June Umchinda
Charlie Adelson's former girlfriend, who testified as a prosecution witness in four Dan Markel murder trials.
About
Umchinda is one of the few witnesses whose personal knowledge reaches inside Charlie Adelson's household during the investigation years, and she is one of the witnesses who appeared in all four Markel trials. Her accounts of the bedroom safe, the stapled cash, and Charlie Adelson's behavior after the 2016 arrests recur across the four proceedings; later trials also examined the balcony remark she attributed to Donna Adelson, making her testimony a fixed reference point for tracing how the same firsthand observations were used, tested, and re-tested by different prosecution and defense teams.
Trial Record (27)
GM Garcia–Magbanua Sep 26, 2019 – Oct 11, 2019
Trial Summary
Called by the State on the fifth trial day, testified about Charlie Adelson's demeanor after the May 2016 arrests and about large amounts of stapled cash kept in his bedroom safe, then faced cross-examination from both defense teams over the circumstances of her 2018 law enforcement interview.
Testimony (5)
Mentioned (3)
KM Magbanua Retrial May 18, 2022 – May 27, 2022
Trial Summary
Called by the State on the fourth trial day, June Umchinda testified about her 2015–2017 relationship with Charlie Adelson — his cash habits, his behavior after the arrests, and a balcony remark by Donna Adelson — while stating she did not know Katherine Magbanua.
Testimony (2)
Mentioned (7)
CA Charlie Adelson Oct 26, 2023 – Nov 6, 2023
Trial Summary
Called by the State on the trial's second day, June Umchinda testified about her October 2015–June 2017 relationship with Charlie Adelson, his behavior around the 2016 undercover approach and Katherine Magbanua's arrest, and his instruction that she say she knew nothing if asked questions.
Testimony (3)
Mentioned (2)
DA Donna Adelson Aug 22, 2025 – Sep 4, 2025
Trial Summary
Testified for the State on the third trial day about her 2015–2017 relationship with Charlie Adelson, the family's reaction to the murder, stapled cash at his residence, and a remark she attributed to Donna Adelson about feeling haunted by Dan Markel; cross-examination read back prior statements qualifying two of those points.