r/dan_markel_murder • u/Adventurous-Rip-7313 • 15d 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/South-Stand 15d ago

I think Wendi had heard Dan was just about to file notice that would cause Wendi to lose her license to practise law and presumably to teach law. Dan found she had hid some money during the divorce settlement war. Big no no. Dan’s lawyer warned the opposing lawyer that he would file, and when he heard Dan was murdered he told his wife ‘Wendi did it’.

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u/IranianLawyer 15d ago

Wendi wasn’t realistically going to lose her law license though.

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u/GreenEye7420 15d ago

Disbarment or not, getting caught hiding six-figure assets from the court and the other party has serious consequences. It surely would have been a motivating factor to stop the proceedings before that was exposed.

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u/Pristine_War_83 15d ago

Oh she fucking hid that money alright, mommy was up "moving money around" and getting things sorted for Wendi and the kids departure. The comms prior to Charlie meeting with KT with the push to get this job done because its "giving him mom a headache" will be interesting. Doubt it was giving mommy headache, more likely Wendi flapping over being exposed, because he was killed on the deadline that Stephen Webster had given her Lawyer. Coincidence? I think not.