GUILTY FL - Dan Markel, 41, FSU law professor, Tallahassee, 18 July 2014 - #1 *Arrests*

[nancydrew71]

I was not impressed with Wendi after watching the video. She did not appear to be a warm, open, kind person who fit with the occupation of her choosing.

If the truth were known, my opinion is she is a very jealous person who did not have the high ambitions that Dan did, yet could not stand watching him succeed as he did. Another factor following that same line of thought is that she had found Tallahassee did not offer her job opportunities in the field she wanted to work in.

By adding those two sentences together, she was stuck in a city that wasn't interested in Human Rights at the level she was, therefore, she couldn't work at a satisfactory job to show how outstanding she was.

In other words, Wendi is a "me person.

Plus she would have to share her boys with another woman since Dan had a new love interest and possibly marriage to this woman.

 

[bigmanoncampus]

Using this link, you can search Miami-Dade County court records.
https://www2.miami-dadeclerk.com/cjis/mobile/CaseSearch.aspx

Enter Sigfredo Garcia's name. His robbery/strong arm (2012) case # is F-12-025272-A. You can scroll through the docket and find his attorney's names. IIRC, there are a few different defense attorneys on record as his case worked it's way through the system, but I believe attorney Eugene F. Zenobi is the final attorney on record.

Attorney of record was actually Annette Gomez according to pdf of judgment at that same link. He had a PD at first then hired Eugene then Annette.

 

[bigmanoncampus]

Exactly! So far I've noted that both the FBI & DEA participated in the arrest, which alludes to something much bigger. Bigger than even a "simple" murder-for-hire.

Speculation, but he was found with drugs. Someone in his "drug" circle snitched on him to cut time in a fed drug case.

 

[bigmanoncampus]

http://www.tallahassee.com/story/ne...ed-garcia-during-arrest-markel-case/85064706/

If this account is to be believed, this sure does sound like a lot of firepower and manpower to pick up one suspect, whether he has a record or not. Ten cars? Which means like probably 20 cops? Maybe it's an exaggeration. But even if it was half of that--5 cars--that would make it at least 10 officers. For one suspect? With the inclusion of the Fed Agencies, it almost makes this feel like Garcia is part of some bigger case than him just murdering Dan Markel.

It is my experience that LE rely on disproportionate force.

 

[Paige SC]

I find many things in this piece disturbing beyond the obvious 'ill-fated marriage' paragraph. Quite frankly, I think she comes off as a self- important - self-aggrandizing narcissist. The need to insert so many overly dramatic phrases or descriptions of the hardships of her 'sacrafices', the need to discuss the constant admiration of others who offer her better positions, putting down academics in a thinly veiled insulting way, etc. Red flags to me - IMO she felt as if she was seen as less important than her husband by others, even though she thought of herself as more important. Whether or not that led to murder, I have no idea, but this piece screams out the reasons for their divorce, I think.

I just posted a link to this but I'm going to again for the sake of quoting you. Based on her audio, you're assessment is pretty much on point. Bravo.

https://m.soundcloud.com/writing-class-radio/episode-6-wendi

 

[south fishy]

I just posted a link to this but I'm going to again for the sake of quoting you. Based on her audio, you're assessment is pretty much on point. Bravo.

https://m.soundcloud.com/writing-class-radio/episode-6-wendi

I was just thinking the same about your assessment. That audio was as painful to listen to as the other link was to read. How incredibly sad. I am now entertaining the idea that someone who loved her was involved in a misguided attempt to help. Family or lover, not sure. With or without her knowledge, not sure. But something is off.

 

[liz b.]

I just posted a link to this but I'm going to again for the sake of quoting you. Based on her audio, you're assessment is pretty much on point. Bravo.

https://m.soundcloud.com/writing-class-radio/episode-6-wendi

IDK...I think she is par for the course for a woman of her socio-economic status. She does not come across as "warm and fuzzy", perhaps because she was trained as a lawyer,and as such she will be more analytical and nuanced in her speech and in her writing.

It is fascinating to wonder who paid for this murder, and if she knew about it. It will likely all come out. jmo I still would be interested in knowing the reason for her leaving as she did. Did she meet someone else ? Can't wait for the trial. I'm betting Gloria Aldred will be involved. jmo

 

[StarrChance]

Speaking of self aggrandizing.... THIS is interesting. If this isn't fertile ground for endless psychoanalysis you need to seriously reexamine your life :needdrink: Start at about the 4.50 min mark. I'm honestly flabbergasted something like this even exists.....

https://m.soundcloud.com/writing-class-radio/episode-6-wendi

My very honest and personal opinion of the public audio in four words or less: Ivy League Jodi Arias

Wow, I just listened to this 3 times! Thankyou for posting hwow:

You are completely right about a psychoanalysis dream or even a statement analyst?

Interesting thing I thought that she was actually trying to psychoanalysis herself!

 

[Satchie]

Wow, I just listened to this 3 times! Thankyou for posting hwow:

You are completely right about a psychoanalysis dream or even a statement analyst?

Interesting thing I thought that she was actually trying to psychoanalysis herself!

From my peripheral contact with writing programs, people are encouraged these days to write exclusively about themselves and the way they see and react to the world, and be somewhat self-aware, but never so much as to move out of their comfort zone by writing, for eg "I'm incapable of emotional intimacy with anyone, including my mother."

 

[colette]

In the writing class audio Wendi seems very happy in saying that her ex-husband was murdered. I found her jokes about Dan in very poor taste. Talking about what she should call Dan, her ex-late husband or her late ex-husband. Then makes a joke about how it sounds like he was her latex husband and proceeds to call him that in her next sentence about him. I think in her mind she calls him that all the time. Then there is that joke about "what does your husband do?" Oh nothing he's dead... She laments that she misses her life... She said that Danny said she "deluded everyone but him" with her smiling persona, I find that very telling.

We also learned that Wendi just happen to have a luncheon date with 2 friends as Dan was murdered after dropping the kids off at daycare. She also spent 8 hours at the police station. I think that her telling the teen story about how she smiled when hearing that her friend's father had died was a way to explain her happiness at Dan's murder. She just smiles all the time, that's all. Personally I think Dan's murder was a family project. I think her father will take the fall as he has ill health.

 

[TTF14]

In the writing class audio Wendi seems very happy in saying that her ex-husband was murdered. I found her jokes about Dan in very poor taste. Talking about what she should call Dan, her ex-late husband or her late ex-husband. Then makes a joke about how it sounds like he was her latex husband and proceeds to call him that in her next sentence about him. I think in her mind she calls him that all the time. Then there is that joke about "what does your husband do?" Oh nothing he's dead... She laments that she misses her life... She said that Danny said she "deluded everyone but him" with her smiling persona, I find that very telling.

We also learned that Wendi just happen to have a luncheon date with 2 friends as Dan was murdered after dropping the kids off at daycare. She also spent 8 hours at the police station. I think that her telling the teen story about how she smiled when hearing that her friend's father had died was a way to explain her happiness at Dan's murder. She just smiles all the time, that's all. Personally I think Dan's murder was a family project. I think her father will take the fall as he has ill health.

What was her wording about how her mother helped her get out of her bad situation.....she used the word "facilitated" but I can't remember the exact phrase.

Her saying she went ahead and married someone she didn't have passion for doesn't sit well with me for some reason.

 

[nancydrew71]

She said that Danny said she "deluded everyone but him" with her smiling persona, I find that very telling.

So because Dan did not cow-tow to her, she left him? That's what I think it sounds like. Poor Dan, he married the "wrong woman".

 

[wildebeest]

Speaking of self aggrandizing.... THIS is interesting. If this isn't fertile ground for endless psychoanalysis you need to seriously reexamine your life :needdrink: Start at about the 4.50 min mark. I'm honestly flabbergasted something like this even exists.....

https://m.soundcloud.com/writing-class-radio/episode-6-wendi

My very honest and personal opinion of the public audio in four words or less: Ivy League Jodi Arias

Wow! Where did you find this??? :yourock:

She says Dan's killer was a hired hit man??? How does she know???

She should be shaking in her Louboutins!!!!!!!!!

IMHO

 

[dotr]

Some, might be reminded of this character from SNL, imo.
[video=youtube;6ldAQ6Rh5ZI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ldAQ6Rh5ZI[/video]

 

[Satchie]

Her saying she went ahead and married someone she didn't have passion for doesn't sit well with me for some reason.

Me too, because she reads it in a tone of voice so flat and cold, I can't imagine her having love and passion for anyone. The writing enthusiasts on the recording talk about "hot topic/cool prose" as though this was a deliberate choice of tone for story telling value, but in the LE world, it's a big red flag.

 

[Paige SC]

In the writing class audio Wendi seems very happy in saying that her ex-husband was murdered. I found her jokes about Dan in very poor taste. Talking about what she should call Dan, her ex-late husband or her late ex-husband. Then makes a joke about how it sounds like he was her latex husband and proceeds to call him that in her next sentence about him. I think in her mind she calls him that all the time. Then there is that joke about "what does your husband do?" Oh nothing he's dead... She laments that she misses her life... She said that Danny said she "deluded everyone but him" with her smiling persona, I find that very telling.

We also learned that Wendi just happen to have a luncheon date with 2 friends as Dan was murdered after dropping the kids off at daycare. She also spent 8 hours at the police station. I think that her telling the teen story about how she smiled when hearing that her friend's father had died was a way to explain her happiness at Dan's murder. She just smiles all the time, that's all. Personally I think Dan's murder was a family project. I think her father will take the fall as he has ill health.

It's just so odd, her behavior and demeanor. It's emotional masturbation void of any self awareness. It's not unusual for women to take up global causes, and it's not unusual for women to crave or seek validation, but it is odd, especially among the semi observant jewish community, for a woman to use the death of her children's father as the foundation for establishing her 'altruistic victimhood.' It's also odd for a grandmother to raise her grandkids in the aftermath of their father's homicide while their mother continues her valiant fight to save the world. Trust me, it IS odd.

My take away is that she never loved Dan, marrying him primarily as a sperm donor from good stock. As her narcissistic equal I imagine he loved her but was fairly dismissive of her without consciousness of awareness or malicious intent. She is openly hostile to her 'latex' husband, showing clear contempt for him throughout the audio. As another poster so eloquently surmised, emotional intimacy is a foreign concept to her.

She spins the story making it appear like she was forced to move closer to her parents in the aftermath of his death, leaving behind a career & a life that she loved (and even misses!) The truth is, she had been desperately trying to relocate with the kids, which was the reason for the contentious custody battle.‎

The police have never disclosed where exactly Markel was shot in the head, (front, side, back.), choosing instead to keep that information close to the vest. She clearly states he ‎was shot "at point blank range in the back of the head." I'm curious how she knows this and even more curious as to why she would share it with the world amid an ongoing investigation...

I don't know how many were involved in the execution of Dan Markel but I am not AT ALL confident everyone responsible will be brought to justice. One thing is for sure, an elderly man with brain cancer wouldn't hesitate to fall on the sword in order to protect his family. ‎

 

[wildebeest]

Wonder if the students in the writing class will be subpoenaed?

IMHO

 

[kemo]

This is all very interesting. Wendi appears to be someone who grew up believing she was an RBD (Really Big Deal) and was expected to do great things. Her presentation suggested that she married Dan because he was an RBD and as an RBD, that's the type she was supposed to marry and she divorced him because he didn't think she was an RBD at the level he was. Perhaps, but while women do leave their husbands for this sort of thing, it is very rare for a woman to do this when she has two preschool children. Most " personal fulfillment" divorces occur after all the kids are in school. To move out the way she did and hide the kids away for six weeks because her husband wasn't impressed by the book she wrote, is a little strange. She may be whitewashing the situation. I'm betting she explained it to her family a little differently. None of this, however suggests she is a killer.

It is interesting that she mentions that her father was a "brain cancer survivor" and 70 years old but does not elaborate on that. Sounds like she is closer to her mother. It would be interesting if she portrayed her father as her hero, savior, protecter. But she didn't.

Overall, while I've know a few people raised to be RBD's and they can have very offensive ways of letting the rest of us know we are not, they are generally on the normal spectrum and do often become very successful without killing anyone. The manner in which she left Dan is a bit of a red flag but we don't have all the facts.

Still, the divorce and custody arrangement is the only thing in Dan's life, that the public has become aware of, that would be a motive for murder. If it involves something else, it was not something that has cone out in the media or the Internet.

 

[Paige SC]

Wonder if the students in the writing class will be subpoenaed?

IMHO

Not sure, but if anyone has the capability to record the audio I would suggest doing so. I can't, I tried last night but resources are limited as I'm on vacation. I imagine the audio will be taken down shortly... I'd love to see the audio transcribed in print. Also, not sure if there are any other goodies in the series, I only listened to that one but there could be more.

 

[Satchie]

This is all very interesting. Wendi appears to be someone who grew up believing she was an RBD (Really Big Deal) and was expected to do great things. Her presentation suggested that she married Dan because he was an RBD and as an RBD, that's the type she was supposed to marry and she divorced him because he didn't think she was an RBD at the level he was. Perhaps, but while women do leave their husbands for this sort of thing, it is very rare for a woman to do this when she has two preschool children. Most " personal fulfillment" divorces occur after all the kids are in school. To move out the way she did and hide the kids away for six weeks because her husband wasn't impressed by the book she wrote, is a little strange. She may be whitewashing the situation. I'm betting she explained it to her family a little differently. None of this, however suggests she is a killer.

It is interesting that she mentions that her father was a "brain cancer survivor" and 70 years old but does not elaborate on that. Sounds like she is closer to her mother. It would be interesting if she portrayed her father as her hero, savior, protecter. But she didn't.

Overall, while I've know a few people raised to be RBD's and they can have very offensive ways of letting the rest of us know we are not, they are generally on the normal spectrum and do often become very successful without killing anyone. The manner in which she left Dan is a bit of a red flag but we don't have all the facts.

Still, the divorce and custody arrangement is the only thing in Dan's life, that the public has become aware of, that would be a motive for murder. If it involves something else, it was not something that has cone out in the media or the Internet.

Great summary, I was thinking exactly the same based on the 'RBD' women I've known and their divorces. In none of the cases would the woman go back to her parents, that would be downgrading herself, but perhaps in this case the parents are exceptionally devoted and supportive. Since she doesn't mention her denied petition to move to Miami, I assume she's left other inconvenient information out of the story.