South Florida
Donna and Harvey Adelson established a weekend residence at the Continuum in Miami Beach in March 2014; Wendi and Charlie were added as residents in April 2014, approximately three months before Dan Markel's murder. After the murder, Wendi and the children relocated to South Florida near Donna — a move testified to by Wendi Adelson directly and corroborated by Patrick Sanford on redirect. Prosecution referenced the relocation in closing and rebuttal arguments across all three trials as evidence bearing on family motive and coordination.
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South Florida appears in all three trials (Magbanua retrial 2022, Charlie Adelson 2023, Donna Adelson 2025) as the destination at the center of the custody dispute the prosecution identified as the murder's motive. The Adelsons' pre-murder establishment of a shared residence there, combined with Wendi's post-murder relocation to the area, was cited in prosecution closing and rebuttal arguments as circumstantial evidence of family intent and coordination. The location's consistent presence across opening statements, direct testimony, and closing arguments across three separate proceedings gives it material weight in the archive record.