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A letter related to the Menendez Brothers case was released by Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon over the weekend on social media.

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A letter allegedly written by Erik Menendez sent to his cousin Andy Cano 8 months before the killings of Jose and Kitty Menendez is shown in the Fox News article, but nowhere in the article or others similar that I could find made the claim that LA County DA George Cascon released this bombshell news on his social media. I could not find any evidence to back the claim that Cascon released this evidence on his social media, however, there was "A letter related to the Menendez Brothers case was released... over the weekend," so that part of this claim is very true.
 

https://www.foxnews.com/us/los-angeles-county-da-releases-menendez-brothers-letter-cited-new-evidence-sparked-review-case?msockid=190651ffd9c669b20dc34506d8eb688c

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/16/us/erik-menendez-letter-to-cousin/index.html

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This claim is true because I found the Instagram account of Geoge Gascon, the LA County DA, who released a picture of the letter which he claims may be used as evidence. The letter appears to be very real.
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