Charlie Adelson, who's serving a life sentence in the 2014 plot to kill Florida State law professor Dan Markel, has been moved again apparently — this time 1,800 miles or more from the scene of the crime.
The Florida Department of Corrections website shows Adelson, a once-successful traveling periodontist from Fort Lauderdale, as being incarcerated in South Dakota. It doesn't list a city or institution.
Adelson was transferred on Thursday, according to an alert from the Florida Victim Information and Notification Everyday (VINE) system. The VINE website says he is being held in an "undisclosed location."
"The offender is now in the custody of an out-of-state facility in South Dakota," the VINE notification said.
The 47-year-old Adelson was convicted of first-degree murder, conspiracy and solicitation last November, after an eight-day trial at the Leon County Courthouse. Late last year, he filed his notice of appeal with the 1st District Court of Appeal.
Adelson had been held at the Wakulla Correctional Institution Annex outside Crawfordville, but was moved in February to the Columbia Correctional Institution Annex in Lake City.
The Florida Department of Corrections did not immediately answer questions about Adelson's incarceration.
State has moved prisoners out of state for safety reasons
The department has a history of moving inmates in particularly notorious cases to out-of-state prisons for safety and security reasons.
Zachary Wester, a former Jackson County deputy convicted of planting drugs on unsuspecting drivers, was moved in 2021 to the custody of Hawaii, which houses its prisoners in Arizona. Wester now is incarcerated in Colorado.
Markel, Adelson's former brother-in-law and the father of his two nephews, was fatally shot by hired hitmen July 18, 2014, in the garage of his Betton Hills home. The murder occurred as Markel was feuding with his ex-wife, Wendi Adelson, and her family, including Charlie Adelson, her brother.
The hit men, Luis Rivera and Sigfredo Garcia, and Charlie Adelson's ex-girlfriend, Katie Magbanua, were convicted in the murder. Charlie Adelson's mother, Donna Adelson, was arrested in connection with the murder plot shortly after her son's conviction. Jury selection in her trial is scheduled to begin Sept. 17, with testimony starting on or before Sept. 23.
Contact Jeff Burlew at jburlew@tallahassee.com or 850-222-1697.
This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: Dan Markel murder: Charlie Adelson, serving life sentence, moved to prison in South Dakota
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