Mother who survived cancer twice dies after husband kept twisted secret from her

When Denise Broadie bushed bosom cancer the archetypal time, her household was overjoyed. 

When it returned successful 2019 and dispersed to her lungs, she defied the likelihood and bushed it again. 

But erstwhile she fell sick a 3rd time, doctors discovered thing acold much sinister. 

A hospital-ordered trial revealed the 65-year-old didn’t person crab — she had HIV, and it had progressed to AIDS. 

Denise died conscionable 2 days later, leaving her household devastated and searching for answers. 

Her hubby of 8 years, Cleveland Broadie, present 62, claimed helium didn’t person HIV and couldn’t person passed it connected to her. 

But the household claims they recovered his nightstand drawers filled with HIV medication.

Prosecutors person accused him of knowing astir having HIV since 2006, 8 years earlier helium joined Denise. 

Broadie was initially charged with reckless behaviour related to HIV successful 2023, but the complaint has since been upgraded to felony murder. Two different women person besides travel forward, accusing him of having enactment with them portion helium was infected with HIV.

Denise's household allege that astatine nary clip did Cleveland archer their parent helium had HIV oregon pass her that she should get tested for the disease.

They besides assertion that helium insisted connected wearing a condom with Denise adjacent aft they were married, which astatine the clip led to allegations that helium was cheating.

Her girl Karen Young told Business RadioX: 'Our parent joined this man. She loved him, she thought helium loved her.

'He cared for her and watched her die, helium dilatory watched her die, and astatine nary point... passim her conflict with crab did helium ever notation the information that, "You could person HIV" oregon "I person HIV, you could person it".'

She added that she was besides distressed that, had her parent known she had HIV, she could person been fixed drugs to assistance dainty her corruption — allowing her to proceed to unrecorded a comparatively mean life. 

In April, Broadie of Rockdale County was indicted by a expansive assemblage connected charges of malice execution and felony execution successful transportation with the decease of his wife.

Cleveland had already pleaded not blameworthy to reckless behaviour charges, and has not yet entered a plea for the different charges.

About 1.2million radical successful the US person HIV, of which astir 1 successful 10 bash not cognize they are infected.

People who are infected with HIV are told to disclose their presumption to intersexual partners to debar prosecution successful galore states, including Georgia. 

Individuals with HIV tin beryllium prosecuted for failing to bash this, adjacent if they bash not walk connected the disease.

According to reports from Atlanta News First, Denise met Cleveland astatine a Christmas enactment successful 2012, and the narration moved rapidly — with the brace reportedly discussing moving successful unneurotic wrong six months.

They joined successful 2014, and lived unneurotic astatine Denise's location successful Rockdale County.

In a vigor interview, the household claimed they had nary large concerns implicit Broadie astatine the clip — though determination were allegations that helium was cheating connected Denise.

At 1 point, they said helium was kicked retired of the location for cheating — but was aboriginal allowed to determination backmost in.

In 2017, Denise was diagnosed with bosom crab — with the full household rallying astir to assistance her with chemotherapy and to fundraise for treatments. She went into remission, but successful 2019 the crab returned successful her lungs.

She fought disconnected the crab again, but remained anemic — and was hospitalized again. 

It is imaginable an progressive HIV corruption made her much susceptible due to the fact that the viral cells attack the immune system, weakening its quality to combat infections and destruct crab cells.

Denise died connected April 2, 2022, from pneumonia and respiratory nonaccomplishment related to an underlying HIV infection. 

After her death, Denise's location was transferred to Broadie, her household assertion — who is alleged to person past transferred it to his caller woman to merchantability the house.

He is besides alleged to person fixed distant her handbags and jewelry, and to person taken each her apparel to bully will.

Young, Denise's mediate daughter, said that helium would lone talk to the household via substance messages, wherever helium insisted that helium had not fixed their parent HIV.

He changed the locks connected her location instantly aft her death, which led the household to unit introduction into the spot astir a period aft Denise died.

Young said: 'When we yet got into the house, we searched the chamber and each the drawers.

'And successful his nightstand were pill bottles. And I opened the pill bottles due to the fact that helium had ripped the labels disconnected of the bottles, lone 1 statement was connected a vessel and it said Viagra.

'So I took the pills retired of that Viagra vessel and took a representation of them, it was 2 oregon 3 small bluish pills, I took a representation of the beforehand and backmost of the pills and past took a representation of the bottles truthful I tin Google and spot what benignant of pills these truly were.

'He besides had immoderate wrapped successful a napkin besides successful that drawer, truthful I took a representation of those arsenic well.

'When I googled the pills erstwhile we got backmost home, I saw that the bluish ones were HIV attraction drugs.'

Broadie was arrested successful July, 2023, with prosecutors aboriginal alleging that helium had had intersexual encounters with different pistillate arsenic precocious arsenic March that year.

If convicted of a felony murder, helium could beryllium sentenced to beingness successful situation without the anticipation of parole oregon the decease penalty.

HIV is dispersed via interaction with the bodily fluids of an infected person, including blood, bosom milk, semen and vaginal fluids.

Within 2 to 4 weeks of infection, patients endure from a flu-like unwellness causing a fever, headache and rash to appear. 

Patients past participate the chronic signifier of infection, wherever they look mean and bash not person immoderate symptoms but HIV continues to multiply successful the assemblage astatine precise debased levels. This signifier tin past for years.

Eventually, the illness progresses to AIDS, wherever it causes terrible harm to the immune strategy leaving the assemblage incapable to combat disconnected infections. Within 3 years, patients dice from the disease.

HIV tin beryllium reduced to near-undetectable levels utilizing medications, allowing patients to unrecorded a mean and steadfast life.

Doctors person not yet recovered a mode to cure a diligent of an HIV infection, which lasts for life.