{"id":1925972,"date":"2026-05-09T00:46:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T21:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1925972"},"modified":"2026-05-09T00:46:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T21:46:59","slug":"convicted-double-murderer-betty-broderick-dead-at-78","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1925972","title":{"rendered":"Convicted Double Murderer Betty Broderick Dead at 78"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/e5\/16by9\/2026\/05\/09\/e5de6e47cebd4687925aa03fa6e049ad_xl.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">Convicted Double Murderer Betty Broderick Dead at 78<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Betty Broderick<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Double Murderer Dead at 78<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"media-swipe\">Exclusive<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-preferred-source.png\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-05-08T17:46:59-07:00\"><br \/>\n                              May 8, 2026<br \/>\n                            5:46 PM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-a1235c8fe455a287a381f214a7a6b5f6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260509_e5de6e47cebd4687925aa03fa6e049ad\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:8d736c1f-bd6e-48d8-b56c-eee98b9eecbf\" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"image\"}'><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/e5\/4by3\/2026\/05\/09\/e5de6e47cebd4687925aa03fa6e049ad_md.jpg\" alt=\"betty broderick\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-c50c03c21acb56a7b3c8502bf3dd983d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p><strong>Betty Broderick,<\/strong> the woman who shot and killed her ex-husband and his new wife in cold blood, has died &#8230; TMZ has learned.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-2044f3e21ada174fc78a3232cf91e159\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation tells TMZ &#8230; Betty was pronounced dead Friday morning.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-510959fc21d19e9d1c060c4edd3171aa\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20220109_f8a5c1cf073d4cac88a2720bfcbf442d\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:8d736c1f-bd6e-48d8-b56c-eee98b9eecbf\" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"image\"}'><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/f8\/4by3\/2022\/01\/09\/f8a5c1cf073d4cac88a2720bfcbf442d_md.jpg\" alt=\"Betty Broderick\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Alamy<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-cbe8d2b84d5264df2dba25c1433af0d2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>We&#8217;re told Betty had been transported from the California Institution for Women prison to an outside medical facility back in April &#8230; and she died in the facility.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-c638336790f7abab11efff9d848b78ff\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>CDCR says the doctor who pronounced her dead determined she died from natural causes &#8230; though the San Bernardino County Coroner will determine her official cause of death.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-adc81a556baab0bd5719e641002fc404\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>Betty was serving a 32-year-to-life sentence for murdering <strong>Dan <\/strong>and <strong>Linda Broderick<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-0fadfe08ac425ea5a9b001740d6a0c4d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>When Betty was married to Dan back in 1983, she confronted him &#8230; accusing him of having an affair with Linda, his 21-year-old assistant. Dan denied it for 2 full years, but ultimately moved out of the house and confessed to the affair.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-cecd2a7ce5c35372f30ea341509b3587\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>The divorce was brutal &#8230; mostly over a custody war. Dan ended up getting full custody of their 4 kids.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-eaff7fb9ab0f1a89b7395de07daf645f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>In 1989, 7 months after Dan and Linda married, Betty stole a key from her daughter that opened the front door to Dan and Linda&#8217;s house, and then shot and killed the 2 of them.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-fa26ada2fe8033608505c2ccd3470207\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>Betty was sentenced to 2 consecutive, 15-year-to-life terms. She was also convicted of illegal use of a firearm.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-8d717c28a6cc1917104a816d93927045\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>Betty was denied parole 3 times. She was eligible again in 2032.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-9898a0df1464ac6cf4facc593a407d47\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>Her story has been heavily reported and chronicled many times &#8230; notably in the Netflix series, &#8220;Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<ul class=\"social social--permalink\">\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><a class=\"btn social__btn social__btn--facebook js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/05\/08\/betty-broderick-dead-dies-murderer-husband\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:8d736c1f-bd6e-48d8-b56c-eee98b9eecbf\" data-context='{\"section\":\"main\",\"name\":\"facebook-footer\",\"pos\":1}'><br \/>\n                Share<span class=\"social__hide-sm\"> on Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><a class=\"btn social__btn social__btn--x js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/05\/08\/betty-broderick-dead-dies-murderer-husband\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:8d736c1f-bd6e-48d8-b56c-eee98b9eecbf\" data-context='{\"section\":\"main\",\"name\":\"twitter-footer\",\"pos\":2}'><br \/>\n                Share<span class=\"social__hide-sm\"> on X<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"related-articles\">\n<header class=\"card-section-header related-articles__card-section-header\">\n<h3 class=\"card-section-title related-articles__card-section-title\">\n              Related articles<br \/>\n            <\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"row related-articles__row\">\n<div class=\"col related-articles__col\">\n<article class=\"related-articles__card\"><a class=\"related-articles__card-link js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2021\/10\/22\/robert-durst-murder-charge-wife-kathie-durst-new-york\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:8d736c1f-bd6e-48d8-b56c-eee98b9eecbf\" data-context='{\"section\":\"main\",\"name\":\"related-article\",\"pos\":1}'><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-articles__card-img ratio\">\n<div class=\"ratio-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/48\/16by9\/2021\/10\/22\/48e2492cd33f4eea8b186c7ca176bc44_xs.jpg\" alt=\"robert durst\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"related-articles__card-body\">\n<h4 class=\"related-articles__card-title\">\n                        Robert Durst Charged with 1982 Murder of Wife Kathie Durst<br \/>\n                      <\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col related-articles__col\">\n<article class=\"related-articles__card\"><a class=\"related-articles__card-link js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2021\/12\/29\/kardashian-business-manager-murdered-boyfriend-dead-dies-angela-kukawski\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:8d736c1f-bd6e-48d8-b56c-eee98b9eecbf\" data-context='{\"section\":\"main\",\"name\":\"related-article\",\"pos\":2}'><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-articles__card-img ratio\">\n<div class=\"ratio-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/f2\/16by9\/2021\/12\/29\/f201bf8eff5648c99509e3ee5af0f2d5_xs.jpg\" alt=\"1229-police line-kardashians-getty-01\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"related-articles__card-body\">\n<h4 class=\"related-articles__card-title\">\n                        Kardashians Business Manager Murdered &#8216;Sadistically,&#8217; D.A. 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