TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Court TV) —Donna Adelson appeared in court Friday for a motions hearing in the case in which she faces charges related to the 2014 killing of her former son-in-law.
Adelson faces charges of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder and solicitation to commit murder in connection with the shooting death of FSU Law professor Dan Markel. At the time of his murder, Markel was in a contentious custody battle with his ex-wife and Adelson’s daughter, Wendi.
Donna Adelson appears in court July 11, 2025. (Court TV)
Markel was shot in July 2014 while sitting in his car in the garage of his Tallahassee home. Prosecutors said Katherine Magbanua acted as the go-between for her then-boyfriend, Donna’s son Charlie Adelson, and two hitmen, Sigfredo Garcia and Luis Rivera, in Markel’s murder…