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 her car through his front door. She ultimately crept in his bedroom on a Sunday morning in 1989 and shot Daniel and Linda to death.
In the early '90s, during her trial, she claimed she was the victim, because she was left for a younger woman. The contentious case was apparently split up into two camps, the Betty-bashers and Betty-boosters. Her story has been made into several TV movies and books, and was quite drama-filled.
She was denied parole in early 2010 and will be eligible again in about 15 years, the maximum term possible for parole denial.
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