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- On November 5, 1989, Betty Broderick broke into her ex-husband Dan Broderick's home and shot him and his new wife Linda in their bed.
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Jun 7, 2021 · Betty murdered her ex-husband, Dan, and his second wife, Linda, in 1989. By Kayla Keegan Updated: Jun 07, 2021 1:47 PM EDT. Save Article. We've been independently researching and...
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Jun 3, 2020 · Deadly Deeds. The morning Betty shot her ex-husband and his wife to death, Wright had been asleep at her home. Betty snuck into Dan’s Marston Hills house on Nov. 5, 1989 and found the newlywed couple asleep in their bedroom.
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Jun 11, 2021 · Betty was sentenced to 32 years to life in prison in 1991 for the slayings of ex-husband Dan Broderick, 44, a well-known San Diego attorney, and his wife, Linda Kolkena Broderick, 28. It’s been 30 years since Betty Broderick was convicted of shooting her ex-husband and his younger new bride to death in their bedroom, but she won’t be ...
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- Betty Broderick on The Shooting
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Betty Broderick immediately called her daughter Lee and Lee's boyfriend, saying she may have shot at Dan and Linda Broderick. She then turned herself in to police, never denying killing the couple. Betty Broderick told police she never planned to kill Dan and Linda Broderick. At her second trial, she argued the shooting was an accident and she had ...
At Betty's Broderick's two trials, (the first was declared a mistrial) evidence was presented by the prosecution that Betty Broderick had unplugged the phone in Dan Broderick's bedroom so he could not call for help. Further medical evidence indicated Dan had not died instantly. At both of Betty Broderick's trials, Betty Broderick's defense team arg...
Betty Broderick's first request for parole was made in January 2010, which was subsequently denied by the Board of Parole Hearings. CNN reported Betty Broderick told the parole board in 2010: "I allowed the voices in my head to completely take over. "I took the lives of two wonderful people who were loved by many." When asked for more details regar...
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Feb 18, 2024 · Published February 18, 2024. Updated March 4, 2024. Shortly before dawn on November 5, 1989, 41-year-old divorcée Betty Broderick broke into her ex-husband's San Diego mansion. She then crept up to the bedroom he shared with his new wife — and shot them both to death.
Broderick's defense was that she had been a battered wife, claiming that she was driven over the edge by years of psychological, physical, and mental abuse at the hands of her ex-husband. Wells portrayed Broderick as a murderer who planned and schemed to kill her ex-husband and argued to the jury that Broderick was not a battered woman.
Jun 6, 2021 · In the early morning hours of November 5, Betty went to the mansion that her ex-husband, Dan, shared with his new wife, 28-year-old Linda Kolkena Broderick—and shot them both dead with a five-shot revolver. "I shot Daniel T. Broderick III because I wanted to survive, to live, far more than I wanted him to die.
