10 Disturbing Details Surrounding Linda Broderick, Who Was Murdered By Her Husband’s Ex-Wife

6 /10 Former Flight Attendant

Linda did not attend college, indeed. Instead of pursuing further education after high school, she had a job as a flight attendant at Delta Airlines.

In less than a year at the job, she was fired in 1982 for behaviors in violation of the Delta employee code of conduct.

Her employment ended due to inappropriate manners on a plane during one of her off-duty hours.

She and some friends met two drunken male passengers and engaged in sexual activities onboard. An on-duty flight attendant reported the incident.

5 /10 A False Name

According to the flight attendant, Linda sat on one of the man’s laps and used vulgar language. She kissed a man before everybody and snuck off to the bathroom with him.

When an airline officer confronted her about the inappropriateness, Linda provided a false name.

In the subsequent record, Linda admitted to giving a fake name, but she denied the bathroom part of the complaint.

Despite her defense, the airline let her go. She later found work in Atlanta before ending up in San Diego.

4 /10 Engaged And Married

Back to Dan, who had now left home to be with Linda. In 1988, several years after he filed for divorce, he and his girlfriend were engaged.

It would be another year until the divorce was finalized. On April 22, 1989, Dan Broderick and Linda Kolkena married at their new home in Marston Hills, San Diego

By then, the situation with Betty was getting out of hand to the point where the newlywed couple had to hire security guards for the wedding ceremony.

Linda even asked Dan to wear a bulletproof vest, although he refused.

3 /10 A Double Murder

All the threats and acts of vandalism peaked in the early morning of November 5, 1989. Betty obtained a key to Dan’s house from their daughter.

She didn’t even have to break into his opulent Marston Hills home. All she had to do was enter the door quietly to prevent anyone from noticing her presence.

Betty, brandishing a .38 caliber Smith & Wesson, found Dan and Linda in the main bedroom.

She pulled the trigger and shot Linda first in the chest and neck. She gave Dan a single shot that pierced his lung. They died.

2 /10 Murder Trial

Betty’s murder trial made attention-grabbing national headlines.

Her first trial ended in a hung jury in November 1990. That said, the unanswered question was not about whether she killed the couple; that much had already been determined.

The jury couldn’t come to a single decision if she committed premeditated murder.

After jury deliberation, ten believed Betty should be convicted of murder in the first degree, whereas the remaining two maintained it should be manslaughter. Another trial was in order.

1 /10 Conviction

Betty’s second trial was one of the first criminal court proceedings broadcast by Court TV. It concluded in December 1991, more than two years after she had committed the double murder.

She was eventually convicted of two counts of second-degree murder and sentenced to 32 years of imprisonment, resulting from two consecutive 15-year imprisonment for each count and another two years for unlawful firearm use.

Her first parole in 2010 was denied, and so were the next two hearings in 2011 and 2017. She would be eligible for another parole hearing in 2032.