Woman, 73, arrested at Miami airport after alleged murder-for-hire plot targeting former son-in-law

 

A 73-year-old grandmother was seen in new video footage being arrested in Miami, Florida, in connection with an alleged murder-for-hire plot to kill her former son-in-law.

Body camera video from November shows police taking Donna Adelson into custody at Miami International Airport as she and her husband were attempting to board a one-way flight to Vietnam. Donna was seen being escorted by police through the airport and into a patrol car.

"I didn't know there was a warrant," Donna was heard saying in the video.

She is charged with first-degree murder and solicitation of murder over accusations she conspired with her son and several others to have her former son-in-law, Florida State University law professor Daniel Markel, killed in his driveway in 2014.

Markel had been in a court battle during that time with his ex-wife, Wendi Adelson – the daughter of Donna Adelson. Wendi wanted to take her two sons she shared with Markel to South Florida to be closer to her mother and other family members, ABC 7 reported.

But when Markel refused the proposed arrangement, the Adelson family attempted to remove him from the picture, according to prosecutors.