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[eerie music]
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♪ ♪
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PAT SAJAK:
We now meet Donna Adelson
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from Coral Springs, Florida.
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- You remember what this is?
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This is when Donna
was on Wheel of Fortune.
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- Wheel of Fortune.
Oh, sure.
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- I remember seeing it
when it first happened.
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SAJAK: About you,
Donna, let's go.
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- Well, I'm a domestic
coordinator.
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- A domestic coordinator.
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- A domestic coordinator.
- Coordinator.
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- It's a housewife.
MICHAEL: That's what it is.
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- She organizes her family.
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- I think she really means
domestic controller.
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- [laughs]
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SAJAK: Donna.
- F.
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SAJAK: Yes.
- Mischief-maker.
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SAJAK:
Yeah, that's it, Donna.
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- Mischief-maker.
- Mischief-maker.
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- How ironic.
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PAT:
It was a bitter divorce.
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And her family
were very wealthy people
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out of South Florida.
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MYA: They hated Danny.
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PAT: There were so many
players in this investigation.
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Sigfredo and Luis Rivera
did the hit.
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But they had no reason in
the world to kill Dan Markel.
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TARA: Katie and Sigfredo,
they had broken up.
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CRAIG: She then
had a relationship
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with Charlie Adelson.
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- Charlie would do
anything that his mother
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asked him to do.
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REPORTER: Were you
involved in a plot
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to kill your brother-in-law?
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- It is rare that you see
this level of scumbaggery.
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ROB: She called me and said,
you know, I just want
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to let you know,
if the police come around,
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don't talk to them.
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[eerie music]
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PAT: It's about
a year and a half now,
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you know, coming up
on two years,
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since the murder
of Dan Markel.
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We know that it was
Sigfredo and Luis Rivera
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in the green Prius
that came up here and did
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the hit on Professor Markel.
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And there's a connection
between the hit men
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through Katie Magbanua
to Charlie Adelson,
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who had a romantic
relationship with her.
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We had to find more evidence
to prove how the conspiracy
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actually worked.
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Was Charlie doing it
on his own?
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Or did Donna have Charlie
doing her bidding?
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She's the type of person
who's been in control
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of everything her whole life.
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- I do remember about the time
when Wendi met Dan.
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Gene and I were at the wedding.
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["Hava Nagila"]
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Wendi and Dan seemed like
a very happy couple.
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They seemed very much in love.
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They were all smiles.
People were dancing.
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- Wendi was glowing,
very happy.
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Harvey and Donna
were very proud.
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- Then you had several rabbis
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that were invited
to the wedding.
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- That said blessings
during the ceremony.
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It was a happy time.
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ORLY: I think
the wedding experience was
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the kind of early seeds
of some friction
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between Dan
and Wendi's family.
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- You see, Dan came
from a very religious family.
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He was quite--
he was an Orthodox Jew.
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And people told us
that he requested kosher food.
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And Donna promised him that
there would be kosher food.
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And I can remember the first
thing that was visible when you
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walked into the room
was a big bowl of shrimp,
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which is not kosher.
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The rabbis had to leave
after the ceremony.
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They would not stay to eat.
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- It was embarrassing
for Danny, his rabbi
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that meant so much to him
couldn't eat at their wedding.
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GENE: I suppose what Donna was
trying to do was to point out
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to Dan and his family
that things were going to be
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done her way, not their way.
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- Donna ruled
and controlled everything.
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- I don't know that he
understood it to be
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a first red flag, but it made
sense to me that Donna was
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an out-of-the-ordinary person.
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- My name is Jason Newlin.
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I'm the chief investigator for
the state attorney's office
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in Tallahassee, Florida.
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We knew very early on
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that there was
a contentious divorce.
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That was public.
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A lot of the people
we interviewed told us,
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you know, look at them,
look at the family.
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But how did we go
from a contentious divorce
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to a murder?
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CAROLYN: One time,
Dan had the children.
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And one of the sons
said to him,
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Grandma says you're stupid.
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Grandma says she hates you.
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She says you're trying to take
her sunshines away from her.
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She's influencing
the kids to look
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at Dan in a negative light.
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So he brings this
to the courts and says,
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Donna needs to be supervised
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when she's around
our children.
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So this document is known
as the grandma motion.
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JASON: Donna's world
was crumbling as she knew it.
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The kids were going to be
in Tallahassee forever.
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Now she's the subject
of a motion hearing.
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CAROLYN: Donna was angry,
feeling like she was losing
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this war that she was in.
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I think she had pure hatred
for Dan after that.
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JASON: The relationship
between she and Charlie
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is something I don't know
that I'll ever understand.
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But the two of them,
in my opinion,
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came up with the idea of,
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we've got to get rid
of this guy.
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- The minute Donna thought
that she would have to have
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somebody supervise her,
I think that that
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was probably the final nail
in the coffin for Dan Markel.
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PAT: We're building a great
case against the hit men,
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but we're not gaining any
evidence on the Adelson family.
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So what do we do?
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- Luis Rivera
is already in custody
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in the federal
detention center.
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He was arrested
shortly after the murder
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on unrelated charges.
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He's not going anywhere.
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The other one's Garcia.
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He's out.
He's not in custody yet.
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PAT: We were concerned
if we arrested Sigfredo,
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the Adelson family
would start fleeing
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before, you know, we were able
to get warrants on them.
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And to us, the risk
of Sigfredo still free
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didn't outweigh the need
to continue the investigation
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at this exact moment.
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So my theory is, it went all
the way back to Donna Adelson.
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And I want to test
that theory.
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How can we do this?
How?
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PAT: We decide we had
to do something crazy.
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This is it.
We get one shot.
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[dark music]
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SHERRIE:
During the wiretap,
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Charlie spoke to his mom,
Donna, often.
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- The hope was to capture them
communicating about the murder,
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having some kind
of conversation
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about their involvement.
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PAT: But they're not
talking about
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the murder of Dan Markel,
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especially almost
two years later.
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So I came up with an idea
of what law enforcement calls
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tickling the wire,
an idea to make them start
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talking about the homicide.
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JASON: Luis Rivera
was doing a 12-year stint
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in federal prison
for trafficking guns.
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PAT: We thought he was paid
to do this homicide
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by the Adelson family.
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So it would be believable
that Luis wants
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more money to keep this quiet.
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So the idea was,
we send a undercover officer
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pretending to be a gang member
associated with Luis Rivera,
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have him bump into Donna
and deliver a single message.
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CRAIG:
I found an article.
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It basically had a nice picture
of Dan Markel.
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We printed that out.
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PAT: At the bottom of it, I
just had the undercover write,
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"Call me, $5,000, call me,"
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and had his phone number
on there.
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If she had nothing to do
with it, then she would say,
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I don't know what
they're talking about.
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Maybe I should call the police.
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But if she did, she's going
to call Charlie right away.
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That will start
a chain of phone calls
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where the coconspirators
reveal their involvement.
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[tense music]
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- There was ground surveillance
and aerial surveillance.
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JASON:
And the undercover agent,
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he had body camera
and audio recording.
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PAT: She didn't
even bother to look
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at the paper he's given her.
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She shoves it in,
acts like nothing's going on,
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and walks across the street.
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OFFICER: Westbound
on the sidewalk.
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PAT: She goes,
picks up the kids,
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walks them right back across
to the condominium.
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We're monitoring the phones.
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[phone line trilling]
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First phone call
she makes is to who?
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Charlie Adelson, her son.
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[phone line trills]
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[tense music]
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- She says it involves
her and Charlie.
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A note was given to her
saying Dan Markel was killed.
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You need to call me, $5,000.
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And she says
it involves the two of us.
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That right there
was a confession to me.
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JASON: We knew we were
on the right track,
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but the burden
of proof at a trial
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is proof beyond
a reasonable doubt.
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So it still wasn't enough.
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[pigeons cooing]
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PAT: The next day,
Charlie comes down
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to meet Donna in person.
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They end up walking
out the back of the condo,
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walking down the sidewalk,
along the water.
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Myself and another agent
dressed down,
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looking like tourists
or whatever,
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tried to get close to them,
but we couldn't really
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get very close.
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They go back in the building,
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and then Charlie leaves,
gets on the phone immediately,
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calls Katherine Magbanua.
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[phone line trills]
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PAT: They walked into a
restaurant called Dolce Vita.
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I had one person go in first.
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And the other person
got ready, went in,
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and sat at a different table,
a different angle,
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and tried to record him
from two different angles.
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I was pretty excited,
actually.
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I thought we might
have the case made.
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If those recordings could
be made out, we have them.
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[dark music]
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CRAIG: When Charlie went
into the restaurant,
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I think I got more excited
than anybody.
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But the first time I heard
the audio captured in there...
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CRAIG:
Oh, it was terrible.
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It was painful.
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I think I still have
hearing loss from that.
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[dishes clattering]
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- It sounded like a lot
of dishes bumping around.
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It's a loud restaurant.
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It's really hard to hear.
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PAT:
Distortion, other noise.
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Every time the bag moves,
it changes things.
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Very, very, very disappointing.
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We just weren't close enough.
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CRAIG: But we still had
some hope there would be
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more that could come out.
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SHERRIE: And there was still
the phone number
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on the document that was handed
to Donna from the undercover.
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[phone line trilling]
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PAT: Donna must have been
pretty worried
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and pretty paranoid.
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So she reaches out to Charlie.
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PAT: Charlie won't call
the number himself.
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So sure enough,
he then calls Katie.
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- The next morning,
we intercepted a call
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between Katie and Sigfredo.
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And they're arguing.
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- It was comical at times.
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Nobody wanted
to make the phone call.
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Nobody wanted
to make that phone call.
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- Which is untrue.
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Nobody ever calls
the undercover.
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- The only one that ultimately
did call the number
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was Charlie Adelson.
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[phone line trilling]
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[dark music]
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[phone line trills]
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PAT: Charlie was under
the impression this is all BS.
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This is just the cops
playing games,
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trying to get us
to do something.
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They're not going to continue
talking to the undercover.
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It's kind of a dead end
at this point.
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- So they were
highly suspicious.
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Charlie especially
was constantly on edge.
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- Charlie scheduled a meeting
to go to dinner with his dad.
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At this point, I already knew
that our other recordings
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weren't very good.
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So I actually asked
my undercover agents
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to get close as you can
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and try to record
these conversations.
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- You can see Charlie
looking over, looks at the bag.
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He was pretty paranoid.
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But they're still talking.
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PAT: That was kind of
the end of it.
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The cat's out of the bag.
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Charlie began using WhatsApp,
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telling people
to get on WhatsApp,
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which we were unable
to intercept.
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The investigation,
unfortunately,
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is kind of at a dead end.
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Before we can move forward
any further,
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we need somebody to cooperate,
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for somebody to turn around
and rat him out.
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It's time to go
and arrest bad guys.
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[dark music]
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SHERRIE:
So at the end of the wire,
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when we realized
that it's no longer
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going to be fruitful for us,
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conversations were
had with prosecutors
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to discuss where are
we going to go moving forward.
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PAT: My opinion was,
we've just got
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to start making some arrests.
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So we went to the state
attorney's office.
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- The case was presented to us
for probable cause on Sigfredo,
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Katie, and Charlie.
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They were heated conversations.
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It was ugly for a while.
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PAT: We were just told that we
didn't have enough evidence.
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In my opinion,
we had a lot of evidence
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that just, you know,
could have been used
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if it was used
in the right way.
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JASON: At the time, I was like
this middleman here going,
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oh, my gosh, I really
think they got it.
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I really think
this is the right case.
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And my bosses are going,
you're wrong.
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PAT: After about a week of
very contentious discussions,
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they finally came out and said,
since he did the hit,
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we're going to let you go
arrest Sigfredo Garcia,
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but we're not giving you
a warrant for Katie
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or anyone else.
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We were extremely frustrated,
but we had no choice.
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♪ ♪
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REPORTER: For nearly
two years, the murder
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of Florida State University
law Professor Dan Markel
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was a mystery,
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all questions and no answers,
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until Thursday.
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The Tallahassee Police
Department announced
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34-year-old Sigfredo Garcia
was arrested in connection
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with the murder of Markel.
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CAROLYN: Sigfredo Garcia,
his mugshot--first of all,
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a lot of the ladies
like Sigfredo Garcia.
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[laughs]
And all of a sudden,
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he gets arrested
for this crime
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of a law professor
in Tallahassee.
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Like, what was he doing--
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what is it, seven hours--
seven hours away?
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PAT:
After Sigfredo's arrest,
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we wanted to keep
the details of the Adelsons
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being involved a secret,
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because once they realize
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the cops are onto them
for this murder,
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who knows what can happen?
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But the warrant became public.
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And it explained how
the Adelsons were involved.
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Our worst nightmare
is a media frenzy.
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And that's exactly
what happened.
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- New revelations
in the 2014 murder
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of a prominent law professor.
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REPORTER: Detectives
now linking his murder
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to his bitter divorce
and custody battle
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with ex-wife Wendi Adelson,
her family,
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and Sigfredo Garcia.
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PAT: We weren't able
to arrest the Adelsons.
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And our case was now out there.
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REPORTER 1: Court records say
Charlie Adelson,
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the ex-wife's brother,
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was involved
in a personal relationship
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with a woman who's the mother
of two of Garcia's children.
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REPORTER 2:
Wendi Adelson's mother, Donna,
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was upset
a divorce judge's ruling
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kept the kids in Tallahassee,
hundreds of miles
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away from South Florida.
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- Once the story came out,
it didn't make any sense to me.
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But at the same time,
I wasn't surprised by it.
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- It was pretty clear
that Charlie and Donna
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had to be involved in it.
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- It just confirmed
what we had already thought.
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- We just pray that those
involved have to pay the price
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for what they've done.
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REPORTER 2:
Meanwhile, the Adelson family
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pointing out they have not
been charged with any crimes,
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denying any connection
to the murder.
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REPORTER 3:
Dr. Adelson, were you involved
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in a plot to kill your
brother-in-law, Dan Markel?
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[tense music]
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♪ ♪
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[phone line trills]
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PAT: During this time,
I continued
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talking to Rob Adelson.
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Felt it important that I
obtain Rob's cooperation.
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00:23:16,312 --> 00:23:18,354
- He began understanding
more and more
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that his family was involved.
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00:23:20,316 --> 00:23:24,235
Rob told me a story about
his own issues with his mom
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back in the day with his wife.
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MICHAEL:
Robert met a woman,
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and they had fallen in love.
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And he had told his mother
that he wanted to marry her.
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00:23:35,039 --> 00:23:38,207
And Donna was not going
to have any of that.
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00:23:38,208 --> 00:23:40,710
She was not Jewish
and thus did not live up
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to the expectations
that Donna had had.
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00:23:44,632 --> 00:23:47,133
Donna found a way
to break them up.
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00:23:47,134 --> 00:23:49,969
And much like she did
with Wendi,
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Donna was searching
for a partner for Robert
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00:23:52,431 --> 00:23:54,140
and found one.
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00:23:54,141 --> 00:23:56,184
He got married.
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00:23:56,185 --> 00:23:58,353
And shortly thereafter,
he realized
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that this was not the person
he had wanted to be with.
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00:24:01,940 --> 00:24:05,777
He wound up getting divorced
and went back to his now wife
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00:24:05,778 --> 00:24:10,114
and literally begged her
to take him back.
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It tells you everything
about Donna's need to control.
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PAT:
He's a good person,
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and he wanted
to do the right thing
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00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:34,848
and come forward and help.
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♪ ♪
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PAT: Myself and the whole
investigative team
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were pretty frustrated.
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00:24:58,539 --> 00:25:01,374
The Adelsons are still
out there living their life.
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00:25:01,375 --> 00:25:04,544
And all we have is, you know,
two people in custody,
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00:25:04,545 --> 00:25:07,422
Luis and Sigfredo.
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00:25:07,423 --> 00:25:09,173
We're not going to be able
to find that smoking gun,
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00:25:09,174 --> 00:25:10,550
in my opinion.
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00:25:10,551 --> 00:25:12,135
Smoking guns,
at this point, are going
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to be people cooperating.
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00:25:15,514 --> 00:25:19,475
[phone line trilling]
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- Lo and behold,
a short time later,
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00:25:21,645 --> 00:25:23,646
my phone rings,
and I answer it.
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And it's the state
attorney's office.
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PAT:
This is a big moment.
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Somebody's going
to cooperate and flip.
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PAT: The next day,
myself and Craig
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drove down to the jail...
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00:25:41,373 --> 00:25:42,791
- You get to eat again
last night?
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PAT: And sat down
with Luis Rivera.
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CRAIG: Do you solemnly
swear or affirm
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that the evidence
you are about to give me
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is the truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth?
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00:25:55,179 --> 00:25:56,804
CRAIG:
What was the circumstances
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that caused you
to come to Tallahassee?
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00:26:10,944 --> 00:26:12,945
CRAIG: The agreement
between his attorneys
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00:26:12,946 --> 00:26:16,073
and the state
attorney's office was,
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he would serve
only 19 years concurrently
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with his federal sentence.
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JASON: We're trying
to corroborate Luis' story.
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00:26:42,142 --> 00:26:46,938
And he got in a car--
in a van with Pat and Craig.
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00:26:46,939 --> 00:26:49,315
And he directed them
where to go
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00:26:49,316 --> 00:26:51,776
to get to the crime scene.
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CRAIG:
Dash 19848,
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September 30, 2016,
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in a transport van
with Luis Rivera.
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00:27:05,207 --> 00:27:06,416
CRAIG: Stop.
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00:27:09,044 --> 00:27:10,045
CRAIG: Which house?
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00:27:10,587 --> 00:27:11,588
CRAIG: That one there?
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00:27:12,339 --> 00:27:13,340
CRAIG: Shot him twice?
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00:27:14,216 --> 00:27:15,467
CRAIG: And then got back
in the car?
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- And Luis Rivera was able
to tell us why he was solicited
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to do this and put
Katherine Magbanua's
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involvement in perspective.
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00:27:28,063 --> 00:27:32,276
CRAIG: He's saying Katie
is the person between--
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PAT:
We got her.
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00:27:38,740 --> 00:27:41,200
- A new twist in the alleged
murder-for-hire plot.
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Police in Florida
arresting a single mom,
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accusing her of arranging
the killing
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of a prominent Florida State
law professor.
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REPORTER: Police say
that Magbanua connected Garcia
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and Luis Rivera
with the family of Markel's
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ex-wife Wendi Adelson.
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JUNE: I remember
Katie being arrested.
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00:27:59,094 --> 00:28:02,763
I was still dating Charlie
at the time.
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He would ask me and say,
do you think
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I'll get arrested
or something?
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00:28:07,352 --> 00:28:08,895
Like, he was worried.
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00:28:08,896 --> 00:28:11,480
And I would say no,
because I really
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didn't think so at the time.
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00:28:14,943 --> 00:28:18,237
- The case, to me, against her
was shaky at best.
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00:28:18,238 --> 00:28:20,489
She was very worried,
very frustrated.
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00:28:20,490 --> 00:28:25,870
But she was carrying it
with grace.
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JUNE: Charlie was stressed
all the time and depressed,
487
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sitting in his bed,
staring at the ceiling,
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like, just with his eyes,
like, wide open.
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TARA: Katie had
a big decision to make,
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and Charlie Adelson
knew what was coming.
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REPORTER: Testimony opens
in the Dan Markel murder case,
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the trial coming five years
after the FSU professor
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was shot and killed.
494
00:28:50,896 --> 00:28:54,941
- The trial of Sigfredo Garcia
and Katie Magbanua,
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00:28:54,942 --> 00:28:57,902
at that point,
the case was getting popular.
496
00:28:57,903 --> 00:28:59,487
Welcome back to my channel, everybody.
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I'm so glad that you are here.
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00:29:01,198 --> 00:29:02,907
I am glad to be here.
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00:29:02,908 --> 00:29:05,534
With YouTube,
with the true crime
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00:29:05,535 --> 00:29:08,537
content creators,
one by one,
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00:29:08,538 --> 00:29:10,331
people started covering
this case.
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00:29:10,332 --> 00:29:14,543
- Today we are going to start
with Katie Magbanua.
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- And Sigfredo Garcia.
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00:29:16,380 --> 00:29:17,880
- A jury is set.
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00:29:17,881 --> 00:29:22,010
Oh, my gosh, I am so excited.
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PAT: First day of trial
is the culmination
507
00:29:25,931 --> 00:29:30,935
of years and years of hard
work and determination.
508
00:29:30,936 --> 00:29:34,146
Pretty nervous, for sure,
because you never know
509
00:29:34,147 --> 00:29:37,483
how a jury is going
to perceive the evidence.
510
00:29:37,484 --> 00:29:39,527
JASON: We were really hoping
for cooperation
511
00:29:39,528 --> 00:29:43,322
on Katie's part because Katie
is the centerpiece
512
00:29:43,323 --> 00:29:44,824
of this whole thing.
513
00:29:44,825 --> 00:29:46,117
Katie knows the whole story,
514
00:29:46,118 --> 00:29:50,413
all the way back
to Donna and Charlie.
515
00:29:50,414 --> 00:29:53,457
We were willing to give her
complete immunity
516
00:29:53,458 --> 00:29:56,711
for her to cooperate with us.
517
00:29:56,712 --> 00:30:01,424
But, you know, that was--
that was always up to Katie.
518
00:30:01,425 --> 00:30:04,885
TARA: Let's ask
the most important question.
519
00:30:04,886 --> 00:30:09,473
Did you have anything to do
with the murder of Dan Markel?
520
00:30:09,474 --> 00:30:10,933
- No, ma'am.
521
00:30:10,934 --> 00:30:15,980
TARA: Did you get the father
of your children, Mr. Garcia,
522
00:30:15,981 --> 00:30:20,526
to commit a murder on behalf
of Mr. Charlie Adelson?
523
00:30:20,527 --> 00:30:22,194
- No, ma'am.
524
00:30:22,195 --> 00:30:24,155
- I know a lot of people
just get this idea
525
00:30:24,156 --> 00:30:27,116
of what they think immunity is,
like, oh, my God,
526
00:30:27,117 --> 00:30:29,994
why didn't she just
take that at the time?
527
00:30:29,995 --> 00:30:32,580
The problem
was Sigfredo Garcia.
528
00:30:32,581 --> 00:30:34,874
They were seeking
the death penalty against him.
529
00:30:34,875 --> 00:30:37,001
That was the love of her life.
530
00:30:37,002 --> 00:30:39,670
How long have you known
Mr. Garcia?
531
00:30:39,671 --> 00:30:43,090
- A little over 15 years.
532
00:30:43,091 --> 00:30:46,093
- If she only had to testify
against Charlie Adelson,
533
00:30:46,094 --> 00:30:47,511
it wouldn't have been
a problem.
534
00:30:47,512 --> 00:30:48,554
How many children do you have?
535
00:30:48,555 --> 00:30:49,597
- Two.
536
00:30:49,598 --> 00:30:52,475
TARA:
OK, how old are they now?
537
00:30:52,476 --> 00:30:55,144
- They're 12 and 7.
538
00:30:55,145 --> 00:30:58,230
TARA: But she was not going
to testify
539
00:30:58,231 --> 00:31:01,901
against the father
of her kids.
540
00:31:01,902 --> 00:31:04,862
- Katie, she was not
cooperating with us.
541
00:31:04,863 --> 00:31:06,781
We were kind of
frustrated by it.
542
00:31:06,782 --> 00:31:09,450
But with Luis Rivera's
testimony,
543
00:31:09,451 --> 00:31:11,869
I felt fairly confident
in our case.
544
00:31:11,870 --> 00:31:13,412
- Let's have the jury, please.
545
00:31:13,413 --> 00:31:15,164
PROSECUTOR:
What was Mr. Markel doing
546
00:31:15,165 --> 00:31:17,375
when you pulled up behind him?
547
00:31:18,668 --> 00:31:19,668
PROSECUTOR:
And what happened once you
548
00:31:19,669 --> 00:31:20,921
pulled into his driveway?
549
00:31:24,299 --> 00:31:25,675
PROSECUTOR:
He shot Mr. Markel?
550
00:31:26,343 --> 00:31:27,344
PROSECUTOR:
How many times?
551
00:31:28,261 --> 00:31:30,429
JASON: We're trying
Katie and Sigfredo,
552
00:31:30,430 --> 00:31:33,682
but I don't want to make it
look like Donna and Charlie
553
00:31:33,683 --> 00:31:34,850
didn't have anything
to do with it
554
00:31:34,851 --> 00:31:36,811
because our entire theory is
they did.
555
00:31:36,812 --> 00:31:38,229
PROSECUTOR:
Did Katie have a role
556
00:31:38,230 --> 00:31:39,773
in hiring Sigfredo Garcia?
557
00:31:40,982 --> 00:31:41,983
PROSECUTOR:
How do you know that?
558
00:31:43,819 --> 00:31:45,028
PROSECUTOR:
Who hired him?
559
00:31:47,072 --> 00:31:48,156
PROSECUTOR:
I'm sorry?
560
00:31:49,574 --> 00:31:50,909
PROSECUTOR:
Wendi's family hired him?
561
00:31:52,077 --> 00:31:54,411
- That is why the publicity
around it by then
562
00:31:54,412 --> 00:31:55,746
had taken off.
563
00:31:55,747 --> 00:31:57,790
The world is literally
looking at you.
564
00:31:57,791 --> 00:32:01,794
- Jesus, someone forgot
to tell the Adelsons,
565
00:32:01,795 --> 00:32:04,463
don't get involved
in a family murder plot.
566
00:32:04,464 --> 00:32:06,423
- We saw everything.
We saw footage.
567
00:32:06,424 --> 00:32:07,716
We saw camera work.
568
00:32:07,717 --> 00:32:10,219
- Ooh, this is scumbaggery
569
00:32:10,220 --> 00:32:12,513
at the highest order.
570
00:32:12,514 --> 00:32:15,599
CAROLYN: Everyone's interest
was always centered
571
00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:17,601
around the Adelson family.
572
00:32:17,602 --> 00:32:19,061
- You don't want
to show your cards.
573
00:32:19,062 --> 00:32:20,729
And what we did next,
574
00:32:20,730 --> 00:32:22,816
it wasn't a decision
that came lightly.
575
00:32:25,402 --> 00:32:26,735
PROSECUTOR: All right,
please introduce yourself
576
00:32:26,736 --> 00:32:28,320
and spell your name.
577
00:32:28,321 --> 00:32:30,072
- My name is Wendi Adelson.
578
00:32:30,073 --> 00:32:34,327
W-E-N-D-I A-D-E-L-S-O-N.
579
00:32:40,792 --> 00:32:42,293
PROSECUTOR: Would you
describe your parents
580
00:32:42,294 --> 00:32:44,920
as being overinvolved
in your personal business?
581
00:32:44,921 --> 00:32:46,922
[dramatic music]
582
00:32:46,923 --> 00:32:48,924
- As compared
to other people's parents?
583
00:32:48,925 --> 00:32:51,760
PROSECUTOR:
Yeah.
584
00:32:51,761 --> 00:32:53,804
- I don't know.
585
00:32:53,805 --> 00:32:56,098
CAROLYN: The first time Wendi
took the stand, I was like,
586
00:32:56,099 --> 00:33:00,144
oh, you know, seems like
a nice, good-standing citizen,
587
00:33:00,145 --> 00:33:02,897
pretty girl,
you know, a professional.
588
00:33:02,898 --> 00:33:06,192
PROSECUTOR: Did Charlie Adelson
like Dan Markel?
589
00:33:06,193 --> 00:33:10,571
And again, I'm referring to the
time frame before his death.
590
00:33:10,572 --> 00:33:14,491
- I mean, I think he was also--
591
00:33:14,492 --> 00:33:16,702
he would listen to me
when I would tell him
592
00:33:16,703 --> 00:33:18,746
about things I was
upset about at the time
593
00:33:18,747 --> 00:33:19,955
with the divorce.
594
00:33:19,956 --> 00:33:22,082
So whether he liked him
or didn't like him,
595
00:33:22,083 --> 00:33:24,877
he certainly
was supportive of me.
596
00:33:24,878 --> 00:33:27,838
PROSECUTOR: But he never
expressed any dislike?
597
00:33:27,839 --> 00:33:30,049
- No.
598
00:33:30,050 --> 00:33:31,550
PROSECUTOR:
Did he mention hiring a hit man
599
00:33:31,551 --> 00:33:32,676
to kill your husband?
600
00:33:32,677 --> 00:33:34,011
TARA:
Objection, hearsay.
601
00:33:34,012 --> 00:33:35,304
JUDGE:
Overruled.
602
00:33:35,305 --> 00:33:37,181
- No.
603
00:33:37,182 --> 00:33:39,808
PROSECUTOR: Did he ever
joke about he looked
604
00:33:39,809 --> 00:33:42,436
into hiring a hit man
but buying you a TV
605
00:33:42,437 --> 00:33:44,939
as a divorce present
would be cheaper?
606
00:33:44,940 --> 00:33:47,107
- He did make that joke.
607
00:33:47,108 --> 00:33:48,442
He tended to repeat himself.
608
00:33:48,443 --> 00:33:50,194
And sometimes
he would make jokes
609
00:33:50,195 --> 00:33:53,614
that weren't very funny
about all kinds of things.
610
00:33:53,615 --> 00:33:54,865
CAROLYN:
But it didn't take long
611
00:33:54,866 --> 00:33:56,784
before I was, like, a little--
612
00:33:56,785 --> 00:33:59,787
some of the answers
she gave were just--
613
00:33:59,788 --> 00:34:01,413
I was like,
she's a strange one.
614
00:34:01,414 --> 00:34:02,581
She's a little strange.
615
00:34:02,582 --> 00:34:04,375
PROSECUTOR:
Do you remember this motion
616
00:34:04,376 --> 00:34:07,962
that was filed
by your deceased ex-husband
617
00:34:07,963 --> 00:34:10,047
involving an allegation
that your mother
618
00:34:10,048 --> 00:34:12,716
was disparaging him
to the children?
619
00:34:12,717 --> 00:34:14,593
WENDI: I am familiar
with that pleading.
620
00:34:14,594 --> 00:34:16,762
PROSECUTOR:
And in that motion, did he seek
621
00:34:16,763 --> 00:34:19,807
to restrict your mother's
contact with the kids
622
00:34:19,808 --> 00:34:23,352
to supervised visits only?
623
00:34:23,353 --> 00:34:26,021
- I don't remember,
but if you'd like to show me
624
00:34:26,022 --> 00:34:27,648
the motion, I can take a look.
625
00:34:27,649 --> 00:34:33,153
♪ ♪
626
00:34:33,154 --> 00:34:34,530
TARA:
You are testifying today
627
00:34:34,531 --> 00:34:36,282
under a state subpoena, correct?
628
00:34:36,283 --> 00:34:37,533
- Correct.
629
00:34:37,534 --> 00:34:39,159
TARA: And that state subpoena
gives you immunity
630
00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:40,411
for your testimony, right?
631
00:34:40,412 --> 00:34:41,495
- Yes.
632
00:34:41,496 --> 00:34:42,746
TARA: Can you
explain to the jury,
633
00:34:42,747 --> 00:34:44,873
since you're an attorney,
what immunity is?
634
00:34:44,874 --> 00:34:48,127
- Immunity is freedom
from prosecution.
635
00:34:48,128 --> 00:34:50,170
TARA: So that means
that anything you say today
636
00:34:50,171 --> 00:34:51,839
can't be used against you
if the state decides
637
00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:54,383
to arrest you later on.
638
00:34:54,384 --> 00:34:57,469
- The state isn't going
to decide to arrest me.
639
00:34:57,470 --> 00:35:04,477
♪ ♪
640
00:35:05,103 --> 00:35:07,354
REPORTER: After nine days
of witness testimony,
641
00:35:07,355 --> 00:35:09,315
jurors are finally
combing through evidence
642
00:35:09,316 --> 00:35:13,068
and reviewing testimony
to decide if Sigfredo Garcia
643
00:35:13,069 --> 00:35:18,407
and Katherine Magbanua are
guilty in Dan Markel's murder.
644
00:35:18,408 --> 00:35:21,452
- Let's have the jury in, please.
645
00:35:21,453 --> 00:35:25,080
- The jury came back and said,
we have a verdict on one,
646
00:35:25,081 --> 00:35:28,334
but we're still deliberating
on the other.
647
00:35:28,335 --> 00:35:31,378
- State of Florida versus
Sigfredo Garcia.
648
00:35:31,379 --> 00:35:34,006
We, the jury, find as follows,
as to count one,
649
00:35:34,007 --> 00:35:38,969
the defendant is guilty
of first-degree murder.
650
00:35:38,970 --> 00:35:40,596
- So eventually they go back
651
00:35:40,597 --> 00:35:43,766
and they deliberate
on Katie's case.
652
00:35:43,767 --> 00:35:45,893
They come back saying
they're deadlocked.
653
00:35:45,894 --> 00:35:49,438
- The jury is unable to come
to a unanimous decision
654
00:35:49,439 --> 00:35:51,690
on any of the three charges?
655
00:35:51,691 --> 00:35:53,025
JUROR:
That's correct, Your Honor.
656
00:35:53,026 --> 00:35:55,736
JUDGE: All right,
so as to Ms. Magbanua,
657
00:35:55,737 --> 00:35:58,697
I will declare
this case mis-tried.
658
00:35:58,698 --> 00:36:02,034
- Extremely frustrating,
just almost crushing.
659
00:36:02,035 --> 00:36:03,702
It was just
kind of soul-crushing
660
00:36:03,703 --> 00:36:06,372
that we had a hung jury.
661
00:36:06,373 --> 00:36:08,123
TARA: In my mind,
as an attorney,
662
00:36:08,124 --> 00:36:10,501
I was very happy
with that verdict.
663
00:36:10,502 --> 00:36:13,253
The jurors, maybe they didn't
think she was innocent,
664
00:36:13,254 --> 00:36:15,589
but they probably were like,
I'm not sure.
665
00:36:15,590 --> 00:36:18,801
If I'm not sure,
it's a not guilty.
666
00:36:18,802 --> 00:36:21,762
I said to her,
we had to start gearing up
667
00:36:21,763 --> 00:36:23,305
for trial number two.
668
00:36:23,306 --> 00:36:25,641
PAT: Unfortunately
COVID came along after that,
669
00:36:25,642 --> 00:36:27,393
put a stop
to all court hearings,
670
00:36:27,394 --> 00:36:29,228
all meetings, all everything.
671
00:36:29,229 --> 00:36:30,688
Everything was shut down.
672
00:36:33,900 --> 00:36:36,902
[dark music]
673
00:36:36,903 --> 00:36:43,910
♪ ♪
674
00:36:44,953 --> 00:36:49,206
CRAIG: I had done
everything that I could.
675
00:36:49,207 --> 00:36:52,918
You know, the joke was,
Pat didn't like me retiring.
676
00:36:52,919 --> 00:36:55,754
He felt like I was
abandoning him.
677
00:36:55,755 --> 00:37:00,467
But I told him, I said, I can't
stay, you know, forever.
678
00:37:00,468 --> 00:37:05,639
♪ ♪
679
00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:10,144
- Charlie ended up seeing
680
00:37:10,145 --> 00:37:17,025
the nanny
of Wendi's ex-boyfriend.
681
00:37:17,026 --> 00:37:21,572
He ended up getting
the nanny pregnant.
682
00:37:21,573 --> 00:37:24,741
I kind of wanted him
to get arrested at that point
683
00:37:24,742 --> 00:37:29,788
because I was so hurt
for what he did to me.
684
00:37:29,789 --> 00:37:31,081
DRINA:
When I first met Kay,
685
00:37:31,082 --> 00:37:32,791
it was one of my first times
I went to jail.
686
00:37:32,792 --> 00:37:35,836
My first time, her first time.
687
00:37:35,837 --> 00:37:37,463
There's all these sayings
when you go into jail,
688
00:37:37,464 --> 00:37:38,839
like, you go in by yourself,
689
00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:39,965
you're going to leave
by yourself.
690
00:37:39,966 --> 00:37:42,092
Don't make friends.
691
00:37:42,093 --> 00:37:44,303
But we became friends.
692
00:37:44,304 --> 00:37:47,931
She was there forever,
waiting for the retrial.
693
00:37:47,932 --> 00:37:50,517
And yes, she was frustrated.
694
00:37:50,518 --> 00:37:52,269
But I feel like she
still may have had hope.
695
00:37:52,270 --> 00:37:55,939
There was, like,
a toughness, almost.
696
00:37:55,940 --> 00:38:01,153
Kay never said anything
about her case, ever, ever.
697
00:38:01,154 --> 00:38:03,614
I'm sure people tried to get it
out of her, but she did not--
698
00:38:03,615 --> 00:38:05,908
that was not something
that she talked about.
699
00:38:05,909 --> 00:38:12,916
♪ ♪
700
00:38:14,459 --> 00:38:16,793
PAT: I kept coming back
to the Dolce Vita recording.
701
00:38:16,794 --> 00:38:22,257
I know this is a partial
smoking gun in the case.
702
00:38:22,258 --> 00:38:24,635
I'm pretty sure they're
talking about the homicide.
703
00:38:24,636 --> 00:38:27,012
And with really good
headphones...
704
00:38:27,013 --> 00:38:29,516
♪ ♪
705
00:38:31,351 --> 00:38:32,851
Listening to it over and over,
706
00:38:32,852 --> 00:38:34,269
you know, back it up
a section at a time,
707
00:38:34,270 --> 00:38:35,438
listen to it...
708
00:38:42,487 --> 00:38:45,490
♪ ♪
709
00:38:49,494 --> 00:38:50,744
PAT:
I could make out some of it.
710
00:38:50,745 --> 00:38:53,413
And I could tell they were
talking about the murder
711
00:38:53,414 --> 00:38:55,332
of Dan Markel.
712
00:38:55,333 --> 00:38:57,334
So I'm scrambling, you know,
for months and months
713
00:38:57,335 --> 00:38:59,711
and even during
the whole COVID,
714
00:38:59,712 --> 00:39:01,171
sending it off to experts,
trying to figure out
715
00:39:01,172 --> 00:39:02,756
how to get it enhanced.
716
00:39:02,757 --> 00:39:06,718
I mean, we've done
everything we can think of.
717
00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:09,721
There's an individual
who used to work for the CIA
718
00:39:09,722 --> 00:39:13,183
and is doing some real
groundbreaking research,
719
00:39:13,184 --> 00:39:17,813
technology
on audio enhancement.
720
00:39:17,814 --> 00:39:21,233
And he works diligently
for months
721
00:39:21,234 --> 00:39:25,821
and creates some algorithms
to where he's able to isolate
722
00:39:25,822 --> 00:39:28,198
Katie and Charlie's voices
to a certain degree
723
00:39:28,199 --> 00:39:29,701
to where we can hear it better.
724
00:39:38,501 --> 00:39:40,836
- Pat sent it to me,
and I was like,
725
00:39:40,837 --> 00:39:43,130
ho, boy, this is it.
726
00:39:43,131 --> 00:39:45,382
Ran down the hallway, was like,
you've got to listen to this.
727
00:39:45,383 --> 00:39:47,801
Eight years since the murder,
728
00:39:47,802 --> 00:39:50,096
finally, it's time
to move forward on Charlie.
729
00:39:58,855 --> 00:40:01,982
PAT: When I make an arrest,
that's not the end for me.
730
00:40:01,983 --> 00:40:05,569
- One by one,
the players in this case
731
00:40:05,570 --> 00:40:06,987
are brought to justice.
732
00:40:06,988 --> 00:40:08,488
PROSECUTOR:
So why tell the truth now?
733
00:40:08,489 --> 00:40:09,740
JASON:
There was a lot of people
734
00:40:09,741 --> 00:40:11,325
that watched
Charlie's testimony
735
00:40:11,326 --> 00:40:13,785
that were like,
the guy is--he's good.
736
00:40:13,786 --> 00:40:15,162
ATTORNEY:
Why are you nervous?
737
00:40:15,163 --> 00:40:16,622
- My whole life depends on it.
738
00:40:16,623 --> 00:40:18,832
DRINA: She said she wanted
to shove a shoe down
739
00:40:18,833 --> 00:40:20,209
Robert's throat and kill him.
740
00:40:24,589 --> 00:40:28,425
- Family, power,
money, betrayal.
741
00:40:28,426 --> 00:40:30,720
- This whole thing
will make you go crazy.
58452
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