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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Donna Adelson Trial Moves Forward in Murder of Son-in-Law |Crime Alert Recap Saturday 08.22.25

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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True Crime, News

3.97.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Breaking crime news as it happens throughout the day! Follow "Crime Alert Hourly Update" now on your favorite podcast app: https://link.chtbl.com/Crime_Alert

Here's some of our top stories this week:

Jury now set in Donna Adelson's murder trial. She is accused of being one of the orchestrators in the murder-for-hire of Dan Markel, her former son-in-law and a beloved Florida State University law professor.

His phone got taken away, so he shot & killed his dad. Now, this teen is walking free, thanks to his mom. 

More than 20 years after her murder, the husband of Melissa Wolfenbarger is on trial. 

The chilling last message 18-year-old Kylee Monteiro sent her sister before she vanished. Two weeks later, police found her body buried on her boyfriend’s property.

Stay informed, stay safe, and stay ahead with "Crime Alert Hourly Update.”

 

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0:00.0

Crime Alert, hourly update. Breaking Crime News now.

0:03.7

I'm Jackie Howard. A jury is now set in Donna Adelson's murder trial.

0:08.7

She's accused of being one of the masterminds behind the murder for hire of Dan Markell, her former son-in-law and a beloved Florida State University law professor.

0:19.3

Authorities allege Donna Adelson conspired with her son Charlie and his then-girlfriend.

0:25.1

They were both convicted and now serving life in prison along with two other hired hitmen.

0:31.2

After Charlie Adelson's conviction, police swore in and arrest his mother at Miami Airport,

0:36.7

as she and husband Harvey are trying to

0:39.7

board a one-way ticket to Vietnam, a non-extradition country.

0:44.7

This, after being caught during a jailhouse phone call.

0:48.2

Investigators caught wind that Charlie Adelson's conviction was pushing his mom to do something

0:52.8

drastic.

0:53.7

During one of the calls,

0:54.8

Donna Adelson tells her son Charlie that they are looking at places to see if they have

0:58.6

extradition, and she mentions extradition from Vietnam. We've been looking it up over and over

1:03.6

if things change if there is extradition from Vietnam. Because we've looked at all the places,

1:10.0

I mean, I could go to Korea and China,

1:11.9

but there's no extradition. But we're looking for places with no extradition.

1:15.4

One week after that call, Donna and Harvey Adelson book a one-way ticket to Vietnam and are waiting

1:20.7

for their flight at Miami International Airport when officers arrive and handcuffed the 73-year-old

1:26.2

grandmother and escort her out of the airport into a waiting squad car.

1:30.5

Donna Adelson is facing first-degree murder and solicitation of murder charges.

1:34.9

When Dan Markle was killed in his driveway, authorities believed there was a conspiracy involving several people,

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