New video footage shows a 73-year-old grandmother being arrested in connection with a murder-for-hire plot to kill her ex-son-in-law in Miami, Florida.
Body camera video from November shows police detaining Donna Adelson at Miami International Airport as she and her husband boarded a one-way flight to Vietnam. Donna was also seen being escorted by police through the airport and into a police car.
“I didn't know there was a warrant,” Donna can be heard saying in the video.
She was charged with first-degree murder and solicitation of murder for allegedly conspiring with her son and several others to kill her former son-in-law and Florida State University law professor Daniel Markel in his driveway in 2014. has been done.
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Body camera video from November shows police taking Donna Adelson into custody at Miami International Airport. (Miami-Dade Police Department)
At the time, Markel was in a legal battle with ex-wife Wendy Adelson (Donna Adelson's daughter). Wendy wanted to bring her two sons with Markel to South Florida to be closer to her mother and other family members, ABC 7 reported. Ta.
But when Mr. Markel rejected the proposed arrangement, prosecutors said, the Adelsons tried to remove him from the picture.
Prosecutor Georgia Cappleman said, “Who do you think had the motive for wanting Dan Markel dead? His own family.”
Prosecutors accused Donna of playing a key role in the scheme. Her son Charlie was convicted of first-degree murder and is serving a life sentence.
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Donna Adelson was charged with first-degree murder and abetting murder in the attempted murder of her former son-in-law. (Miami-Dade Police Department)
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“If there's an extradition from Vietnam, we've looked at all the places, so you could go to South Korea or China, but there's no extradition,” Donna said after about one year in jail with Charlie. Told you a week ago. flee abroad.
Prosecutors say Donna is trying to flee the country and the evidence could be used against her in court.
Her lawyer insisted to ABC News that she is innocent and “looks forward to proving that at trial.” She is scheduled to appear in court on Monday.
