How Donna Adelson Controlled and Destroyed Wendi's Marriage to Dan Markel

True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & Interviews · Sep 17, 2026 · 31m

Two of Donna Adelson's three children took the stand at her murder trial in August 2025. Both said the same thing in different words. Robert — estranged since 2016 — said she was controlling, that compliance was the only way to stay in the family. Wendi — sitting across from her mother in a Tallahassee courtroom — said: my mom micromanaged my life. The prosecutor asked if she'd once described Donna as someone who operates with emotional subterfuge. She didn't deny it.

This episode traces the documented trail of Donna Adelson's interference in her daughter's marriage to FSU law professor Dan…