TOXIC: Affluent Family Masterminds the Murder of a Respected Lawyer?! THE ADELSON FAM & DAN MARKEL
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What is the background of Dan Markel's case?
Hello everyone, my name is Rachel and welcome back to another true crime video. So the case that I have for you all today is one that is such a crazy case with a lot of different twists and turns and there are a lot of names involved in different ways that each person connects with the next and it's just so wild how all of this turns out. It's a case where we have most of the answers but not all of them. And there are still so many things that are left out in the open that I'm sure everybody will have their opinions on. And this is still a very much ongoing case. So I'm really excited to hear what you all have to say about this case after hearing the details and to honestly see where this case ends up within the next few weeks and months. With that being said, there is a lot to go over. So let's just jump into today's case.
Daniel Eric Markell, who went by Dan or Danny, was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on October 9th, 1972 to parents Ruth and Paul Markell. He then moved to the U.S. and went to college at Harvard University for his bachelor's degree. He then studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel for a fellowship, earning his master's degree in philosophy and politics from Cambridge. He then went to Harvard Law School where he earned his Juris Doctorate to practice law. From there he practiced law for a short time as a junior associate at a law firm in Washington DC where he practiced white collar criminal defense. After that he moved to Florida and joined the faculty at Florida State University in 2005 and became a law professor teaching a clinical law class.
There he was described as passionate and serious about his work. He had many different interests and he was always writing about the things that he was passionate about. He was a well-respected member of the law faculty at FSU and was known as a prolific scholar in the areas of criminal law and punishment. He wrote a few law review articles on different topics, including abolishing the death penalty, as well as a critique piece on using shaming as a form of punishment. Many of his works were published in different university libraries, as well as in the New York Times. He also had a blog where he would write all about all of his different ideas, being referred to as a pioneer of legal blogging.
Then he even co-authored a published book called Privilege of Punish, Criminal Justice and the Challenge of Family Ties. He was known to be someone who was very much passionate about his ideas. And even though he was very stubborn about his way of thinking, he was that way because he thought so deeply and so carefully about what he said and why. But even so, he was the type of person who encouraged debate and wanted to hear other ideas because he felt that it was important for law professors to discuss the important issues even if they were not the same opinion. Those who knew Dan described that he was the type of guy who loved to bring people together, If you were at a social gathering with Dan, he was the type of guy who would walk right up to you and introduce you to whoever he was talking to at the time. He wanted everybody in any social situation to fit in and partake in the group conversations. He was known to be brilliant and a very upfront and open person. He was never timid or cautious.
He was out there and had no problem letting those around him know exactly what he thought or how he felt about any given topic. He was committed to excellence, expecting only the best from himself and his coworkers, colleagues, and his students. He expected the best from everybody around him. By the time Dan was 33 years old, by February 26th, 2006, he was married to 26-year-old Wendy Adelson. Wendy was a third-year law student at the University of Miami at the time. And then after graduating, Dan helped Wendy land a job as a professor at FSU College of Law alongside him. By 2007, the two bought their home in Tallahassee, Florida, and then soon after, the couple would go on to have two sons, Ben and Lincoln.
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