Inside Nikolas Cruz’s Troubled Life & Details About His Brother, Girlfriend & Parents
Brenda Norma Woodward is Nikolas Cruz’ birth mother; his biological father is not known. Brenda was born in 1956 and she has been at loggerheads with the law since her teenage years. She has been incarcerated not less than 28 times for various crimes. He also has another older half-sister Danielle Woodard, who also is locked up in jail for drug, violence and other criminal related offenses.
His adopted parents are Roger Cruz and Lynda Cruz who adopted Nikolas (and his half-brother, Zachary). While Roger died of a heart attack, Lynda later died of pneumonia on the 1st of November 2017, leaving her foster sons without a caregiver in the world.
Zachary Cruz is the half-brother Nikolas Cruz and was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) at an early age. He has had his own fair share of emotional and relationship breakdown with his older brother in the past but his escape from it all was his love for skateboarding. He was taken into custody and placed under scrutiny after his brother’s shooting incident.
