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Do we know the unnamed witness who put LR and the gun used to kill Dan in the same place (i.e., Tallahassee motel sometime in June -- about a month before Dan murdered)? If not for these men using their phones, they'd probably never have been named as the killers of Dan! [Sorry, my WS toolbar is dead following Chrome update and I can't highlight text in the article below].
www.wtxl.com
Sept 23, 2019
Documents say an unnamed witness told investigators about a meeting with Garcia and Rivera at a Tallahassee motel sometime in June, about a month before Markel was murdered at his home. The witness recalled seeing Rivera with a revolver handgun, the same kind of gun that investigators say was used in Markel's murder.
Police later found that a rental company's contracts linked Rivera to a rented green 2008 Toyota Prius, similar to the one that was seen following Markel's car. The Prius was rented out from from July 15, 2014 to the 21st. That's when investigators say Garcia and Rivera began their drive from Miami to Tallahassee for the hit.
On the 17th, Rivera and Garcia arrived in Tallahassee and checked into their West Tennessee Street motel. Documents say their both men's phones were also detected near Premier while Markel was inside, corroborating what investigators saw on surveillance video.
"Information obtained from the cellular service provide for [Rivera's number] is consistent with Rivera's handset traveling from North Miami to Tallahassee at a time consistent with having committed the murder and then immediately heading back to North Miami after the homicide," investigators wrote.
Investigators interviewed both men, neither confessing to the murder.
Garcia was arrested on May 25, 2016. On June 2, 2016, Rivera, who was already in federal custody serving time for his involvement in the Latin Kings gang, was named a co-defendant in Markel's murder.
Family ties
At first, Markel's death seemed like a random act of violence on the unsuspecting law professor.
In probable cause documents, investigators wrote that Markel didn't know Garcia and Rivera and never had any contact with them prior to his death. Because of this, investigators concluded that Garcia and Rivera were likely "enlisted" to commit the murder.
It led investigators to piece together a motive: The Adelson's "desperate desire" to relocate Wendi and the children to South Florida.
Dan Markel Case: What You Need to Know
Five years after a FSU law professor was gunned down inside his own garage, two of the people suspected in his murder will finally face their fate in court.
www.wtxl.com
Sept 23, 2019
Documents say an unnamed witness told investigators about a meeting with Garcia and Rivera at a Tallahassee motel sometime in June, about a month before Markel was murdered at his home. The witness recalled seeing Rivera with a revolver handgun, the same kind of gun that investigators say was used in Markel's murder.
Police later found that a rental company's contracts linked Rivera to a rented green 2008 Toyota Prius, similar to the one that was seen following Markel's car. The Prius was rented out from from July 15, 2014 to the 21st. That's when investigators say Garcia and Rivera began their drive from Miami to Tallahassee for the hit.
On the 17th, Rivera and Garcia arrived in Tallahassee and checked into their West Tennessee Street motel. Documents say their both men's phones were also detected near Premier while Markel was inside, corroborating what investigators saw on surveillance video.
"Information obtained from the cellular service provide for [Rivera's number] is consistent with Rivera's handset traveling from North Miami to Tallahassee at a time consistent with having committed the murder and then immediately heading back to North Miami after the homicide," investigators wrote.
Investigators interviewed both men, neither confessing to the murder.
Garcia was arrested on May 25, 2016. On June 2, 2016, Rivera, who was already in federal custody serving time for his involvement in the Latin Kings gang, was named a co-defendant in Markel's murder.
Family ties
At first, Markel's death seemed like a random act of violence on the unsuspecting law professor.
In probable cause documents, investigators wrote that Markel didn't know Garcia and Rivera and never had any contact with them prior to his death. Because of this, investigators concluded that Garcia and Rivera were likely "enlisted" to commit the murder.
It led investigators to piece together a motive: The Adelson's "desperate desire" to relocate Wendi and the children to South Florida.
