A judge sentenced a South Florida dentist to life in prison for the 2014 shooting death of his former brother-in-law, a prominent professor at Florida State University, following a bitter custody battle.

The matriarch of a wealthy South Florida family has been arrested on charges that she arranged her ex-son-in-law's murder.

A jury has convicted a Florida dentist of murder in the death of his former brother-in-law, a professor killed in 2014 after a bitter custody battle with the dentist's sister.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The fates of two people accused of killing an FSU professor are now in the hands of twelve jurors. She goes straight to Charlie Adelson, who goes straight to Katherine Magbanua, who goes straight to Sigfredo Garcia. We are all trusting you to render a wise and legal verdict in this case, Cappleman said. To force her to cooperate, so they could get what they have been going after for years now, the Adelson family, said Attorney Chris DeCoste. The Adelsons have not been charged with any crime, and they deny any involvement in the Markel murder.

No mam, Magbanua replied. "Did you get the father of your two children, Mr. Garcia, to commit a murder on behalf of Mr. Charlie Adelson? Kwass continued. No mam, Magbanua answered. Did Mr. Adelson ever do illicit drugs in front of you? asked Magbanuas second attorney, Chris DeCoste. Isnt it true youve been offered some kind of big payoff if you refuse to cooperate against Charlie Adelson? Cappleman asked.

The case had gone cold until an undercover agent slipped one of the suspects a note back in 2016. "I think a few minutes after arriving to her condo she calls Charlie Adelson," said FBI agent Paul Standford. Charlie Adelson called Katherine Magbanua, the woman charged as being the point person between the hitmen and whoever called for Markel to be murdered. "You keep telling me you're going to make a phone call," Magbana is heard saying in the recording. They didn't even pick up," Charlie Adelson is heard saying in a wire tap.

TALLAHASSEE - An undercover FBI agent took the stand Friday afternoon in the trial of two people accused of murdering an Florida State University law professor. In an effort to find a smoking gun in this case, an undercover FBI agent approached Donna Adelson. In April 2016, more than a month before the first arrest in he Markel murder, an undercover FBI agent approached Donna Adelson. On Friday, the FBI agent took the stand. No one in the Adelson family has been charged in this case and the family through its attorney denies any involvement.

TALLAHASSEE - Stacks of cash in a safe and paychecks for a job a woman accused of coordinating the murder of an FSU professor didnt have were topics of important testimony Thursday. Convicted murderer turned informant Luis Rivera testified he, Sigfredfo Garcia and Katie Magbanua were paid a $100,000 in cash for killing law professor Dan Markel. Realtor June Umchinda dated Charlie Adelson, the brother of Markels ex-wife, for over a year. Velazquez-Mascara also testified she was asked to keep Magbanuas kids the night before Dan Markel was murdered, but never told their father, Sigfredo Garcia. No member of the Adelson Family has been charged with a crime and the family denies any involvement in the murder of Dan Markel.