FL - FSU Law Professor Dan Markel Murdered by Hitmen-Donna Adelson Upcoming Trial - *5 Guilty* #28

[Fromeaster]

I fervently hope that Rob writes a book on how he has survived and escaped from his enmeshed, toxic family. I think it would be very helpful to others who are in the same situation.

It's very funny to hear from a mother who is serving a life sentence that her son Rob was a bad child.

 

[Ferpo]

What a joke. DA is a pathological liar.

The State could have verbally floated a potential plea proposal without formally offering one. In this case all parties that have addressed this matter (State, Fulford, Jansen, DA via Drina) could have an element of truth to their statements. Regardless if it ever happened or not, the purported 10Y sentence is interesting in that it would have given DA a reasonable chance of walking out the prison gates at age ~84 (booked at 74). In my opinion, 10Y is practically the most that could be offered without making it effectively a life sentence. can't see the Markel family ever supporting this though.

 

[JerseyPride]

Not with an Alford plea. She doesn't have to admit guilt. She will be a hero to her boys. Serving 10 years for a crime she did not commit. She'll get out in her mid 50s and live another 30 years. She'd be stupid not to take a deal, but then I've always maintained she's not the brightest light in the harbour, so who knows.

Not in a billion years will WA take a plea. No way in hell.

 

[Fromeaster]

It seems to me that this family has done a lot of bad things, maybe financial crimes or something, and they still felt unpunished until they finally killed someone. But Donna doesn't stop, she says that she wants Rob dead and how she hates him.

 

[opt]

It seems to me that this family has done a lot of bad things, maybe financial crimes or something, and they still felt unpunished until they finally killed someone. But Donna doesn't stop, she says that she wants Rob dead and how she hates him.

No wonder Rob testified: When DA wants someone dead, they sometimes end up dead.

 

[apeXperience]

Since 2013 while the conspiracy was hatched, Wendi Adelson’s knowledge of the Florida Rules of Evidence in criminal case drove her disciplined attitude about what, when, where and with whom to keep her mouth shut.

Wendi Adelson is difficult to indict because she is an admitted lawyer in good standing of the Florida bar. Just in case it is not clear, it is difficult for the SAO to indict her despite the volume of indicators pointing to her parts in the murder of her ex-husband, as listed and described in the PCA and transcripts of the 4 previous related trials because she is informed and smart.

Under examination and counter examination at court proceedings, she displayed her skills at giving non committal responses, deflecting questions, and wasting time. Pretending to be doltish, she shuffled the leaves of Georgia Cappleman’s large binder pretending to not know how to find page numbers.

Wendi Adelson’s fables about “hitman joke” and “TV as divorce present” are examples of deflections. Even in ordinary conversation, she is routinely deflecting topics in a manner to ridicule or infuriate her interlocutors. When Dan Markel talked about including his “love of God” in the upbringing of their sons, perhaps Wendi Adelson kept talking about her brother Charles’ “love of dog.” If their mutual friends such as Tamara Demko were attempting to impart wisdom such as “a good man is hard to find”, Wendi would deflected the conversation into how “a hard man is good to find.”

In his LWOP + 30Y + 30Y appeal process, Charles Adelson’s response brief is due tomorrow 11/5/2025 at Florida’s 1DCA. To find More Justice For Dan Markel and “indict all persons involved in his murder”, the SAO has to be creative and find venue to turn Charles Adelson into State witness starting by making him aware that the appeal process is futile.

 

[Zedzded]

Wendi has alternated accounts of the Trescott Drive. If you’ve seen all 4 trials plus Isoms interview it’s obvious.
There was no tape nor police car at the start of Trescott getting off Centerville.
She has blatantly lied. Every jury doesn’t know what she has said previously at other trials because if they did, she would be guilty just by lying about where she turned.

Wasn't it memory loss?! lol

 

[Zedzded]

The State could have verbally floated a potential plea proposal without formally offering one. In this case all parties that have addressed this matter (State, Fulford, Jansen, DA via Drina) could have an element of truth to their statements. Regardless if it ever happened or not, the purported 10Y sentence is interesting in that it would have given DA a reasonable chance of walking out the prison gates at age ~84 (booked at 74). In my opinion, 10Y is practically the most that could be offered without making it effectively a life sentence. can't see the Markel family ever supporting this though.

Yeah I think the State offering 10 years is a possibility. But they'd want something in return.

 

[Zedzded]

the SAO has to be creative and find venue to turn Charles Adelson into State witness starting by making him aware that the appeal process is futile.

I'm kinda hoping his lawyer does that! But after the performances of De Coste, Kawass, Rashbaum and Fulford I doubt it. I think to some degree they have all failed their clients. I don't think Lauro will be any different. His client maintains her innocence, she loved Dan and would never do anything to hurt him = LWOP + 30 + 30....

Only when all the trials are over and appeals exhausted will all the actors in this tragedy realise they should have followed the advice on Websleuths!

 

[Knitpicker]

Wasn't it memory loss?! lol

“I don’t remember”

 

[Weki]

I'm not sure there is any evidence that Donna wanted to or tried to have Rob killed. Again, this is one of those narratives that have been floated by YouTubers and questionable witnesses who appear on these channels for whatever reason.

There's a huge incentive for these channels to propagate fake narratives and titillate their audiences but it really damages the intergrity of this case and, ultimately, Dan Markel's memory.

JMO, obviously others are free to enjoy this kind of out of control speculation/conjecture

 

[Cryptic]

Will WA take his advice? 10 years for an Alford plea. I think most people in her situation would jump at that.

This is faux "Windy" on the air:

The Alford deal needs to be sweetened up as any theoretical real evidence against me is with CA and DA- and they have no incentive what so ever to talk. But... since we are discussing Alford pleas, I will consider the following:

- The plea, must be in connection to Tampering with Evidence. For the sake of my children, I will never enter into an agreement pertaining to any charge related to murder.

- Tampering with Evidence is punished by 5 years in Florida. So, I'll consider a 5 year Alford Plea. But...I must be given the exact same parole consideration as any other first time, non violent offender who has been actually convicted of a Tampering with Evidence charge. Say.... out in 2-3 years maybe less.

- No maximum security prison for me. I prefer the county jail. I"ll take a medium women's prison- if I really need to. In either case, I want a safe environment and access to meaningful work in the inmate education department.

This consideration is fading fast. If the state does not accept my offer, you will be waiting for CA or DA to turn on me. Given their life sentences and our close relationship, that might be, well ..... a while (wink, nod).

 

[IQuestion]

I’m so sorry I got you on a wild goose chase. I have the shot in my head. I wish I could look for it myself. Thx for the effort . It’s a driveway. Like someone went out side their door and looked in the street. To the left was the tape with a few men together near a police car. Like you go outside where your mailbox is on the side of the driveway near the street.

The crime scene tape only blocked 2 driveway lengths. So if WA saw the tape and police vehicle, she was very , very close and had traveled a great distance down Trescott.
Ergo, she either lied about seeing the tape or she lied about how far she traveled down Trescott. Oh, IMO.

 

[Zedzded]

The crime scene tape only blocked 2 driveway lengths. So if WA saw the tape and police vehicle, she was very , very close and had traveled a great distance down Trescott.
Ergo, she either lied about seeing the tape or she lied about how far she traveled down Trescott. Oh, IMO.

She said a few times there was tape blocking Trescott and so she had to carry straight on Centreville.

 

[Going Rogue]

This has confused me. WA says that she saw police tape and an unmarked car at the intersection of the two roads and that is why she did the 3 point turn and went another way. Then it was said that the police tape was 1-2 houses either way of DMs house. On a podcast it was shown how far DMs house was from the intersection. It was quite a ways down from the intersection. So how did she see the police tape and what am I missing??? TIA

Everything about Wendi’s trip to ABC liquors and her intention to travel down Trescott is one big giant rabbit hole…. IMO, there is a lot of conflicting information and a wide range of opinions about the significance of every detail of that trip, especially the social media obsession with her varying testimony about the trip. You are reopening a can or worms

 

[Ferpo]

No surprise, DA today has filed her Notice of Appeal to the First District Court of Appeals.

 

[Knitpicker]

The crime scene tape only blocked 2 driveway lengths. So if WA saw the tape and police vehicle, she was very , very close and had traveled a great distance down Trescott.
Ergo, she either lied about seeing the tape or she lied about how far she traveled down Trescott. Oh, IMO.

Right. So if she went up to that police car where Brannon was, she definitely saw all the action at the house.
Now, why did Georgia question Brannon and Isom about how far away the tape was from the house?
If it was right at his house, and the other tape was 2 houses away (which it looks like from that photo), why would she let them say 3-4 houses away or 4-5 houses away?
We know she lied about the tape being where Trescott starts from Centerville.
She was seen by Brannon, so she had to commit to being there.
Yet she retracted her original statement and now puts herself far away from the hosue, where there was neither tape nor cop.

 

[Knitpicker]

No surprise, DA today has filed her Notice of Appeal to the First District Court of Appeals.

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Why is she using Zellman and Fulford?

 

[Zedzded]

Everything about Wendi’s trip to ABC liquors and her intention to travel down Trescott is one big giant rabbit hole…. IMO, there is a lot of conflicting information and a wide range of opinions about the significance of every detail of that trip, especially the social media obsession with her varying testimony about the trip. You are reopening a can or worms

I don't think it's a big rabbit hole.

A prime suspect in a murder drove to the crime scene. She potentially had an "out" by claiming it was a shortcut instead of going up Centreville (it is not a shortcut), but that excuse was cancelled out by her lying about the route she took.

Once that information is parlayed to a jury, they will be left in doubt (IMO) that when WA drove to the crime scene, she already knew Dan had been shot. Innocent people don't lie.

Additionally once you add in all the other crazy behaviour, upset about the TV, wanting to repair a TV despite being told it couldn't be, lying about the phone call conversation with CA, manic phone calling/texting around the time she drove to the crime scene... a jury will be left in no doubt about her complicity. Indeed some of the jury members from DA's trial have already stated they believe WA was involved and they have barely seen any evidence.

 

[Zedzded]

Right. So if she went up to that police car where Brannon was, she definitely saw all the action at the house.
Now, why did Georgia question Brannon and Isom about how far away the tape was from the house?
If it was right at his house, and the other tape was 2 houses away (which it looks like from that photo), why would she let them say 3-4 houses away or 4-5 houses away?
We know she lied about the tape being where Trescott starts from Centerville.
She was seen by Brannon, so she had to commit to being there.
Yet she retracted her original statement and now puts herself far away from the hosue, where there was neither tape nor cop.

GC is holding off on interrogating WA about Trescott. There's a video I'll dig up of WA clearly lying and GC holds off on her.

I can't remember verbatim, but GC asks her if she turned onto Trescott and WA replies "I couldn't turn on to Trescott because there was tape, so I carried straight on Centreville.

GC very gently cajoles a bit more information out of WA and she then admits she drove down Trescott for a bit. And then GC left it at that. To be continued Wendi!