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Donna Adelson guilty as charged in murder for hire plot
Donna Adelson was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy in a decade-long case involving a $100,000 murder-for-hire scheme amid a bitter custody dispute.
- On Thursday, a jury convicted 75-year-old Donna Adelson of first-degree murder for orchestrating a 2014 murder-for-hire plot that killed former son-in-law Daniel Markel in Tallahassee.
- The murder arose from a bitter family feud and custody battle following a contentious 2013 divorce between Markel and his ex-wife Wendi Adelson, amid tensions over relocating children to South Florida.
- Prosecutors portrayed Donna Adelson as a controlling matriarch who used her son Charles and others to pay hired gunmen to kill Markel, while the defense denied any evidence directly linking her to the plot.
- After the verdict was read, Donna Adelson reacted with an exclamation of "Oh!" Meanwhile, Ruth Markel, the mother of Daniel Markel, shared her deep sorrow, mourning the untimely loss of her son at the age of 41.
- The conviction makes Donna Adelson the fifth person found guilty in the case, with several conspirators, including her son Charles, already serving life sentences, highlighting the long-running impact of this violent family dispute.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The matriarch of a wealthy South Florida family was convicted Thursday of murder charges in the killing of her former son-in-law, a prominent law professor who was locked in a bitter custody battle with his ex-wife when he was gunned down in 2014. Jurors returned guilty verdicts in the weekslong trial of Donna Adelson on charges of first-degree murder, conspiracy and solicitation in the killing of Florida State Universit…
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