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Dan Markel murder: State rests its case, wiretaps cross on Day 6 of Magbanua retrial | Recap
Wiretaps showed alleged links between suspects as FBI tightened their case against Magbanua.
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Dan Markel murder: State rests its case, wiretaps cross on Day 6 of Magbanua retrial | Recap
Wiretaps showed alleged links between suspects as FBI tightened their case against Magbanua.
www.tallahassee.com
''4:25 p.m. Defense presses FBI agent about inconsistencies
''Magbanua’s defense attorney, Chris DeCoste, questioned FBI Special Agent Pat Sanford Wednesday afternoon, looking to highlight inconsistencies in Luis Rivera’s testimony and the theory of the case''He pointed to Rivera saying he and Sigfredo Garcia saw Wendi Adelson and her children near Markel’s house in June 2014, a month before he was killed.
The kids were at school during the alleged sighting. FBI reports say that Rivera first told investigators he called Magbanua the day after the murder to coordinate payment.
On the stand he said she called him.
The same day, Rivera said he was at a Miami barbershop when Magbanua called him. Initial FBI reports say Rivera’s phone was miles away near Miami Beach.''
''Rivera told jurors he posted a photo of a lion to Instagram while in Tallahassee, which Magbanua immediately called to tell him to take it down because it could be used to prove his location.''
''Sanford testified the photo was of an owl and that social media records were not subpoenaed.''
Markel Trial Day 9: Defense tries stoking sympathies, Magbanua on the stand, resting its case
Motion for judgment of acquittal is denied
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One notable question of Isom related back to Rivera’s account of seeing “the lady” walking on Trescott the day before Markel’s murder. Again, as noted previously, it is irrelevant to prove whether Wendi Adelson herself was walking on Trescott that day – only that the hitmen saw a woman they believed to be her. Rivera had asked Garcia why the woman was looking suspiciously at their car. Garcia tells Rivera that it was “the lady” – minutes later clarified by Garcia to be “Wendi” – who he said, “hired Katie to have her ex-husband killed.''