Florida Dentist Spends 35 Hours Calling His Mom From Jail After His Murder Conviction for Hiring a Latin Kings Hitman To Kill His Brother-in-Law; Soon She Is Arrested as Well

A former state representative, county commissioner and mayor is now speaking out on Ms. Adelson’s behalf, saying her health is so frail she could die in jail, and that the murder was masterminded by the common-law husband of her son’s ex-girlfriend.

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Donna Adelson (left) has been charged with conspiring with her son Charlie (center) to order the contract killing of her ex-son-in-law, Professor Dan Markel (right). Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation/Courtroom Feed

The Florida dentist recently convicted in the contract murder of his brother-in-law spent 35 hours calling his mother from jail, according to the Tallahassee Democrat, all before his mother was arrested for the same murder and thrown into the same jail as her son. 

Charlie Adelson is currently behind bars, awaiting being formally sentenced to life in prison, after a jury found him guilty early last month in the contract murder of Dan Markel, a celebrated law professor and the ex-husband of his sister, Wendi. A week after his conviction, his mother was arrested at Miami International Airport as she boarded a flight to Vietnam via Dubai; neither destination has an extradition treaty with America. 

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