KATHERINE MAGBANUA

Convicted Dan Markel murderer Katherine Magbanua faces upwards of 60 additional years in prison for her role in what investigators say was a contract killing of the acclaimed Florida State law professor.

The murder-for-trial plot that resulted in the death of an FSU professor is in Day 3.

The retrial of a woman involved in the 2014 murder-for-hire plot of FSU law professor Daniel Markel continues.

Sigfredo Garcia is handcuffed by a deputy after being found guilty in the 2014 fatal shooting of Florida State University law professor Daniel Markel as co-defendant Katherine Magbanua sits with her attorneys, Oct. 11, 2019, in Tallahassee, Florida. Police and prosecutors alleged he and Luis Rivera traveled from South Florida to Tallahassee to kill Markel. Wendi Adelson and Daniel Markel were in the midst of a bitter custody battle when the Florida State University law professor was fatally shot in July 2014. "Email evidence indicates Wendi's parents, especially her mother, wanted Wendi to coerce Markel into allowing the relocation to South Florida," the affidavit said. Katherine Magbanua wipes away tears after the father of her children, Sigfredo Garcia, is found guilty of killing Florida State University law professor Daniel Markel, Oct. 11, 2019, in Tallahassee, Florida.

Katherine Magbanua and Sigfredo Garcia sit in court during closing arguments in their murder trial, Oct. 10, 2019, in Tallahassee, Florida. They are charged in the 2014 fatal shooting of Florida State University law professor Daniel Markel. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A jury will decide the fate of two South Florida residents charged in the 2014 fatal shooting of Florida State University law professor Daniel Markel. Wendi Adelson and Daniel Markel were in the midst of a bitter custody battle when the Florida State University law professor was fatally shot in July 2014. Alicia Devine/Tallahassee Democrat Katherine Magbanua's lead defense attorney Christopher DeCoste addresses the jury as he presents his closing arguments, Oct. 10, 2019, in Tallahassee, Florida.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Closing arguments began Thursday in the murder-for-hire trial of Florida State University law professor Daniel Markel. "This is about the most premeditated murder imaginable," Assistant State Attorney Georgia Cappleman told the jury during her closing argments. Assistant State Attorney Georgia Cappleman speaks to the jury during her closing arguments in the murder trial of Sigfredo Garcia and Katherine Magbanua, charged in the 2014 fatal shooting of Florida State University law professor Daniel Markel. She is charged in the 2014 fatal shooting of Florida State University law professor Daniel Markel. Investigators reviewed Magbanua's bank accounts and noticed "a significant increase in cash deposits after Markel's murder."

Wendi Adelson and Daniel Markel were in the midst of a bitter custody battle when the Florida State University law professor was fatally shot in July 2014. Katherine Magbanua and Sigfredo Garcia have been charged in the fatal shooting of Florida State University law professor Daniel Markel in 2014. "So Wendi's brother, Charlie Adelson, has made references to hiring a hit man to kill Dan Markel," Cappleman told the jury. "Charlie Adelson had a sister in Tallahassee, Wendi Adelson, and Wendi Adelson had a problem," Cappleman said. Wendi Adelson.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Jury selection began Monday in the murder trial of two South Florida residents charged in the 2014 shooting of Florida State University law professor Daniel Markel. Sigfredo Garcia and Katherine Magbanua are charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and solicitation to commit first-degree murder. WTXL Luis Rivera pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the 2014 killing of Florida State University law professor Daniel Markel. Investigators reviewed Magbanua's bank accounts and noticed "a significant increase in cash deposits after Markel's murder." "Investigators believe that Magbanua is supported financially by Charlie Adelson and has received numerous benefits from the Adelsons since Markel's murder," the complaint said.