The former Southern California socialite, who shocked the nation by killing her ex-husband and his new wife in 1989, has died at age 78 in prison.
SAN DIEGO — Betty Broderick, the former La Jolla, California, socialite who killed her ex-husband and new wife in 1989, has died. She was 78.
Broderick was serving out her life sentence for second-degree murder since 1992. She was incarcerated in the California Institution for Women in Corona.
A spokesperson with the California Department for Corrections and Rehabilitation confirms she died of natural causes at 3:40 a.m. Friday. The
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