 On the evening of May 27, 1998, Brynn Hartman visited the Italian restaurant Buca di Beppo in Encino, California, with producer and writer Christine Zander, who said she was "in a good frame of mind." After returning to the couple's nearby home, Brynn started a "heated" argument with her husband, who threatened to leave her if she started using drugs again, after which he then went to bed. While Hartman slept, Brynn entered his bedroom sometime before 3: 00 a.m. local time on May 28 with a .38 caliber handgun and fatally shot him twice in the head once in his side. She was intoxicated and had recently taken cocaine.
