To Dotr: The following is based on articles I have read. I have made suppositions throughout. If you deem this inappropiate, please delete. I am finding it difficult to find anything on Ms. Adelson. I wonder if her attorneys' put a gag order on everyone she knew.
I also cannot find dates or articles
on important events in the couples life.
How did they meet? Reports show she was a 3rd year law student at the U of Miami when they married in February of 2006.
At the time of Dan's death in 2014, the children were 3 and 5.
So roughly guessing , the oldest was born in 2009 and the youngest in 2011.
So what may have precipitated the unhappiness in the marriage that he was not aware of. His attorney's said there was no abuse, infidelity , or
In 2012, Markel became a full professor at FSU. According to various reports, "his star was rising". Friends talk about how hard he worked, the interest he showed in his student's work and education, his published articles, how he often had friends and students over to share in the Holy Saturday meals at HIS house, how he loved his children and doted on them etc. No word on the love he had for his wife.
In fact, no mention of Adelson at all. It's almost like she didn't exist.
In 2011 ( no end or start dates), Markel became a scholar in residence at New York University Law. I'm not sure what this entailed. Was he living in NY and visiting his family in Tallahassee on weekends, or did he live in Tallahassee and visit NYU periodically?
Adelson, who by all accounts was as smart as Dan and quite beautiful, had a job at FSU as the Director of Public Interest Law.
She wrote and published a book that was used in law classrooms.
During their 6 year marriage, she had 2 children.
I often wonder if it was difficult living in the shadow of her husband and/ or entertaining guests who were friends of Dan's.
She was 6 years younger than he was. She was certainly smart enough to keep up with him and his friends but was she accepted into his circle of friends? While he was thriving and loving every minute of his job and his life, was she languishing within a group and school not of her choosing?
While she was pregnant with their 2nd child, he was a scholar in residence at NYU. Could this have caused resentment?
Was she not a good communicator to her husband and he not a good listener to his wife. Could her resentment have been simmering and caught him unsware?
I certainly do not know. But I can't help but think she had had enough in September 2012 for whatever reason.
Around September of 2012, she hired a professional moving company to move her out of their house and to Miami. She also filed for divorce at that time. She used an attorney in Tallahassee. (which came as a suprise to me as I would have thought she would have hired some bigwig from Miami).
I can't get a clear picture of what happened next. Supposedly for 6
weeks she wouldn't give Dan the correct address of where she and the boys were living. Did this mean it was 6 weeks before he got to see his childten?
The divorce was granted on 7-31-13 but the custody battle and fight over money and heirlooms continued.
A report indicates she resigned in January of 2014 from her job at FSU and took her kids to live in Miami. If that is true, did she and the boys return to FSU after her departure in September of 2012?
Where did she live? If she finally left in January of 2014, had she and Dan worked out a custody agreement? That would have been approx. 8 months before he was shot.
So, if they were sharing custody of the children and had been for sometime, what was the problem?
A friend of Dan's in NY reported that Dan had visited him in 2014,
and he appeared happy and was moving on with his life. He had a new love interest with a professor at NYU Law.
I wonder what Dan's plans were at that time. He was already tenured so was he planning on a move to NY?
It is hard for me to believe this was a professional hit. Standing out on the driveway waiting for Dan to appear and then following him into the garage and shooting him point blank through the driver's side window once, and with no silencer. The gun blast was so loud the neighbor next door heard it and came outside.
If the Prius was used, it must have been enough time for the shooter to get down the driveway and into the car without being seen. The neighbor described the vehicle as clean, well kept and either silver or white and it looked to be similar to a Prius.
Was he targeted? I believe so. But who shot him? Find that Prius and it will answer a lot of questions.
There are too many gaps and unanswered questions re the victim's and his wife's past and what they managed to work out.
Lots of speculation as I have done here. Figure out the blogger who sent Dan a nasty note on his blog in 2012; was there anyone "sweet " on Ms Adelson while she was in Tallehassee.
Again, the Prius:
1).Do rentals have an express pass already put on the vehicle
or are renters required to buy one for the day (that is not attached)
2). There are no toll roads in Tallahassee or the surrounding
areas.
3). There are tolls in Orlando,
Miami and Tampa.
4). I believe e-passes can be used anywhere in the country
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