By Lyle Menendez, serving a life sentence for the notorious 1989 murders of his parents, has developed a relationship with a 21-year-old British university student through illicit prison communications, potentially complicating his bid for resentencing, according to documents and photographs obtained by DailyMail.com.
The 56-year-old inmate at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility has been corresponding with Milly Bucksey, a University of Manchester student 35 years his junior, since early 2024. Their relationship began through a Facebook group managed by Menendez’s current wife, Rebecca Sneed, 55, whom he married in 2003.
Prison records show Menendez was caught with a contraband cell phone on March 15, an incident documented in former Los Angeles County District Attorney George GascĂłn’s resentencing memo. Sources familiar with the situation reveal Menendez has since acquired another unauthorized phone to maintain contact with Bucksey.
Photographs obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com show the pair together during prison visits, including images of them embracing near facility murals and posing with a large dog. Time stamps indicate Bucksey visited the facility on September 14, shortly before her university’s fall semester began.
The revelation of the relationship and second contraband phone could impact Menendez’s bid for resentencing, which faces new uncertainty following GascĂłn’s electoral defeat. His replacement, Nate Hochman, has announced plans to review the case after taking office December 1.
“Before I can make any decision about the Menendez brothers’ case, I will need to become thoroughly familiar with the relevant facts, the evidence and the law,” Hochman told CNN following his victory. A resentencing hearing scheduled for December 11 will likely be postponed.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has declined immediate clemency for the Menendez brothers, awaiting Hochman’s review. The brothers have been imprisoned since March 1990 for the shotgun killings of their parents, Kitty and JosĂ© Menendez, in Beverly Hills. While both admitted to the murders, their defense citing sexual abuse failed to convince jurors, who found them guilty of killing for financial gain after a $700,000 post-murder spending spree.
This isn’t Menendez’s first extramarital relationship from prison. His previous marriage to Anna Eriksson ended in 2001 after she discovered him writing love letters to another woman. His brother Erik, also serving life without parole, married Tammi Saccoman at Folsom State Prison in 1999 before the brothers were reunited at the San Diego facility in 2018.
When approached at their home in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, Bucksey’s father declined to comment. Representatives for the Menendez family have not responded to requests for comment.
Source: Dailymail.co.uk
