Who did Charlie Adelson kill? All about Daniel Markel’s murder

Charlie Adelson, 47, was convicted of first-degree murder, conspiracy, and solicitation on November 6, 2014, following an eight-day trial that included copious wiretaps and other surreptitiously recorded communications implicating him in the murder.

In barely three hours, jurors returned guilty verdicts. He faced a mandatory life sentence for first-degree murder.

After hearing victim impact testimonies from Markel’s family, Leon Circuit Judge Stephen Everett ordered the punishment.

His punishment occurred less than 24 hours after his mother, Donna Adelson, pleaded not guilty to the Markel murder at her arraignment before Everett.

Who did Charlie Adelson kill?

Charlie Adelson, 47, was found guilty of first-degree murder, conspiracy, and solicitation last month in the 2014 killing of Dan Markel, who was gunned down in his car outside his Tallahassee home.

Prosecutors contended that Adelson paid to have Markel killed, and jurors took just three hours to find him guilty.

All about Daniel Markel’s murder

Harvard University (B.A., J.D.) Markel was murdered in Tallahassee, Florida, in 2014, in a murder for hire motivated by child custody issues following Markel’s divorce from Wendi Adelson, a clinical law professor and child advocate also employed at Florida State University at the time.