{"id":118,"date":"2026-05-12T04:31:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T04:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sanfranciscomovingguide.com\/?p=118"},"modified":"2026-05-12T04:31:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T04:31:32","slug":"infamous-california-killer-betty-broderick-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanfranciscomovingguide.com\/?p=118","title":{"rendered":"Infamous California killer Betty Broderick dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Betty\u00a0Broderick, one of California\u2019s most infamous female killers, died Friday. Broderick, 78, was serving a prison sentence of 32 years to life for gunning down her ex-husband and his new wife in 1989, a shocking double homicide that spawned countless TV shows, movies and podcasts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sanfranciscomovingguide.com\/?p=116\">California teen identified as remains found at dump site<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"x1px y1px vh abs\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-channels-pixel.ex.co\/events\/0012000001fxZm9AAE?integrationType=DEFAULT&amp;template=design%2Farticle%2Fplatypus_two_column.tpl\" width=\"1\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Betty Bisceglia met Dan Broderick at a dance held at Notre Dame in 1965; four years later, they married. Broderick, already a medical doctor, attended Harvard Law. The Brodericks moved to La Jolla after his graduation, and Betty raised their four children while Dan specialized in medical malpractice.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In 1982, Dan Broderick made the fateful decision to hire former flight attendant Linda Kolkena as one of his legal assistants. The pair began an affair, and the Brodericks were soon embroiled in a vicious yearslong divorce. As proceedings dragged on, Betty\u2019s behavior became more alarming. She left hundreds of threatening messages on Dan\u2019s answering machine, blew through restraining orders that banned her from seeing him and once even drove her car into his house despite their children being at home.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In 1989, the divorce was finally over, and Dan Broderick and Kolkena married. Seven months after the wedding, Betty Broderick used her daughter\u2019s house key to get into their San Diego residence. She crept into their bedroom and shot them both dead while they were asleep in bed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Broderick turned herself in to police but claimed her actions weren\u2019t premeditated. She was eventually convicted of two counts of second-degree murder and sentenced to 32 years to life in prison.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sanfranciscomovingguide.com\/?p=114\">Bay Area resident exposed to hantavirus aboard MV Hondius cruise ship<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The salacious story became tabloid and TV fodder. \u201cA Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story\u201d aired in 1992, earning star Meredith Baxter a Primetime Emmy nomination. And more recently, the second season of \u201cDirty John\u201d retold the case with Amanda Peet and Christian Slater in the starring roles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Broderick was incarcerated at the California Institute for Women in Chino, but after a fall in April, she was taken to a hospital for treatment. Her son, Daniel Broderick, told TMZ that she became septic and unresponsive; she died on Friday in the hospital.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>More News<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u2014 Lyft passenger killed on I-80 after fight with driver, CHP says<br \/>\u2014 Bay Area resident exposed to hantavirus aboard\u00a0cruise ship<br \/>\u2014 Infamous California killer Betty Broderick dies<br \/>\u2014 Massive experimental aircraft crashes off US coastline<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sanfranciscomovingguide.com\/?p=112\">Houston\u2019s Carlos Correa undergoes season-ending surgery for torn left ankle tendon<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><em>Sign up for\u00a0daily SFGATE breaking news alerts here.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Broderick, 78, was serving a prison sentence of 32 years to life for gunning down her ex-husband and his new wife in 1989.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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