Who Is Wendi Adelson & Where Is She Now?

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is the ex-wife of prominent Florida lawyer and professor Dan Markel, who was shot in his Tallahassee home on July 18, 2014. Markel died less than 24 hours later. The former couple were in the midst of a contentious custody battle over their children at the time. According to Times Now, Wendi demanded relocation to South Florida with their two sons after their divorce. However, a judge had denied her petition to relocate.

The subsequent investigation that involved the FBI, as well as the Tallahassee police, revealed a sinister murder-for-hire plot. This involved two hired hitmen—Sigfredo Garcia and Luis Rivera—Wendi Adelson’s brother, Charlie Adelson, and his then-girlfriend, Katherine Magbanua.

USA Today reported that according to prosecutors, Dan Markel’s murder “stemmed from the desperate desire of the Adelson family” to take him out of the way so that Wendi could relocate with their two sons. Last November, the case against Charlie Adelson resulted in a conviction. That same month, authorities arrested the Adelson family matriarch, Donna Adelson, for her involvement in the killing.

Wendi Adelson has not faced charges in her ex-husband’s murder and maintains her innocence., with her two sons, Benjamin and Lincoln, as per The Cinemaholic.

While Wendi Adelson did not face charges in ex-husband Dan Markel’s murder-for-hire, two of her family members were implicated in the crime. An investigation into the murder case revealed that Wendi’s dentist brother, Charlie Adelson, hired two hitmen to have Markel murdered. A jury convicted Charlie of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and solicitation of murder on November 6, 2023. The following month, he received a life sentence without parole.

Last November, authorities also arrested Wendi Adelson’s mother, Donna Adelson, for her role in the crime. ABC 15 News reported that Donna now faces charges including first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, and solicitation to commit first-degree