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Roberta Glass True Crime Report

Resilience! Ruth Markel on Surviving Her Son Dan Markel's Murder

Roberta Glass True Crime Report

Roberta Glass

True Crime

3.3628 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Ruth Markel tells all about her son's murder, her new book "The Unveiling" and how she turned grief into advocacy for victims.
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Ruth Markel's website: https://ruthmarkel.com
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0:00.0

You are listening to the Roberta Glass True Crime Report, putting the true back in true crime.

0:26.1

From New York City, Roberta Glass is now on the record.

0:49.8

On the morning of July 18, 2014, Florida State University Law Professor Dan Markell dropped off his two young sons at preschool and headed to the gym for his morning workout.

0:55.5

As Markell exited the gym and headed home, a light green Prius followed his car.

1:01.6

Dan was just finishing up a cell phone call as he pulled into his garage, telling the person on the other end of the line that he was being approached by someone he didn't recognize.

1:06.0

Dan's neighbor, Jim Geiger, heard shots ring out and went next door to investigate.

1:11.7

Geiger found Markell clinging onto life in the front seat of his car.

1:16.2

Geiger told 911 operators that he had seen a light-colored Prius fleeing the scene.

1:22.8

Using surveillance footage and rental records of the Prius,

1:26.4

law enforcement were able to identify two

1:28.9

Miami men as Markell's murderers, Luis Rivera and Siegfriedo Garcia. On October 4th, 2016,

1:37.4

Luis Rivera, the getaway driver, negotiated a plea deal where he agreed to cooperate with law

1:43.3

enforcement in exchange for a 19-year prison

1:46.7

sentence. Rivera, a gang member with the Latin Kings, told investigators that the middle

1:52.1

woman was Catherine Katie Magbenua, the shooter, Siegfriedo Garcia's baby mama. At the time

1:59.4

of Dan's murder, Magbenua was dating Dan Markell's ex-wife's

2:04.5

Wendy's brother, Charlie Adelson. Rivera claimed he had been told by Rivera that they had been

2:11.4

hired by Markell's ex-wife, Wendy Adelson. Adelson and her family had developed a passionate hatred for Dan

2:18.8

Markell and desperately wanted to move Wendy and her and Dan's two children to Miami. A judge

2:25.9

had denied this request. Rivera's confession echoed the interrogations of Jeffrey Lacasse,

2:32.4

Wendy Adelson's most recent ex-boyfriend.

2:35.6

Lacass told police that Wendy had made a joke that her brother had bought her a TV because it was,

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