The Latest From Outside the Donna Adelson Trial Courthouse | Closing Arguments Podcast
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4.6 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 August 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are simply that. |
| 0:04.8 | Opinions. |
| 0:05.8 | All are presumed innocent until proven otherwise in a court of law. |
| 0:09.8 | Sensitive topics are discussed. |
| 0:11.8 | Discretion is advised. |
| 0:17.3 | Melissa Wolfenbarger, a wife and mother of two, vanished in 1998. |
| 0:21.6 | Her remains were found in early 1999, but they were not identified until 2003 when the Flint River Killer was arrested. |
| 0:30.6 | That serial killer was her father. Then more than two decades later, finally an arrest for her murder, but it wasn't her serial killer father. |
| 0:40.3 | It was her husband. |
| 0:41.3 | Tonight we have the latest from the courtroom as the trial of Christopher Wolfenberger continues. |
| 0:48.3 | Meanwhile, in Tallahassee, Florida, the trial of Donna Adelson, an overbearing meddling mother |
| 0:56.3 | accused of orchestrating the murder for hire of her ex-son-in-law to ensure that her daughter, |
| 1:02.2 | Wendy, obtained sole custody of her children. |
| 1:06.4 | We are live at the courthouse with the latest as this high profile trial gets underway but first |
| 1:14.2 | in 1995 Eric Menendez and his brother Lyle were convicted of two counts of first-degree |
| 1:19.6 | murder the jury spared them the death penalty and they were sentenced to life without the possibility |
| 1:25.7 | of parole through the, they lost every |
| 1:29.2 | appeal. But then California changed the law, and now the brothers are eligible to apply for parole. |
| 1:36.3 | And today, Eric Menendez appeared in front of the parole board, and we are live from California |
| 1:42.2 | with today's huge decision. |
| 1:45.0 | I'm Vinipolitan. Thank you so much for joining us tonight here on closing arguments. |
| 1:51.0 | And here we are. I still can't. I got to pinch myself. Are we really where we are tonight? |
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