15 Celebrities Whose Parents Were Murdered

In 1967, when Dylan McDermott was 5 years old, his mother Diane was shot dead in what police deemed an accident. After McDermott called the police with questions about his mother’s death, the case was re-opened in 2011. Police filed murder charges against John Sponza, Diane’s boyfriend at the time of her death. Sponza had ties to organized crime, and was found dead in the trunk of a car in 1972.

Marie and Terence Duffy, the parents of actor Patrick Duffy, were killed in 1986 during an armed robbery of their Montana bar. Sean Wentz and Kenneth Miller were convicted of the killings and sentenced to 75 years in prison. Miller was released in 2007, on parole.

Dave Navarro

In 1983, Dave Navarro’s mother, Constance, was shot to death in her West LA apartment. Her friend, Sue Jory, was also killed. Constance’s ex-boyfriend, John Riccardi, was arrested in 1991 thanks in part to America’s Most Wanted.

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