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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.\\xa0 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.\\xa0\\xa0

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.\\xa0

Who planned the murder for hire?

Joining Nancy Grace Today:

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• Tamara Demko, DrPH, JD, RN - Harvard Law School Classmate and Friend of Dan Markel; Facebook: Justice For Dan
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• Dave Aronberg - Palm Beach County State Attorney and Friend of Dan; X: @aronberg, Facebook/TikTok/Instagram:@davearonberg, YouTube:\\xa0 @davearonbergFL\\xa0
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• Caryn Stark\\xa0\\u2013 NYC Psychologist, Renowned TV and Radio Trauma Expert and Consultant; Twitter: @carynpsych, Instagram: carynpsych, and FB: Caryn Stark Private Practice
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• Robert Crispin\\xa0\\u2013 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, \\u201cCrispin Special Investigations;\\u201d Facebook: Crispin Special Investigations, Inc.
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• Dr. Jan Gorniak \\u2013 Medical Examiner, Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner (Las Vegas, NV), Board Certified Forensic Pathologist
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• Joel Waldman- (Miami, FL) Host of \\u2018Surviving the Survivor\\u2019 Podcast; Twitter: @PodcastSTS, Instagram: @SurvivingTheSurvivor
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