RECAP: Donna Adelson Trial - Day 1
Pretty Lies And Alibis
GiGi McKelvey
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 23 August 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
- James Geiger - Dan's neighbor who heard the gunshots, saw the Prius speed off, and found Dan. He called 911.
- Officer David Sims, Tallahassee Police Department - 1st officer at the scene
- Joanne Maltese, Forensic Specialist, Tallahassee PD - Photographed the scene, took evidence, and went to the hospital to photograph Dan.
- Dr Clark - medical examiner who performed Dan's autopsy
- Craig Isom, a former investigator with the Tallahassee Police Department - goes over the investigation in the beginning and touches on major developments throughout. He will be recalled.
- Luis RIvera - co-conspirator - tells part of the story. Names Wendi in his testimony as who wanted Dan dead.
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| 0:00.0 | What you know, alibiers. Welcome to another episode of Pretty Lies and Alibis. I'm Gigi. It's Friday, August 22nd. |
| 0:07.2 | Day one of the Donna Adelson trial in the books. I never thought I would see this day come, but here we are. |
| 0:14.7 | Interesting day. Luis Rivera, last one on the stand. He's finished for now. He will definitely be recalled at a later time. |
| 0:22.9 | And Monday morning, I believe Wendy Adelson will be first up on the stand. She was in the |
| 0:28.7 | courthouse today with her attorney, but did not make it up there. So come watch live with us. |
| 0:35.1 | Also, if you're not subscribed on YouTube, don't forget to hit subscribe |
| 0:38.7 | and click that bell icon if you want notifications of when I post new content. Today, I did a few |
| 0:45.1 | YouTube shorts to tell you guys some things that happened in real time, so I wouldn't have to wait |
| 0:49.7 | until tonight. So if you want those kind of updates, ring my bell. If you don't know, I've already put out |
| 0:56.0 | the recap of opening statements by the state and the defense. So if you haven't watched that yet, |
| 1:01.5 | just go look on my page. It should be right there. Let's hop into the first witnesses. First up was |
| 1:07.7 | James Geiger. He is Dan's neighbor. He and his wife were looking towards Trescott and heard a loud, popping bang sound. He immediately got up and walked to this big picture window at the front of their house to see where it came from. They bring in a photo of his residence that shows the view from that window, and something got his attention. He saw a car |
| 1:29.3 | rapidly backing out and heading towards Benton Road. He said the car was going fast, and he noticed |
| 1:35.8 | it appeared to be a light-colored Prius. That was so key in this investigation, y'all. He gave |
| 1:42.6 | them their first big clue that ultimately led to |
| 1:46.6 | Sigfrido and Rivera. He said there had been some break-ins in the neighborhood and he thought |
| 1:52.0 | maybe somebody was trying to break into Dan's house. So he walked over to see if he could see any |
| 1:57.1 | damage to the house. He got right there at the garage and the garage door was open and the |
| 2:02.4 | car was running and he saw Danny inside so he turned around and walked back to his house. He stood at |
| 2:08.9 | his front window and looked out waiting about five minutes and realized this did not seem right. |
| 2:14.8 | He said Danny hadn't backed out and he told his wife, I think something's wrong, |
| 2:18.8 | I'm going to walk back over. He goes towards the garage and gets inside, and he notices the car |
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