Ep 93: The Murder of Dan Markel (Part 1)

Court Junkie

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Government, True Crime, News

4.8 • 8.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2019

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

In July 2014, FSU law professor Dan Markel was shot and killed in the driveway of his home in Tallahassee, Florida. Investigators immediately suspected that the family of Dan’s ex-wife, Wendi Adelson, was behind the murder, but would they be able to prove it? After two years of investigation, three arrests were made in the case - Luis Rivera, Sigfredo Garcia, and Katherine Magbanua. The Prosecution’s theory is that the Adelson family hired Katherine, who was dating Wendi’s brother Charlie, to orchestrate the murder. Katherine then enlisted the help of the father of her children, Sigfredo, and his friend Luis. In September 2019, Sigfredo and Katherine went to trial for the murder, with Luis Rivera was the star witness against them. Would prosecutors be able to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt, or would the defenses of Sigfredo and Katherine prove that they were being railroaded? Sponsors in this episode: - Care/of - For 50% off your first Care/of order, go to TakeCareOf.com and enter JUNKIE50. - Jordan Harbinger Podcast - Subscribe and get new episodes every week on Apple Podcasts and PodcastOne. - Simple Contacts - Get $20 off your contacts at SimpleContacts.com/Junkie20 or enter code JUNKIE20 at checkout. - The RealReal.com - Consign with the RealReal today and earn up to 85% commission plus site credit. Please consider supporting Court Junkie with as little as $3 a month via Patreon.com/CourtJunkie to receive ad-free episodes. Help support Court Junkie with $6 a month and get access to bonus monthly episodes. Follow me on Twitter @CourtJunkiePod or Instagram at CourtJunkie. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	According to the state of Florida, the murder of Florida State University Law Professor
0:07.0	41-year-old Dan Markel is quite complicated and involves multiple defendants.
0:14.4	Prosecutor Georgia Kapleman leaned forward against the podium as she spoke to the jury on
0:19.9	September 26, 2019.
0:24.0	Dan Markel, father of two young boys and highly respected attorney at law and professor
0:30.4	at the Florida State University College of Law, was shot twice in the head in his own garage
0:37.3	in broad daylight.
0:39.4	Who would do such a thing?
0:41.3	Who indeed investigators naturally looked at the people closest to Dan, including his
0:47.0	ex-wife, Wendy Adelson.
0:50.0	They would come to learn that Dan and Wendy had quite a tumultuous divorce and were still
0:55.4	currently involved in litigation involving the settlements of their divorce and custody
1:00.4	of their two young sons.
1:03.2	But their investigation would seemingly take them in another direction, at least at first.
1:09.3	After a lengthy and meticulous investigation, telehassy police officers finally made two
1:15.1	arrests in the case.
1:17.4	33-year-old Lewis Rivera and 34-year-old Sig Freito Garcia.
1:23.8	At first, to the public, at least, there was no obvious connection between Dan Markel and
1:29.4	the two suspects.
1:31.3	They certainly didn't run in the same circles, and Lewis and Sig Freito lived in Miami,
1:36.5	while Dan's residence was in Tallahassee.
1:40.5	Lewis had been in jail already on other charges, federal racketeering charges, when he was
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