Talia’s mother Tammi Menendez exchanged letters with Erik while he was in prison, and the two later started meeting in-person. They got married in 1999 and have been together ever since. Erik later adopted her daughter Talia, who he shares a very close bond with.

Erik Menendez's daughter Talia insisted that “the fight is not over” after her adopted father and her uncle, Lyle Menendez, were denied parole for the 1989 murders of their parents. “Extremely saddened that the parole board failed once again with a whole different commissioner,

Erik Menendez was denied parole during his first-ever parole hearing on Thursday, 36 years and one day after he and his brother killed their parents.