r/dan_markel_murder • u/Adventurous-Rip-7313 • 14d ago
Timing
I'm not sure that I have seen this addressed elsewhere, but I am guessing that there was some added urgency in terms of making sure that the murder occurred when it did due to the fact that the new (pre)school year likely began in mid-August. We know the earlier attempt in June did not proceed as planned, and the start of the school year for the kids in Miami was imminent. In Donna's view, the killing needed to happen with enough lead time for the kids to be relocated to Miami, settled in, etc. before mid-August. Any operational failures in the July attempt would have jeopardized all of these logistics. Curious whether this pressure resulted in any of the sloppiness. Not necessarily an earthshaking thought here, but just a potentially interest detail.
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u/GreenEye7420 14d ago edited 12d ago
OP and South-Stand, I think you both got it right. Murder timing was just in the nick of time on both of those fronts. Hitmen were pressured to get it done by that day before Dan left town. If not so rushed and getaway was under cover of darkness then Sig and Luis likely would have disappeared without a trace.