US EditionMatriarch’s Murder-for-Hire Trial Features Her Adult Children, Fellow Inmates and an Undercover FBI Agent as Witnesses
Two jailhouse inmates testified that Donna Adelson admitted involvement in the murder-for-hire plot to kill Dan Markel amid a custody dispute, with prosecution presenting six days of witness evidence.
- Prosecutors on Friday concluded two days of testimony and rested after calling two Leon County Detention Center inmates, Patricia Byrd and Drina Berndhart, who testified about time with Donna Adelson in jail.
- Donna Adelson wasn't charged until after her son Charles Adelson's November 2023 conviction, and witnesses testified about her attempted flight from Miami Airport to Vietnam amid a custody dispute between Wendi Adelson and Dan Markel, deceased law professor.
- Patricia Byrd told jurors `She said she did it and it was to keep her grandkids, but it wasn't supposed to go that far`, while Drina Berndhart testified Donna wrote a script Drina was to follow.
- The defense team is expected to call its first witness on Tuesday, and the trial will resume at 8:30 a.m.; Donna Adelson, 75, faces life in prison if convicted on first-degree murder, conspiracy and solicitation charges.
- The case traces to the 2014 killing of Dan Markel by two hit men arrested in 2016, with co-conspirators including Charles Adelson and Katherine Magbanua convicted, supported by FBI sting operations and wiretaps.
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Matriarch’s murder-for-hire trial features her adult children, fellow inmates and an undercover FBI agent as witnesses
Prosecutors in Florida on Friday rested the state’s case against a woman charged with orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot to kill her former son-in-law who was tied up in a messy custody dispute with her daughter in 2014.
·Atlanta, United States
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State rests its case in Donna Adelson trial after witnesses who spent time with Donna in jail testify
The State rests its case after six days of witness testimonies in the Donna Adelson trial. Friday, witnesses testified about Adelson's attempted flight to Vietnam in November 2023 which followed her son's conviction. The State also called two inmates to the stand. One said Donna had admitted she had been involved with Dan Markel's murder. Watch the video to hear from these witnesses, as the defense prepares to present its case Tuesday.BROADCAST …
·Tallahassee, United States
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