9 articles · Updated · The San Diego Union-Tribune · May 8
The 78-year-old died at Chino Valley Medical Center after sepsis developed from an infection following broken ribs in a prison fall, her son Rhett said.
Broderick was serving 32 years to life for the 1989 murders of ex-husband Daniel Broderick and his wife Linda in San Diego; three children were at her bedside.
Her case, which ended in a 1990 mistrial before a 1991 conviction, became a high-profile true-crime story, and parole boards rejected her release bids in 2010 and 2017.
She was denied parole for lacking remorse, but did justice require her to die behind bars?
How did a socialite's prison death expose a crisis in care for elderly inmates?