Betty Broderick was sentenced to serve 32 years to life in 1991 for killing her ex-husband Dan Broderick and his new wife Linda Kolkena Broderick as they slept in their home.
After rising to fame as the prosecutor in Betty Broderick’s two trials, Kerry Wells went on to create a domestic violence and stalking unit within the District Attorney’s Office before taking the bench as a judge.
Betty and Dan Broderick had once been deeply in love, but their affection for one another disappeared during the couple's long, drawn-out, and bitter divorce battle.
Linda Broderick once grew up in a strict, religious home before moving to San Diego and meeting Dan Broderick at the age of 21, but the couple's marriage would be cut short in a flurry of bullets.
In 1989, San Diego socialite Betty Broderick gunned down her ex-husband and his new wife. Today, the four Broderick children have differing views on whether their mom should spend her remaining years behind bars.
