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Pretty Lies And Alibis

RECAP: Donna Adelson Trial Day 3: Part 1 The EX Files

Pretty Lies And Alibis

GiGi McKelvey

True Crime, News, Daily News, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

1st witness - Jeff Lacasse - dated Wendi leading up to Dan's Murder
2nd witness - June Umchinda - dated Charlie before and after the bump
3rd witness - Ryan Fitzpatrick - Charlie's close friend 








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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 Tuesday,

0:06.0

August 26th. Hope you guys are having a good morning so far. I'm going to break today into two

0:11.6

different episodes. I'm supposed to be on Banfield at 10 tonight, so if you have News Nation,

0:17.7

check it out at 10 Eastern. The plan is to talk about this case. Don't forget to

0:22.7

hit subscribe if you're watching on YouTube and like the video. If you want notifications of when

0:28.5

I post new content, click that little bell icon. Appreciate all y'all. Let's jump in. First up on the

0:35.2

stand was Jeff Lacasse, Wendy's ex. He started dating Wendy in

0:40.2

late September 2013. It was casual and not exclusive. But late February into early March of 2014,

0:50.1

they became exclusive. The relationship ended July 14th just before Dan's murder. He knew of her divorce,

0:57.6

and it was a constant topic of conversation. The relocation motion had just been denied right

1:04.1

before they started dating, and so she talked about that a lot, as well as the custody issues

1:10.0

between her and Dan. He did meet Dan briefly

1:13.1

a couple of times when they would exchange the kids. He met Dan at swimming lessons once,

1:18.8

and the interactions were polite and cordial. But he said he did adopt the Adelson family

1:24.9

narrative about Dan and believed their side. Wendy very badly wanted to relocate

1:31.0

to South Florida to be with her family. He said she hated Tallahassee and that was a daily topic of

1:37.8

conversation with her. On their second date, she busted out into tears about the denial of the

1:44.0

relocation, which ended

1:45.5

their date.

1:46.6

He knew Dan was filing for supervised visits with Donna and the boys, because Wendy talked

1:52.3

about it a lot.

1:54.2

He said she would forward him emails and motions regarding the case, and Wendy took that

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