How a South Florida grandmother became the center of a murder-for-hire saga spanning 11 years
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Key Points:
- Florida State University law professor Dan Markel was fatally shot in 2014 amid a bitter custody dispute with his ex-wife Wendi Adelson, sparking a complex murder-for-hire investigation.
- Over 11 years, multiple members of Wendi Adelson's family, including her mother Donna and brother Charlie, were implicated and convicted for orchestrating the killing due to custody conflicts.
- Hitmen Sigfredo Garcia and Luis Rivera were arrested and convicted, with Rivera cooperating to identify Katie Magbanua, who, along with Charlie Adelson, was also convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
- Donna Adelson was arrested in 2023 while attempting to flee the country and was convicted in 2025, receiving a life sentence
