True Crime with Rachel Shannon
TOXIC: Affluent Family Masterminds the Murder of a Respected Lawyer?! THE ADELSON FAM & DAN MARKEL
Sun, 16 Mar 2025
Dan Markel was a highly regarded, well-respected lawyer and a devoted father. However, he was in the middle of a bitter divorce with his ex-wife, Wendi, who wanted their children all to herself. While going through the process of custody battles and divorce proceedings, Dan was suddenly murdered in his driveway in broad daylight. Police investigation lead to 2 very unlikely suspects, and subsequent arrests. However, after looking further into the case, they realized that members of Wendi's family may have been the masterminds behind it all. **UPDATES: Charlie Adelson is found GUILTY!! AND Donna Adelson has just been arrested!! This case is the case that keeps on giving. Exciting to see these new updates. More to come. What are your thoughts on this case? Let's discuss in the comments. Thank you guys for watching, hope to see you next time!
Chapter 1: 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,
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Chapter 2: What led to Dan and Wendi's divorce?
All right, so he put you on the payroll two months after the homicide, yes?
Two months after the homicide, I was started. Yes, ma'am.
All right, and were you involved in a sexual relationship with Mr. Adelson at that time?
I'm not 100% sure, like at the time frame. I believe so.
Okay, so you were still sleeping with him after the homicide.
I believe so.
And was there an actual job opening at the Adelson Institute that you filled with this position? No, ma'am. All right, so it's a position that he created for you.
Yes, ma'am.
All right, and you heard testimony from the employees that work there that they've never heard of anybody working remotely before in the history of that office. Why did Mr. Adelson create a position for you?
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Chapter 8: What are the latest updates on the 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,
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