Man 'knowingly gave AIDS to cancer survivor wife' – now he's charged with murder
A man has been charged with murder after prosecutors alleged he knowingly gave his wife AIDS, causing her death after she beat cancer for a second time.
Cleveland Broadie, from Georgia, US, was initially charged with reckless conduct after his wife Denise Broadie died in April 2022 just days after she was diagnosed with the fatal disease. Mrs Broadie's family had long suspected Broadie, in his 60s, had an undisclosed HIV infection following the couple's 2014 marriage, and were so convinced after her death that they hired a private investigator. Now, a federal grand jury has charged him of malice murder and felony murder.
Mrs Broadie, who battled cancer twice, remained unwell after her second bout in 2019 and went to a new hospital for a check-up, with doctors ordering a battery of tests. She was finally diagnosed with AIDS on March 31, 2022, which an arrest warrant seen by Law&Crime stated "resulted in her death" on April 2.
Her family believes she could have been living with AIDS none the wiser for several years, during which she could have received critical treatment.
They allege Broadie never told her the truth, with Georgian media outlet WAGA reporting that Mrs Broadie's family hired a private investigator to look into Broadie's past following her death.
Karen Young, her daughter, alleged there was no question about where her mother had contracted the disease, alleging there was "malice" in what Broadie did.
She said: "There was malice in what he did. At any time, he could have told her and given her the right to make the decision to stay with him. Not that she would have."
Law&Crime reports court records show Broadie was taken into custody on July 8, 2023, and first charged with three counts of reckless conduct relating to Mrs Broadie's 2022 death, all of which were filed in 2023. Prosecutors at the time had alleged he had never informed his sexual partners of his HIV positive status since knowing of the diagnosis since 2006.
Another local outlet, WANF, adds that a second woman later came forward after, prompting a second reckless conduct charge from Rockdale County Sheriffs, with a third following and another woman not long after. The third warrant, issued on September 5, 2023, alleged Broadie "consciously disregarded unjustifiable risk" during sexual encounters as early as March.
Rockdale County Attorney's Office said it intends to seek murder charges on Mrs Broadie's behalf, and each of the three charges are felonies that come with a maximum prison sentence of five years per count, 15 years in total.
Broadie pleaded not guilty to three reckless conduct charges, it has not yet been confirmed how he has pleaded for the murder charges. He will go before a judge at the Rockdale County Courthouse on Monday, November 6.
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