Estranged Son Calls Mom Accused of Killing Son-in-Law Controlling | Crime Alert Recap Saturday 08.30.25
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 30 August 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Crime Alert. I'm Nancy Grace. Breaking Crime News Now. One of the alleged masterminds and the contract killing of Florida State University law professor, Dan Markell, is facing a jury. |
| 0:11.0 | Jury selection for Donna Adelson, accused of planning the murder of her son-in-law is complete. Opening statements, done. Now, the evidence. Prosecutors depicted her as the matriarch |
| 0:24.8 | mastermind behind the brutal murder of the Florida State University law professor, while her |
| 0:30.4 | defense team portrayed her as a kind and loving person during their opening statements. |
| 0:36.5 | The attorneys engaged in extensive questioning and cross-examination of several witnesses, |
| 0:42.1 | including two significant members of the Aedelson family, Wendy, and Robert. |
| 0:47.4 | This marked the first time Robert, the woman's son, has provided testimony in the murder case. |
| 0:53.3 | Having been estranged from his family for several |
| 0:55.7 | years, Robert disclosed that his last communication with his mother was in 2016. |
| 1:02.3 | Dan was fatally shot at close range in 2014, while in the middle of a legal battle with his wife, |
| 1:08.9 | Wendy Adelson, over her desire to relocate with |
| 1:12.5 | their two young sons in Miami where her parents lived. As 75, Donna faces first-degree murder charges, |
| 1:20.5 | conspiracy and solicitation in the case that has garnered significant media attention in |
| 1:26.3 | Tallahassee and the U.S. |
| 1:27.9 | and resulted in the convictions of four others, including her son Charlie Adelson. |
| 1:34.0 | Later in the afternoon, Wendy Adelson took the stand once more, reiterating to the courtroom that |
| 1:39.2 | she had no involvement in the murder for hire of her ex-husband. However, during cross-examination, |
| 1:46.0 | Donna Adelson's attorneys contended that Wendy may have had a deeper connection to the murder |
| 1:51.2 | than she disclosed. Assistant State Attorney Georgia Kaplanman continued to question Wendy, |
| 1:57.5 | guiding the jury through the timeline of events by hired assassins at his Tallahassee |
| 2:02.7 | residents. Isn't it true that when you were interviewed by law enforcement, what you said initially |
| 2:07.6 | was that Danny's parents were going to think that you're the one who did it, right? I did say |
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