Associated PressApril 21, 2022
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Investigators long held Charles Adelson as a suspect.
Tag: Daniel Markel
Associated PressApril 21, 2022Associated PressJune 20, 2017
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One of the men accused of killing a Florida State University law professor is heading to trial. WCTV reports a judge on Tuesday set a January trial date for Sigfredo Garcia, who authorities say gunned down Daniel Markel in his garage nearly three years ago. Three people were charged with killing the law professor and […]
Associated PressFebruary 6, 2017
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Attorneys for a Miami woman accused of playing a key role in the killing of a Florida State University law professor are trying once again to get her out of jail. An attorney for Katherine Magbanua on Monday requested that a Florida appeals court allow her to be released on bail. The motion with the […]
Associated PressOctober 5, 20167min324
A man accused of being part in a murder-for-hire scheme linked to the killing of a law professor pleaded guilty on Tuesday to second-degree murder, averting an upcoming trial where he faced the death penalty. Luis Rivera, who is already serving a 12-year sentence in federal prison for an unrelated charge, was sentenced to an […]
Gary FineoutJune 2, 20164min395
The shooting of a Florida State University law professor in his upscale neighborhood two years ago was part of a murder-for-hire scheme that may have been set in motion by a bitter divorce between Daniel Markel and his ex-wife, according to court records released Thursday. Sigfredo Garcia was arrested last week in South Florida in […]
Associated PressJune 2, 2016
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A South Florida man arrested for killing a Florida State University law professor is now being held in a Tallahassee jail. Sigfredo Garcia from Miami Beach was arrested last week in Broward County in connection to the death of Daniel Markel. Garcia on Wednesday was handed over to Leon County authorities. He was scheduled to […]
Associated PressMay 27, 2016
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The ex-wife of a slain Florida State University law professor says she hopes that the arrest of a South Florida man this week will finally bring some closure to the case. Wendi Adelson, who now lives in the Miami area, said in a brief email Friday that the past two years have been an extraordinarily […]
Gary FineoutMay 26, 20165min160
After an investigation spanning nearly two years, a South Florida man has been arrested in the killing of a well-known Florida State University professor. But the arrest of 34-year-old Sigfredo Garcia hasn’t answered a long line of questions about why Daniel Markel was gunned down in the garage of his Tallahassee home in July 2014. […]