Law professors killer stalked him like a shark circling before family murder-for-hire ambush

After leaving the gym, Dan Markel drove home expecting an ordinary day.Instead, his killer was waiting for him.As he arrived home, the prominent Florida State University law professor was talking on the phone with music teacher Stewart Schlazer about school options for his children.

Then the conversation took a terrifying turn.“Can you please hold on a second? There’s an unfamiliar person in my driveway,” Markel said.Seconds later, Schlazer heard what he described as “a loud boom.”“There are really eerie parts of those final hours,” producer Lily Fletcher told Fox News Digital.“You look at the CCTV footage, and it’s a normal day.

Dan dropped off the kids at school, he’s gone to work out at the gym, and then there’s a Prius driving around the gym car park.It never stops.

It’s clearly waiting for him.”“It’s always reminded me of a shark circling,” Fletcher said.“There was something just so sinister and eerie during such a mundane part of his day, just going to the gym.

That really stayed with me.That’s a really chilling part, just watching that footage.”Markel was shot in the head while sitting in his car in the garage of his Tallahassee, Florida, home on July 18, 2014.

The 41-year-old died the following day.The case is the subject of a new true crime docuseries from ABC News Studios, “Welcome to the Family: The Murder of Dan Markel,” now streaming on Hulu.t features exclusive interviews, including with FBI agent Pat Sanford and a recorded conversation with Rob Adelson, the oldest Adelson son, who testified against his mother, Donna Adelson, at her trial.It largely follows the prosecution’s investigation and trial evidence, while also including testimony and recordings introduced during court proceedings.Markel married Wendi Adelson in 2006 after the two met online.

The docuseries depicts prosecutors’ theory that Wendi’s mother, Donna, was a dominating, controlling figure in their lives with strong opinions about h...