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A custody ruling is where this entire case starts. A judge told Wendi Adelson she couldn't move her two sons away from their father, FSU law professor Dan Markel. Prosecutors say Wendi's mother, Donna Adelson, offered Markel a million dollars to undo that ruling. He said no. What happened next: two men drove five hours from Miami in a rented Prius and shot Markel twice in the head in his own garage, hours after he'd dropped his sons at preschool and gone to the gym. He never made it out of his car. He was 41. Investigators traced the payment for the hit through a family dental office near Fort Lauderdale — 44 checks signed by Donna herself, $138,000 funneled through a woman who never worked a day at the practice, and a toll transponder receipt logging every mile the killers drove. That office belonged to Donna's son, Charlie Adelson, a periodontist making three million a year from a family with more than eight million in combined accounts. Prosecutors say Charlie orchestrated his former brother-in-law's murder and funneled the payments through his own practice, with his mother washing the cash before handing it off. At trial, Charlie told the jury he was the true victim — extorted by the hitmen, forced to pay them in installments. Prosecutor Georgia Cappleman asked him one question about sending his girlfriend to collect an extortion payment. The jury took three hours to convict. Five people have now been convicted in a case that began with a family that couldn't accept losing. 
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Thomas Hudson alleged in custody filings that his ex-wife Shauntel took their children on the Carnival Horizon without his consent. He alleged she was responsible for their supervision and that the living arrangements were inappropriate. Shauntel testified under oath that the three teenagers chose to share a cabin — she called them “like the Three Amigos.” She also confirmed Timothy was on ADHD and insomnia medication and hadn’t taken the insomnia meds for two nights on the cruise, including the night before Anna Kepner’s body was found.
That same woman just filed a child support petition against Thomas. She says he owes her back payments and that the court should order him to pay more going forward. Timothy has been locked up since mid-June, facing first-degree murder charges as an adult in his stepsister’s death. The trial date is November 2. A plea agreement must happen by October 23 or it goes to a jury.
The original support order covered three kids at $2,129 a month. One aged out. Timothy went to federal detention. The number is now $1,092 for a single child. Timothy hasn’t lived under Shauntel’s roof in nearly a year. Thomas had already gone to court before the cruise, accusing Shauntel of keeping the kids from him. His lawyer asked for 140 days of make-up custody exchanges — that’s how many Shauntel had allegedly blocked.
Anna’s ex-boyfriend stated publicly that the stepbrother had climbed on top of Anna during a FaceTime call. Timothy’s own step-grandmother called the cabin arrangement “a recipe for disaster.” The person demanding more child support is the same person whose decisions allegedly put those kids in that cabin.
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The Lindsay Clancy case has moved from one deadlocked jury to a much wider fight over what happens next. Eric Faddis, defense attorney and former prosecutor, joins True Crime Today to connect Kevin Reddington's post-mistrial strategy, Patrick Clancy's response to online accusations, and Tim Cruz's decision on a second prosecution.
Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial on September 4, 2026, after about 38 hours of jury deliberations over seven days. Reddington says the split was 11-1 in favor of acquittal. He then asked President Trump to consider a pardon that a president has no power to grant in a state case. He has also said Lindsay Clancy will not take a plea involving jail time.
The next scheduled court date is September 29, with a Rule 25 matter among the issues set for argument.
Patrick Clancy is dealing with a different legal problem around the same case. His attorney Howard Cooper says Patrick and his family have been targeted by a destructive defamation campaign built around claims that Patrick was involved in his children's deaths. Cooper said every appropriate measure would be pursued and that law enforcement had been notified.
Cruz remains the person who decides whether the Commonwealth tries Lindsay Clancy again. After the mistrial, he said his office believed she was in control of her actions and described the case as cruel and calculated. He has not announced the next charging decision.
Eric explains why each piece matters to that choice. The defense has a jury result it can use as leverage. Patrick's legal team is trying to stop a parallel campaign outside the courthouse. Prosecutors must decide whether the same case, a changed case, or no second trial best serves their office.
September 29 is the first major point where those choices can begin to harden.
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Judge Debra McCaslin just moved Alex Murdaugh's murder retrial to Sumter County — a location the defense never requested and the prosecution never suggested. The defense had pushed hard for Charleston, even offering to permanently waive all venue appeals if McCaslin gave them their preferred city. She didn't. The prosecution opposed Charleston on cost and logistics but never fought for a specific alternative. McCaslin made the call herself. Her eight-page order lays out why the trial had to leave Colleton County entirely. The Murdaugh family held the prosecutor's seat in the 14th Circuit for eighty-six consecutive years. That dynastic control contaminated the jury pool beyond repair. Becky Hill's conviction for jury tampering, obstruction, and perjury made the courthouse itself a liability. During the original 2023 trial, fewer than one in seven prospective jurors qualified to serve, and McCaslin says that number would be worse now. Sumter County sits in a completely different judicial circuit with roughly three times the population. The retrial is April 5, 2027, with McCaslin personally running jury selection. The defense's failed push for Charleston has a consequence: without their preferred venue, the promise to waive appeals is off the table. If this retrial ends in a conviction, venue stays a live issue all the way to the state Supreme Court.
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Patrick Clancy testified against his former wife once. His attorney has now said what a second trial would mean for him, and the district attorney has to decide whether to ask. Eric Faddis, defense attorney and former prosecutor, joins True Crime Today to explain how much a surviving father's wishes count.
Lindsay Clancy's trial ended in a mistrial September 4, 2026, after 38 hours of deliberation. Defense attorney Kevin Reddington says the jury was 11-1 for acquittal. That same day, Patrick's attorney released a statement saying the prospect of a second trial is extraordinarily painful for him and that his focus is preserving the memory of Cora, Dawson, and Callan. DA Tim Cruz said the facts are that Lindsay Clancy killed her three children and that the evidence suggested she was in control of her actions. He called it the cruel and calculated killing of three innocents. He has not decided whether to retry her.
The first-degree murder case was built on a January 24, 2023 timeline: an Apple Maps search for a Plymouth restaurant at 4:13 p.m., a takeout order at 5:10 p.m., and Patrick leaving to pick it up at 5:54 p.m. Prosecutors argued she was getting him out of the house. The defense argued postpartum psychosis and did not dispute that she caused the deaths.
Eric explains how a prosecutor's office reviews a case after eleven jurors lean the other way. Whether the top charge was a trap. How failed expert testimony gets rebuilt. Where an elected DA's political math comes in. And whether a father asking to be spared can move a triple-homicide prosecution.
Lindsay Clancy is charged with three counts of first-degree murder. She is held at Tewksbury Hospital. Both sides return to court September 29.
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