Florida law professor Dan Markel’s murder on ‘Dateline’

(NBC News) — Friday on “Dateline,” a report on the stunning new twist in the murder-for-hire plot involving a prominent Florida family that left law professor Dan Markel dead and a grandmother arrested.

The two-hour special features the latest details following the dramatic trial of Markel’s former brother-in-law Charlie Adelson and newly obtained police bodycam footage of the arrest of Markel’s former mother-in-law Donna Adelson.

Here is a preview of Dennis Murphy’s report:

The latest on a law professor shot down in cold blood — a murder-for-hire. And who ordered the hit? Prosecutors say none other than his former brother-in-law.

We will take you inside the suspect’s murder trial so you can hear for yourself his astonishing defense. And there’s even more now that the suspect’s mother, the victim’s former mother-in-law, is also charged with murder and awaiting trial.

See her dramatic arrest by the FBI, as she attempted to board a jet and flee the country.

Watch “Dateline: Family Matters,” Friday at 9 p.m. on NBC4.

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