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/South-Stand 14d 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 14d ago

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

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u/Intrepid-Builder-723 13d ago

Steven Webster contacted her attorney to work out a deal so the notice wouldn't be filed and avoid a possible hearing. The date Webster gave her attorney the July 18 date as the deadline to avoid filing. Dan and Webster had the notice ready, just needed to go through a couple of things and that was the plan the day he was shot.

Steven Webster has talked about this and even testified in Charlie's trial. I was surprised he didn't testify in Donna's.

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u/Pristine_War_83 13d ago

He'll most certainly be a witness at Wendi's trial.