A last-minute hearing in connection with the murder case against Donna Adelson took place Monday in Florida, involving the testimony of her daughter. Adelson is set to appear before Leon Circuit Judge Stephen Everett in Tallahassee, on first-degree murder, conspiracy and solicitation charges, for the 2014 contract killing of Dan Markel. Dan was the former …
A circuit judge ordered this week that Donna Adelson remain in jail until her trial this summer. Judge Stephen Everett denied Adelson’s bond request in a three-page ruling unsealed Tuesday afternoon. Her attorneys said the 76-year-old felt unsafe in jail, citing alleged assaults, threats, and extortion. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Adelson is charged with the …
Donna Adelson appeared in Leon County court Wednesday, where she disclosed that she and her husband intended to escape to Vietnam for “peace” before deciding to turn themselves in. The admission came as she sought release from jail in connection with allegations of a for-hire plot against her former son-in-law. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Adelson …
Donna Aldeson, accused in the 2014 Florida murder-for-hire of her son-in-law, had her trial delayed on the first day of jury selection after her lead attorney withdrew due to conflicts of interest. Following lawyer Dan Rashbaum’s withdrawal in Tuesday, Judge Stephen Everett continued the trial and dismissed the prospective jurors. I am not happy,” Everett …
Video footage capturing the arrest of a 73-year-old Florida grandmother, Donna Adelson, has been released after police nabbed her trying to flee the country. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Donna Adelson faces charges of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, and solicitation of first-degree murder in connection with the 2014 killing of her daughter’s husband, …
An attorney representing Donna Adelson, a mom-of-five behind bars for the 2014 murder of her son-in-law, says that she’s been under “cruel and inhumane conditions” while at Florida’s Leon County Detention Facility. In a motion filed on Tuesday, Miami attorney Marissel Descalzo requested that Adelson be relocated from solitary confinement or, as an alternative, placed …
