Husband receives prison sentence, culminating family’s years-long fight after wife’s AIDS death

CONYERS, Ga. (ANF/Gray News) - A Conyers man accused of spreading HIV to multiple women — one of whom later died — will avoid trial on murder charges after pleading guilty to three counts of reckless conduct.Cleveland Broadie was sentenced Oct. 7, 2026, to 15 years in prison, with possible release after eight years. If released, he must stay out of Rockdale County; have no contact with victims’ families; share medical records with probation; and stay on HIV medication.One of Cleveland Broadie’s victims was his wife Denise Broadie, who died April 2, 2022, from pneumonia and respiratory failure “due to Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome,” according to her death certificate. They’d been been married since 2014.Denise Broadie didn’t learn she had HIV - which progressed to AIDS - until shortly before her death. Doctors said it went undiagnosed and untreated for years. Denise had been in and out of the hospital fighting cancer so her family never thought her stru