Monday, October 3, 2016

Police Make Third Arrest in Slaying of FSU Professor

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Badge accept fabricated a third arrest in the 2014 killing of a Florida State University law professor, a woman who they say has ties both to the ancestors of the victim’s ex-wife and one of the declared shooters.
The Tallahassee badge said Sunday that Katherine Magbanua, 31, was arrested abreast Fort Lauderdale on Saturday and answerable her with annihilation in the July 2014 annihilation of Daniel Markel, who was gunned bottom ward in his garage. She was actuality captivated Sunday at the Broward County bastille afterwards band awaiting her alteration to Tallahassee.In abstracts appear by the badge Sunday and ahead acquired by the Tallahassee Democrat, detectives declared that Magbanua had an adventurous accord with the brother of Wendi Adelson, Markel’s ex-wife, and lived with Sigfredo Garcia, one of the declared gunmen, and had two accouchements with him.

Investigators say in the weeks arch up to the killing and anon thereafter, there were hundreds of calls amid Charles Adelson, Wendi Adelson’s brother, and Magbanua and amid Magbanua and Garcia, generally moments apart.Magbanua’s attorney, Tara Kass, did not anon acknowledgment a buzz alarm or email backward Sunday.

New badge annal announces Magbanua will be extradited, CBS associate WCTV reported.

David O. Markus, Charles Adelson’s attorney, acicular out that Tallahassee State Advocate Willie Meggs afresh alone a badge appeal to accredit the arrest of Charles Adelson, adage there was bereft evidence.“It’s sad that the badge accepts arrested Katie aback aloof aftermost anniversary the case said there was no base to proceed. They are aggravating to burden a distinct mom who has no priors by aggressive to accomplish her little kid's orphans. That’s not how our bent amends arrangement is declared to work. It smacks of absolute desperation,” Markus said in an email Sunday to the AP. He beneath to acknowledgment specific questions about the case.Charles Adelson is a dentist who runs a convenience with his parents. Wendi Adelson is an advocate alive for a federal judge.She and Markel far in 2013, but afore it was accomplished the two fought over Wendi Adelson’s advance to move her two baby accouchement from Tallahassee to South Florida to be afterpiece to her family, cloister annual show.

At the time of Markel’s death, the two were aggressive over money, with Adelson alienated that Markel did not pay her as abundant as he was declared to beneath their annulment agreement, according to the records. Markel additionally complained that his mother-in-law, Donna Adelson, was calumniating him and capital the cloister to prohibit her from accepting unsupervised visits with his children, who were active with him.The abstracts adduce that anon afterwards the killing, Garcia bought two cars and a motorcycle and his declared partner, Luis Rivera, bought a motorcycle.The two were arrested aftermost June afterwards, badge say they affiliated a busy Toyota Prius to the pair. Detectives say assessment berth and added affirmation shows the Prius was apprenticed to Tallahassee from South Florida and a back appropriate afore and afterwards the killing and that video from a Tallahassee ATM shows the brace sitting in such a Prius. They say a video shows a Prius tailing Markel home from the gym aloof afore he was attempt and an acquaintance saw one active abroad anon afterwards the shooting.The abstracts additionally say that the Adelsons’ dental convenience paid Magbanua abundant $407.58 checks amid September 2014 and after most January, admitting she allegedly never formed there. They additionally say that in the months arch up to the killing, she deposited $15,000 banknote and again afterwards the killing deposited added than $56,000. They say she additionally acquired a 2001 Lexus from the ancestors and in a monitored buzz alarm aftermost April, badge say she asked Charles Adelson for his Ferrari or his banter and mentioned she capital an Escalade.

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