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Harvey Adelson

Dentist and co-owner of the Adelson Institute, husband of Donna Adelson and father of Charlie and Wendi Adelson; discussed in all four trials but never a witness in any of them.

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Harvey Adelson, Wendi and Charlie Adelson's father and Donna Adelson's husband, was a dentist, owner, and manager associated with the Adelson Institute. Across the proceedings, witnesses and records connected him to the dental practice's payments and telephone arrangements, family discussions of a proposed relocation payment, and post-murder living arrangements. Phone evidence included contacts involving Sigfredo Garcia and Katherine Magbanua, while financial evidence addressed Adelson Institute payments and a Lexus formerly titled to Harvey that Magbanua later received, with no payment record found for the vehicle. Later proceedings examined his interactions with Charlie through a recorded restaurant meeting, a phone-call admissibility hearing, and a disputed 2012 text exchange concerning cash. Testimony at Donna Adelson's trial also placed him with her at an airport before her arrest and described his travel plans and related property arrangements as temporary.

Trial Record (104)

GMGarcia–MagbanuaSep 26, 2019 – Oct 11, 2019

Phone, financial, and Adelson Institute evidence addressed a July 1 communication event involving Garcia, a Lexus later received by Magbanua, and Harvey Adelson's ownership of the dental office.

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KMMagbanua RetrialMay 18, 2022 – May 27, 2022

Harvey Adelson appeared in testimony and records as Wendi and Charlie Adelson's father and an Adelson Institute dentist. Evidence concerning him included family relocation discussions, a misdirected voicemail from Sigfredo Garcia, and records connecting his former Lexus and dental practice to Katherine Magbanua.

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CACharlie AdelsonOct 26, 2023 – Nov 6, 2023

Harvey Adelson did not testify live; witnesses and exhibits identified him as Charlie Adelson's father and an Adelson Institute dentist and connected him to family financial records, phone evidence, and an undercover recording.

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DirectBrian Kendall - DirectBrian KendallGeorgia Cappleman1highlightMentioned

Summary

Brian Kendall described and authenticated an undercover Matsuri restaurant recording of Charles and Harvey Adelson; the court admitted State's Exhibit 112 without objection.

Mentioned in this proceeding.

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DADonna AdelsonAug 22, 2025 – Sep 4, 2025

Testimony and exhibits connected Harvey Adelson to the family's dental practice, travel arrangements, recorded communications, and post-murder living arrangements examined at trial.

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