{"id":2099725,"date":"2023-11-15T14:10:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T19:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-mother-in-law-arrested-for-alleged-role-in-hiring-hitmen-to-kill-fsu-law-professor\/"},"modified":"2023-11-15T14:12:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T19:12:39","slug":"ex-mother-in-law-arrested-for-alleged-role-in-hiring-hitmen-to-kill-fsu-law-professor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-mother-in-law-arrested-for-alleged-role-in-hiring-hitmen-to-kill-fsu-law-professor\/","title":{"rendered":"Former mother-in-law arrested for allegedly hiring hitmen to kill FSU law professor."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fex-mother-in-law-arrested-for-alleged-role-in-hiring-hitmen-to-kill-fsu-law-professor%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2099725&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Florida Dentist&#8217;s Mother Arrested in Murder-for-Hire Plot<\/h2>\n<p>Last\u2063 week,\u200b Florida dentist Charlie Adelson was convicted of \u2062plotting to have\u200c his former \u2064brother-in-law\u2062 murdered. Now, Adelson\u2019s mother has \u2063been arrested\u200d for her alleged role in the murder-for-hire plot.<\/p>\n<p>Donna Adelson,\u2063 73, was arrested on Monday \u200cand charged in connection with the murder of\u2063 her former\u200d son-in-law, Florida State University law professor Dan Markel, the \u2064Tallahassee Democrat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/story\/news\/local\/2023\/11\/13\/donna-adelson-arrested-days-after-sons-conviction-in-dan-markel-murder\/71572257007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>. Donna has been charged with first-degree\u200d murder, conspiracy, and solicitation, the \u200dsame charges\u200c on\u2062 which Charlie was convicted.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Flight to Vietnam Foiled Arrest<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>State Attorney Jack Campbell told the \u2063outlet that Donna and her husband were\u200b intercepted at Miami International Airport preparing to board a flight \u2063to Vietnam, which has no\u2062 extradition treaty with the United States. \u2064Campbell\u2062 also said that police \u2064and prosecutors had enough evidence\u2063 to arrest\u200c Donna, but the timeline \u2064of \u2063her arrest was sped up after they learned she was flying to Vietnam.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what forced our \u2064hand,\u201d Campbell told the Democrat.\u2064 \u201cWe started talking\u2063 to some\u200d of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-nazi-guard-living-in-tennessee-deported-to-germany\/\" title=\"Former Nazi Guard Living In Tennessee Deported To Germany\">law enforcement partners<\/a> about the complexities of\u200d trying to bring someone back from \u2062either\u200c Dubai or Vietnam. And that might be a\u2062 very \u200dcomplicated \u200dand lengthy \u2062process. So that\u2019s why we had \u200cto\u200d make a decision quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b flight was \u2063scheduled less than 48 hours \u2063before a grand jury was \u200cset to meet \u2013 which may\u200c have taken Donna\u2019s case. Campbell\u200b added\u2064 that there wasn\u2019t enough evidence to arrest Donna\u2019s husband, Harvey.<\/p>\n<p>Donna is currently being \u200cheld at the\u200d Miami-Dade Turner Guilford \u2062Knight\u2064 Correctional Center without bond but is expected to be\u200c transported \u200bto the same detention facility where\u2062 her son is \u2062incarcerated \u200dand awaiting sentencing.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Dentist Found Guilty of Murder Plot<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Charlie Adelson, 47, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/florida-dentist-convicted-of-hiring-hitmen-to-kill-former-brother-in-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was found guilty<\/a> of\u200d first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, \u2064and solicitation of first-degree murder, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/florida-dentist-convicted-murder-hiring-hitman-kill-brother-in-law-sisters-custody-battle-8391765\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People Magazine<\/a>. A jury deliberated for\u200b just three hours \u200cbefore finding\u2063 him guilty, the Tallahassee Democrat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/story\/news\/2023\/11\/06\/charlie-adelson-jury-returns-guilty-verdict-2014-murder-for-hire-killing-of-dan-markel-tallahassee\/71478420007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Charlie reportedly mouthed the word \u201cno\u201d and lowered his head to the table\u2062 after\u200c the \u200dfirst guilty\u200b verdict was read. He showed little reaction to \u200cthe other verdicts.<\/p>\n<p>Charlie \u2063was\u2062 found \u2064guilty of hiring\u200b hitmen in 2014 to kill Markel. Markel and Charlie\u2019s sister, Wendi, were locked in a\u2063 contentious child custody\u2064 dispute\u2062 at the time the professor was murdered. Wendi had wanted\u200c to take\u200b the couple\u2019s two\u2064 children to Miami after their \u2063divorce to be closer\u2062 to her family but was told she\u200c couldn\u2019t make\u200b the\u200b move unless Markel consented, which he didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>Markel had pulled into his\u2062 garage on July 18, 2014, and was promptly shot \u2063twice in the head by unknown assailants. \u200bHe \u2063was taken\u2062 to a hospital but died 14\u200d hours\u2064 later.<\/p>\n<p>Years later, \u2062it was discovered that the \u2062murder\u2064 was part\u200c of a plot devised by Charlie and his mother Donna, who \u200cused \u2064a woman\u2063 named Katherine Magbanua as\u200c an intermediary to hire two men, Sigfredo \u2063Garcia and Luis Rivera, to\u2063 murder\u200d Markel.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of \u2063the planning,\u2063 Charlie was dating Magbanua, who\u200d hired Garcia, the father of her children, to kill Markel. Garcia enlisted Rivera to help him, according to prosecutors. Garcia and Rivera drove to Tallahassee from Miami in \u200ca rental car to conduct the murder. This rental car was tracked \u2062across the state of \u200dFlorida and was\u2062 even \u200ccaptured on bus cameras, placing it in the vicinity of Markel\u2019s\u2062 home just after the murder.<\/p>\n<p>Rivera pled guilty in 2016 to\u200b the\u2064 crime and was sentenced to 19 \u2062years in \u2064prison.\u200c In 2019,\u2063 Garcia was \u2062found guilty and sentenced to \u2062life \u2063in prison plus 30 years for the conspiracy.\u200c Magbanua was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison. Her\u200c first trial\u200b resulted in a\u200c hung \u200cjury, and she is appealing her conviction.<\/p>\n<p>During his trial, Charlie claimed \u2064he had nothing to\u200b do with the plot to murder Markel, WPLG <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2023\/11\/06\/trial-continues-for-alleged-mastermind-behind-murder-of-fsu-professor\/\">reported<\/a>. He claimed Magbanua, who became his ex-girlfriend, had planned the murder\u200d with Garcia and\u200d Rivera \u200dall on her own and then extorted him.\u2064 This was Charlie\u2019s attempt to explain away the \u2063$100,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/11\/06\/us\/charles-adelson-dan-markel-murder-conviction.html#:~:text=Charles%20Adelson%20was%20arrested%20last,practice%20for%20%243%2C000%20a%20month.\">paid<\/a> to Magbanua.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What charges has Donna \u200cAdelson been arrested and charged with in connection to\u200c the murder-for-hire plot?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Divorce, which\u2064 Markel opposed. The motive for the\u2062 murder was believed to be \u2064Charlie&#8217;s desire to gain full custody of his nephews.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d murder-for-hire\u2063 plot involved two men, Sigfredo Garcia and Luis Rivera, who were hired to carry out the killing. Both Garcia \u200band Rivera were previously found guilty for their roles in the murder and were sentenced to prison.<\/p>\n<p>During the trial, it was revealed that Charlie Adelson had provided financial assistance to the hitmen and had communicated with them leading up to the murder. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-mother-in-law-arrested-for-alleged-role-in-hiring-hitmen-to-kill-fsu-law-professor\/\" title=\"Former mother-in-law arrested for allegedly hiring hitmen to kill FSU law professor.\">prosecution presented evidence including phone\u2064 records<\/a> and surveillance footage to prove Charlie&#8217;s involvement\u2062 in\u200b the\u2063 plot.<\/p>\n<p>The conviction of Charlie Adelson marks a significant \u200ddevelopment in the long-standing investigation into the \u200bmurder of Dan Markel. Markel&#8217;s death\u2062 shocked the community and left his family and friends devastated. The arrest of Donna\u200c Adelson, Charlie&#8217;s mother, further highlights the complexity and extent of the family&#8217;s involvement\u200d in the crime.<\/p>\n<p>The arrest took place just days after Charlie&#8217;s conviction, as \u2063Donna and her husband \u2063were about to board a\u2064 flight to Vietnam. The decision to \u200darrest Donna was hastened due to the difficulty and time-consuming nature of \u2062extraditing someone\u200b from Vietnam. \u200bState Attorney Jack \u2063Campbell stated that this urgency forced their hand \u2062in bringing charges against Donna.<\/p>\n<p>Donna Adelson has \u2062been charged with first-degree\u200b murder, conspiracy, and solicitation, the same charges that Charlie was convicted of. She is\u2063 currently being held at the Miami-Dade Turner Guilford\u200c Knight Correctional Center without bond. \u200cIt \u2063is\u2064 expected that\u2063 she will be \u2062transferred to the same detention facility where her son is awaiting sentencing.<\/p>\n<p>The case of the Adelson family&#8217;s involvement \u200din the murder-for-hire plot has captivated\u200c the public&#8217;s attention. The shocking nature of the \u2064crime, coupled with \u200dthe family \u200bdynamics and the high-profile\u2062 status of Dan Markel as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/justice-amy-coney-barrett-says-supreme-court-ethics-code-is-a-good-idea\/\" title=\"Justice Barrett supports the Supreme Court ethics code.\">respected law professor<\/a>, has ensured widespread \u200dmedia coverage.<\/p>\n<p>As the legal process unfolds, it remains to be seen how the sentencing \u2064of Charlie Adelson and the upcoming \u200btrial of Donna Adelson will\u200c play out. The\u2063 judicial system will strive to bring justice to\u200c the memory of Dan Markel and provide closure \u2062to his loved ones.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the\u200d arrest of Donna Adelson in connection with the murder-for-hire plot adds another layer of complexity to the already shocking case. \u2062The conviction of Charlie Adelson and the ongoing investigation have shed light\u2062 on the\u2063 Adelson family&#8217;s alleged involvement in the \u200ccrime. \u2063As \u200cthe legal proceedings continue, the public eagerly waits for justice to be served in the tragic murder of Dan Markel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida dentist Charlie Adelson was recently convicted for plotting his ex-brother-in-law&#8217;s murder. Now, his mother, Donna Adelson, has been arrested for her alleged involvement in the murder-for-hire scheme. Donna Adelson, 73, was charged on Monday in connection with the murder of her former son-in-law, Dan Markel, a law professor at Florida State University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":2099726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2099725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2099725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2099725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2099725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2099726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2099725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2099725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2099725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}