Betty Broderick Family

Usa networkbetty broderick and three of her children on usa s dirty john.

Betty broderick family. When betty and dan were married they lived with their kids in la. Before the slayings broderick met then 17 year old betty bisceglia a freshman at mount saint vincent college while he was a senior at notre dame in 1965 people reported. The couple made headlines when betty shot and killed dan and his new wife. 5 1989 betty shot and killed their father attorney daniel dan broderick iii and his new wife and legal assistant linda kolkena broderick while they slept in their bed.

She was the third of six children born to devout roman catholic parents marita née curtin 1919 2007 4 and frank bisceglia 1915 1998 5 who owned a successful plastering business with relatives. There were those who felt sympathy for the scorned wife betty broderick portrayed in the usa series by amanda peet who claimed to have suffered years of emotional abuse at the hands of her ex husband daniel broderick christian slater and those who saw betty s actions as nothing more than a brutal execution. She lives in hailey idaho with her family as does her sister kathy lee. Just seven months before they were murdered dan had married kolkena with whom he had an affair prior to separating from betty.

Moving to the usa network season two is bringing to the small screen the real life story of dan and betty broderick. In 2014 she published a book betty broderick. The betty broderick story on the show the children are called tracy lily donoghue jennifer anna jacoby heron ryan. In an instant the lives of betty broderick s four children were forever altered.

It s something that kolkena s family tried to correct. During the early morning hours of nov. The real house where betty broderick murdered dan and his wife linda is located in a san diego neighborhood known as marston hills. Kim was called to testify at her mother s trial she was 21 at the time.