{"id":657258,"date":"2026-05-09T02:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T02:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/657258\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T02:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T02:26:09","slug":"convicted-double-murderer-betty-broderick-dead-at-78","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/657258\/","title":{"rendered":"Convicted Double Murderer Betty Broderick Dead at 78"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Betty Broderick<br \/>\n                          Double Murderer Dead at 78<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              May 8, 2026<br \/>\n                            5:46 PM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <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=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/e5de6e47cebd4687925aa03fa6e049ad_md.jpg\" alt=\"betty broderick\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Betty Broderick, the woman who shot and killed her ex-husband and his new wife in cold blood, has died &#8230; TMZ has learned.<\/p>\n<p>The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation tells TMZ &#8230; Betty was pronounced dead Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>                  <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=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/f8a5c1cf073d4cac88a2720bfcbf442d_md.jpg\" alt=\"Betty Broderick\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\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<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\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<p>Betty was serving a 32-year-to-life sentence for murdering Dan and Linda Broderick.<\/p>\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<p>The divorce was brutal &#8230; mostly over a custody war. Dan ended up getting full custody of their 4 kids.<\/p>\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<p>Betty was sentenced to 2 consecutive, 15-year-to-life terms. She was also convicted of illegal use of a firearm.<\/p>\n<p>Betty was denied parole 3 times. She was eligible again in 2032.<\/p>\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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Betty Broderick Double Murderer Dead at 78 Published May 8, 2026 5:46 PM PDT Betty Broderick, the woman&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":657259,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-657258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/657259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=657258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=657258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}