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| | subject_name = Brynn Hartman | |||
| | birth_name = Vicki Jo Omdahl | |||
| | date_of_birth = {{birth date|1958|4|11}} | |||
| | place_of_birth = ], ] | |||
| | date_of_death = {{death date and age|1998|5|28|1958|4|11}} | |||
| | place_of_death = ] | |||
| | cause = Murder-suicide | |||
| | alias = Brynn Omdahl | |||
| | motive = erratic behavior | |||
| | charge = Murder of actor/comedian ] | |||
| | status = Deceased (suicide) | |||
| | spouse = ] (1987–1998) | |||
| | parents = Donald Gene Omdahl and Constance Faye Arnold | |||
| | children = Sean Edward Hartman (b.1989) <br> Birgen Hartman (b.1992) | |||
| }} | |||
| '''Brynn Hartman''' (born '''Vicki Jo Omdahl''') (], ] – ], ]) was the wife and murderer of actor and comedian ]. She committed ] after killing her husband. | |||
| == Background == | |||
| Brynn was born '''Vicki Jo Omdahl''' in ], to Donald Gene Omdahl and Constance Faye Omdahl (née Arnold). She had a brother, Gregory, and two sisters, Katherine and Debbie. On ], ], she married Phil Hartman. They had two children: Sean Edward Hartman (born 1989) and Birgen Hartman (born 1992). Both children were raised by their aunt Katherine and uncle Mike Wright in ] after their parents' death. | |||
| ==Murder of Phil Hartman and suicide== | |||
| On ], ], Brynn killed her husband in his sleep, shooting him three times with a ]. Around 2 a.m. or 3 a.m., she drove to her friend Ron Douglas' house, and confessed, but he did not believe her. At 6:20 a.m., the two of them drove back to the Hartman home where Douglas discovered the body. Douglas subsequently called the police, who arrived on the scene to escort the two children out of the house. Before the police attended to her, Brynn went back into the bedroom and killed herself with a second revolver, shooting herself in the right eye. Her ashes were scattered over ]'s Emerald Bay. | |||
| Hartman's divorce attorney, Steven Small, stated in a ] article that Brynn's anger management problems may have contributed to the murder/suicide. In a 1998 '']'' article, Small also stated that the couple argued over her ], her addiction to ] and the impending divorce. Each was unhappy and accused the other of not allowing a divorce. According to an article on the website FranksReelReviews.com, she combined cocaine, alcohol, and ] at the ] restaurant ] the night of the murder/suicide. | |||
| Hartman's friend and colleague ] claims that Brynn had been sober for 10 years until five months before she killed her husband, when comedian ] reintroduced her to cocaine, which apparently spiraled downward into the eventual murder/suicide.<ref>http://entertainment.bodogbeat.com/jon-lovitz-opens-can-of-whoop-ass-on-andy-dick-85451.html</ref> | |||
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