s convictions.
October 7, 2024 – The Menendez Brothers documentary film comes out on Netflix.
October 16, 2024 – Family members of the Menendez brothers hold a press conference begging for the siblings to be released from prison.
October 24, 2024 – Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón recommends the brothers be resentenced.
November 25, 2024 – The Menendez brothers appear in court for a status hearing to learn their resentencing hearing is pushed back from December 11 to allow new DA Nathan Hochman more time to review the case.
January 30-31, 2025 – Erik and Lyle’s resentencing hearing was initially set but had to be rescheduled due to the California wildfires.
March 20-21, 2025 – The brothers are set to go before a judge for their resentencing hearing.
“She is dead,” the teen repeated, according to the arrest report.
“She is dead from what I did,” he allegedly added.
The teen said he planned to kill his dad when he got home from school, causing him to search the house for a hammer.
However, he said he couldn’t find a big enough tool for the sick job.
The teen also told investigators he took nine of his brother’s anxiety pills before the horrific crime.
The boy’s bond was set for $1 million.
His next court hearing is set for Friday.
