Daniel Markel and Wendi Adelson date for a couple of years, and then the young, well-educated couple marry.

Daniel Markel is already a a professor at Florida State University School of Law and Wendi Adelson is a third-year law student at the University of Miami. The couple have two children, but then Dan Markel comes home from a business trip to find the house nearly empty. His wife and two boys, as well as most of the furniture, are gone. There are divorce papers on the bed.

For the next six weeks, Dan Markel doesn't know where his children are much less his soon-to-be ex-wife.  Their divorce is finalized and the order is for them to share joint custody of their children, but Wendi Adelson tries to move with the boys to Miami, Dan Markel heads to court and files an order to keep them from moving.

Dan wins that battle, but a custody battle continues.  

Markel, now a Florida State University criminal law professor, pulls into his driveway and is talking on his cell phone when he was fatally shot. The killer was waiting for Markel outside his home then followed him into the garage, shooting him in the side of the head, through the window of his car. 

Who planned the murder for hire?

Joining Nancy Grace Today:

• Tamara Demko, DrPH, JD, RN - Harvard Law School Classmate and Friend of Dan Markel; Facebook: Justice For Dan
• Dave Aronberg - Palm Beach County State Attorney and Friend of Dan; X: @aronberg, Facebook/TikTok/Instagram:@davearonberg, YouTube:  @davearonbergFL 
• Caryn Stark – NYC Psychologist, Renowned TV and Radio Trauma Expert and Consultant; Twitter: @carynpsych, Instagram: carynpsych, and FB: Caryn Stark Private Practice
• Robert Crispin – Private Investigator, Former Federal Task Force Officer for United States Department of Justice, DEA and Miami Field Division; Former Homicide and Crimes Against Children Investigator, “Crispin Special Investigations;” Facebook: Crispin Special Investigations, Inc.
• Dr. Jan Gorniak – Medical Examiner, Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner (Las Vegas, NV), Board Certified Forensic Pathologist
• Joel Waldman- (Miami, FL) Host of ‘Surviving the Survivor’ Podcast; Twitter: @PodcastSTS, Instagram: @SurvivingTheSurvivor

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