Erik Menendez's wife, Tammi, said she would love to spend New Year's Eve at home with her husband.
That won't be happening this year, as Erik and his brother, Lyle, admitted to killing their parents in their Beverly Hills home more than 35 years ago. The infamous brothers are serving life sentences behind bars without the possibility of parole.
There has been a recent call for their release, with Tammi and several other family members rallying for the brothers to be set free.
"Happy New Year to my dearest Erik! I wish you were here to ring in the new year of your freedom," Tammi Menendez, who married Erik in 1999, wrote on X Tuesday. "I'm holding onto hope that 2025 will be the year you finally come home."
In a follow up post, she also said she "fully" supports Lyle and believes he should be released, as well.
The Menendez brothers hoped they'd be out in time for Christmas, but Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic pushed back his decision on whether to resentence them. The decision, which was originally set for Dec. 11, was postponed to late January.
In 1996, after two trials in 1993 and 1995, the Menendez brothers were convicted by a jury of first-degree murder. They were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the murders of their father and mother, Jose and Kitty Menendez.
Armed with shotguns, the brothers shot and killed their parents at close range in their family's mansion on Aug. 20, 1989. They were arrested soon after the murders and have been behind bars ever since.
The brothers said they endured years of sexual and psychological abuse at the hands of Jose, with Kitty turning a blind eye to it. At least two dozen of their family members said they have been through enough and should be released as soon as possible.
Not everyone agrees the brothers should be set free, as their 90-year-old uncle, Milton Andersen, thinks they should stay behind bars.
There's also an alleged conflict of interest at play.
Bryan Freedman is an attorney who represents the relatives who support the brothers' release. According to ABC News, he plans to petition the Los Angeles Superior Court to transfer the case to the California Attorney General's Office.
"Freedman claims there's a conflict of interest between Nathan Hochman, L.A. County's new district attorney, and Kathleen Cady, a close ally and prominent booster of Hochman who was recently named the DA's director of the Bureau of Victims Services," the media outlet noted. "Previously, Cady served as the attorney for Milton Andersen, the brother of Kitty Menendez, who pushed for the continued incarceration of Erik and Lyle Menendez. She has resigned from that role."
Hochman's office is calling the claim "meritless," according to reports.
"The conflict of interest issue, raised to the media first before it was raised to the District Attorney's Office, is meritless," a D.A. spokesperson recently told Fox News Digital. "All Menendez victim family members who want the opportunity to personally speak with the District Attorney before any final decisions are made have been invited to do so and these discussions should be completed in the coming weeks."
The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office previously said the brothers should receive a new sentence of 50 years to life. They were under 26 years old at the time of the crimes, so they would be eligible for parole immediately under a California law that went into effect in 2018.