Betty Broderick

Betty Broderick was a San Diego socialite who murdered her ex-husband and his new wife in 1989. She pops up in the news every so often, though you won't expect to see her out in public until 2013 -- at the earliest -- when she can re-apply for parole. Her sentence will be up in 2021. Here's what happened back in 1989: Broderick was married to Daniel T. Broderick, and then he left her for his 28-year-old paralegal, Linda Kolkena Broderick. When he left Betty, she spray painted the walls of...Read Full Story

Betty Broderick was a San Diego socialite who murdered her ex-husband and his new wife in 1989. Her name is back in the news this week because she was interviewed by Oprah back in 1992 and the episode is now considered one of the talk show maven's most memorable. Here's what happened back in 1989: Broderick was married to Daniel T. Broderick, and then he left her for his 28-year-old paralegal, Linda Kolkena Broderick. When he left Betty, she spray painted the walls of his home and drove...Read Full Story

SAN DIEGO -- Convicted killer Betty Broderick expressed her feelings about her parole hearing last month that ended in denial in a letter written from prison to 10News reporter Steve Fiorina. Broderick's four-page letter came in a flowered, pre-printed envelope with colored stationary to match. In the letter, she voiced anger that has not abated and was apparently stoked by the parole board's denial. <a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/ibs.sand.news/local;kw=news...Read Full Story

Elisabeth Anne Betty Broderick is Broderick in real life, born November 7, 1947, an old American socialite convicted of the November 5, 1989 murder of her ex-husband Dan Broderick and his second wife, Linda Kolkena. After a second trial, she was sentenced Dec. 11, 1991 on two conditions of second-degree murder and later sentenced to 32 years to life in the name of prison.The socialite Betty Broderick San Diego is back in the news due to his interview with Oprah in 1992 in which they said the...Read Full Story

Former San Diego socialite Betty Broderick was denied parole Thursday for fatally shooting her ex-husband and his new wife in their bed in 1989. During the 5-hour hearing, Broderick's own four children were divided on whether she should be set free. Photo: Betty Broderick in the courtroom during her trial for murder at the San Diego County Courthouse in 1991. Broderick, now 62, claimed she didn't intend to kill anyone when she went to the home of her former husband, Daniel Broderick III...Read Full Story