Betty Broderick's daughter releases book Michael Chen, 10News Digital Team
SAN DIEGO - The daughter of local notorious murderer Betty Broderick is telling all in a new book.
Broderick, the La Jolla socialite shot her ex-husband and his new wife to death in the bedroom of their home in 1989.
"Betty Broderick, My Mom: The Kim Broderick Story" is now available on Amazon Kindle.
The story, as told by author Nanette Elkins, details how Kim -- Betty Broderick's first child -- helped herself and her siblings survive and triumph over the tragedy.
In 1991, Broderick was convicted of second-degree murder for the deaths of Daniel Broderick III and his bride Linda Kolkena Broderick. She was given a sentence of 32 years to life in prison.
Her story became the subject of a book and two made-for-TV movies. She has maintained she was driven to kill by a bitter divorce and custody battle.
Betty Broderick married Daniel Broderick in 1969, and they had four children. In the late 1980s, Daniel began an affair with another woman, Linda Kolkena Broderick, whom he eventually married. His divorce battle with Betty lasted four years.
It took two trials to convict her. The first ended in a hung jury, and the foreman was quoted as saying of the shootings: "We just wonder why it took her so long."
In 2010, Broderick was denied parole after a panel said she remained angry and unrepentant over her crime.
10News reporter Michael Chen spoke to Elkins this afternoon about her collaboration with Kim Broderick, and one specific item that stood out is the fact that after all of these years, Kim still does not believe her mother is remorseful.
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