Katherine Magbanua reacts to receiving life sentence in Dan Markel murder

[@amills9261]

It never ceases to amaze me at how many people believe that they can commit murder and get away with it.

[@glamdolly30]

In truth, half of them do! America is among the worst countries at solving murders in the industrialised world. In 2023, the USA clear-up rate for homicides stands at around 50%. Yes, you read that right! Approximately half of all murderers get away with it in the States, compared to a much more respectable 10% murders unsolved, and 90% solved, in Germany. Currently in the US, being jailed, or walking free after killing another human being, amounts to a simple coin toss. Shocking, huh?

[@OlgaSmirnova1]

Not as many as the ones who do get away with it

[@JeanyyBee]

Even scarier thought is some do

[@amills9261]

@@glamdolly30 I did not know this but I know of an unsolved murder from the early 80’s. It seemed solvable but several suspects.

[@glamdolly30]

@@amills9261 The huge difference in crime clean-up rates between countries, shows the standard of a nation's police investigations, dictates whether its killers are caught or escape justice. I get where you're coming from with your original comment though. Most killers are known to their victim, and have some sort of relationship with them, however distant. Stranger murders, where killer and victim meet for the very first time at the crime scene and have no prior connection, are the rarest kind of homicides - and are obviously the hardest to solve. But if you choose to attack and kill someone you know, say a relative, friend or work colleague, you will automatically be on the detectives' suspects list, purely because you knew them. That puts pressure on a murderer. It means you'll be considered and interviewed by police as a potential suspect, and you must keep your cool throughout, deny any involvement, and lie about your alibi without slipping up. Surprisingly, many people are capable of such deception. The kind of psychopath who can kill another human being without any remorse or guilt, has the same ruthless determination that can face down a detective's accusations - and in some cases, can even beat a lie detector! And when a person gets away with murder once, they are likely to feel untouchable and do it again. Sadly this has been demonstrated many times but the 2016 murder of British author Helen Bailey is a chilling example. Millionaire Helen had recently lost her beloved husband in a freak drowning accident while on a Caribbean vacation. Lonely and depressed, she was pursued by Ian Stewart through a Facebook support group for widows and widowers. He sent her friendly, flirty messages, and quickly asked to see a photo of her house - he clearly wanted to work out her finances, before he decided to target her. Stewart told her his wife Diane had died of epilepsy six years earlier, when she was home alone. In fact he had murdered her, but the crime went undetected. He pocketed a life insurance payout, but more importantly he avoided the divorce that was looming, as friends and family revealed the couple had not been getting on for a while. That meant he got to keep all their joint assets - assets that were his biggest motive for murder, as he was determined he would not share them with her. This left Stewart free to plot a repeat of the crime, this time targeting a wealthy woman, so he would get rich from it. Having escaped justice once, he was fully confident he'd get away with murder a second time. Helen was the perfect victim - she'd only ever experienced one romantic relationship, her happy marriage to the love of her life, so was naive about men. She took Stewart's love-bombing at face value, and never considered he might be a gold-digger. In fact, he was far worse - a wife killer. Within weeks Stewart had moved in with her, proposed and persuaded her to buy the house of his dreams, a mansion with swimming pool, in the village he'd lived in all his life. He also got her to make him the main recipient of her will and life insurance - a fortune totalling several million pounds. Helen trusted him completely. He smothered her to death one morning, as she was planning their wedding arrangements. He then put her lifeless body on a sheet and dragged her through the house and out into the garden, dumping her in a hidden cesspit full of raw sewage, accessed from their garage. He then lured her beloved Dachshund Boris there, and he too wound up dead in the squalid cesspit, alongside his mistress. There's only one thing more dangerous than a psychopath - a psychopath who has got away with murder. Just think how many of them are walking free in America right now, as I type this. Chilling!

[@ssrmy1782]

The tears came when her own life ended. No remorse for a man she never knew.

[@acdcmiami]

What people do for a couple of grand.

[@kitasmith5238]

It's crazy she did all this just to get some money. So sad I rather be broke.

[@suzanbeverlyhills2310]

⁠​⁠@@kitasmith5238me too 👍I rather be broke 😞she is also mother of two 😞

[@samuelkporsu8860]

​@@kitasmith5238yes oooo when we're doing something in this life we have to be careful oo

[@queenofcafm5219]

She is crying for herself

[@Jinka1950]

The detectives who scoured and watched surveillance videos for hours on end deserve a medal. Also the neighbor who spotted the Prius started the ball.

[@Jinka1950]

Omg. You are so right detective gave part of his life watching endless videos, and the concerned, neighbor, observant Neighbor. It was the beginning of the domino theory. They are all going to go down.

[@fredperry523]

And the University Professor Lacasse who summed up the case at his interrogation/questioning.

[@nuckinfuts7610]

That's literally basic level work of a detective.

[@NoemiD13-wb6hv]

the master mind will be freeee that’s how is in Florida 😂😂😂

[@rosiebuckley3575]

Charlie guilty, now mom and Wendi

[@dunnywatson2186]

No amount of money is worth taking a human's life and no amount of money is worth your freedom

[@markminister2599]

Poetic

[@lh98]

Idk I mean if the CIA needed me to take out a dirty evil dude for a hefty payday and never speak of it and I had assurances it was sanctioned and necessary I’d give it some thought. Sadly society is weak and doesn’t have the sense to see some folks just shouldn’t walk the earth. I mean look at life serving gangsters that have been in and out of prisons just a thorn in society and out there harming good citizens over and over why should we keep them going and pay to sit in prison if they just can’t function in society? Better to euthanize them cheaply and move on. Clearly my ramble has nothing to do with a case like this because yeah they were idiots to take the life of a good person all for some money they could have just earned in a job and spent their lives free. The bigger sad part is they were just pawns, low level folks that just dreamed to have some actual money... the real vile humans are free with the exception of Charlie and who knows how that case will go. I highly doubt Florida will ever get Wendi, Harvey or Donna (she still got nervous Diarrhea?) They masterminded, pulled the strings, and flashed the 100k to desperate ppl and they aren’t going to pay for it. I hope Dan’s spirit haunt their days and one day the Markel children (I refuse to call them the Adelson children) grow up to realize their mom had their dad murdered. She’s brainwashing them now all in hopes they never realize it for themselves. Sad... even if my partner was complicated I could never consider ending her life and the fact they did with such little concern as if it was paying for labor for any odd job is sickening

[@anthonyharty1732]

Freedom is everything as far as I’m concerned.

[@josimpson7999]

Spot on! She now has the rest of her life to contemplate this monumental catastrophic decision. No sympathy!

[@derrickcarbona9245]

@@anthonyharty1732 Ya what good is money in jail. You can at maximum buy like 75 dollars worth of shitty candy and snacks lol. So dumb.

[@gulfbaby230]

The one person FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS DEATH, the ex-wife, sat on the stand and laughed about how she “could never be charged for Danny’s murder”. How have they not arrested her yet????? She should have been arrested first!

[@misskey7380]

Hopefully they’re saving the best for last

[@Globelle]

I do hope she gets what's coming to her!!! I guarantee you she will at very least get some type of charge! I hope

[@silalily6961]

the police are going from the bottom to the top, after her brother its her turn

[@spanishrmx]

@@silalily6961 After Charlie it'll be Donna, then the snake Wendi.

[@josimpson7999]

I know! The absolute arrogance of that lying *itch to say such a thing was staggering. I can’t wait until she’s charged with murder - and like the rest of them gets put away for life.

[@maryammosavi269]

She never cried once for what she did. She only cries for herself. Zero remorse! She’s vile!

[@northerngirl4666]

She is vile but that doesn’t mean she doesn’tlove her kids and now realizes what a stupid thing she did: for money, for breasts, for a car, for loans and now she will never see them grow up.

[@maryammosavi269]

@@northerngirl4666 I don’t think she’s capable of love.

[@Woodman-Spare-that-tree]

@@maryammosavi269. Why would she love Dan?

[@kennedystarr8094]

@@Woodman-Spare-that-treelove for Charlie… duh..

[@Tee1312Jay]

I hope people who get involved in murder for hire learn a lesson from this. The woman who is behind all this is currently free and living her life while those she paid for murdering her husband are in prison for the rest of their lives.

[@sixdegrees2608]

She's not that free, I can guarantee you

[@βαθύζ]

Who would know Dan's shedule or routine better than Wendi‽ Those hitmen would have needed that info to carry out the hit. Wendi is definitely involved

[@paulaellis6242]

@@βαθύζ I agree for sure, hopefully she and Mommy will be arrested next!

[@mrsdashwood9700]

Yes, Wendy is sort of free presently, but she lives every minute of every day with the knowledge there could be a knock on her door from the police who are there to arrest her. That’s not a life I would want to live. So, she’s not in a jail with bars yet, but she’s in a mental prison of her own making. She creeps me out with all of her creepy smiling while being interviewed. That is one sick family.

[@harley6222]

She’s living her life alright with Bullet Bourbon!

[@whooptydoo6256]

And she was offered immunity to cooperate and she passed. 😳 damn. Bet shes regretting that about now. 😂

[@ravenzyblack]

Not once but TWICE. What a moron.😂

[@rantsallegedly]

Who passes up immunity? She messed up big time

[@kenn1936]

@@neverstopwhistle she was - he is the father of her 2 children. What a fool, now these 2 children have no parent on the outside.

[@johnwinger2240]

Doubt it. She stuck as Chuck convinced her they all would be exonerated

[@whoizthavuchyld]

i think she was offered immunity twice for both trials its like god was offering her a 2nd chance and she said ‘nah im good’ omg

[@annetteelliott1494]

My sympathy is with those poor children........❤

[@williamthurlow9889]

Wendy could not care less about her kids. No father no problem

[@carriesmith9943]

And Dan's parents!

[@cheriemoffatt8142]

Why are they with the mom who had a great deal to do with this!

[@kaylariggs5188]

​@@williamthurlow9889She is empathizing with the children of Katherine magbanua, sir. As do I. They lost both of their parents. Who knows where they are now or with whom. Foster care I presume.💔

[@kaylariggs5188]

​@@cheriemoffatt8142No, Katherine's children ar not with Donna. Come on people, keep up. Why would this comment be referring to Wendi's children? The video is about Magbanua, not Wendi Adelson.

[@MonaMona-cn5zw]

I do not feel sorry for her at all because she had many years to come clean about the Adelsons involvement but she didn’t. Well deserved!

[@mjay3734]

Imagine how those little boys cried upon learning their father was murdered. Imagine how much they have missed him throughout their life events that he should’ve been there in attendance. They have a lifetime of that absence to look forward to. These people had a choice whether to choose the sanctity of life over money. Dan and his children did not.

[@Globelle]

Also she can still hear, write and see her children. Dan can't.

[@bbe3034]

When is Wendi going to be arrested, along with her parents?? They all knew and I’m sure Donna paid for Dan’s murder!M 😡😡

[@ENFPerspectives]

Is very sad; how selfish & self-centered. Dad's are important. So are both sets of parents. I wish both families had sought counseling.

[@sarita5572]

💯

[@opaulamorgan4265]

Selfish, willful and evil, not caring what they have done to these children who will someday find out that their mother and her family plotted and conspired to have their father killed.

[@sarita5572]

The love of money is the root OF ALL EVIL! Perfect example in this case.

[@colleenshea2293]

Don't rule out what poverty does.

[@reddeadjuju]

Perfect example is the world.

[@crand20033]

@@colleenshea2293 Yeah, that causes evil too.

[@washedinhisblood.3906]

​@@colleenshea2293poverty doesn't cause people to murder one another. But jealousy does. And poverty can be traced to a series of decisions that led to that point.

[@HRUnknown-xe4pp]

Money is not the root of all evil. Dismissing GOD out of your life and having ZERO MORALS and ETHICS is the ROOT OF ALL EVIL☝🏻☝🏻.

[@Etheldreda-]

What did she think would happen… do these people even think further than tomorrow 😢

[@hopeful8975]

I think they don't look further than today...even the next moment. Imagine sitting and planning how to kill someone yet not planning a life in prison?

[@janegardener1662]

@@hopeful8975 They thought they were so smart renting a car hundreds of miles away from the crime scene. The detective was an awesome example of determined persistence.

[@bh0931]

She's not as smart and invincible as she Believed. Very well deserved sentence. Where did she show remorse and regret for her crimes ?!

[@luketimber4679]

No remorse was EVER shown.

[@mjlives5428]

Such a selfish selfish individual she is.A few free trips some cash and a car were worth another persons life to her and the pain of her family.Hope she suffers every minute of every day in there!

[@justinparisimbert277]

What's the point of showing remorse for something you planned and carried out. Showing remorse won't make any differences. It's not like it was an accidental death.

[@TrojansFirst]

@@luketimber4679 well she was hoping to get away with it, why would she show remorse? That would be if she plead guilty or admitted to the crime. Her first case was a hung jury it probably gave her hope she could beat it. It's a serious crime she committed. Hopefully she will show some remorse at some point in the future when her appeals fail.

[@tigerlily9536]

She didn't.

[@phyllissowhat]

It's what you get. I do not feel sorry for you. I hope that now Wendi will get what's coming to her.

[@Texas_Baby_Blue]

Wendi, Charlie, and their parents!

[@jimwerther]

So, Katharine, was it worth it? I'm amazed at how often people take a few thousand dollars to arrange a murder. Because it's evil, and because they get caught and go to prison for life.

[@gaylavogel4335]

My daughter is her age. A hard working RN with 3 children. It’s a shame that MONEY and GREED make someone think it is ok to arrange a murder. She deserves this sentence. 👍

[@robertburke1486]

I know. She was thinking at the sentencing "Why didn't I go straight to the cops when Charlie came to me with the hit-for-hire deal?"

[@pinecedar180]

Half of all murders go unsolved

[@cynthiabagsic1866]

She’s (Magbanua) an embarrassment to all Filipinos who are known for being hardworking, caring people all over the world! Greed and love of money befell her into the pit of destruction!

[@silalily6961]

​@@pinecedar180 That's 50 percent chance you will live in a filthy cage, eat dirt food and only come out in a box. That sounds worth it to gamble on? And btw the reason why unsolved murders appear to be high is because of states that have lots of gang activity and usually the person is a drug dealer or involved heavy in criminal activities, with no routine and surrounded by people that ''aint snitches'' The chances of getting caught when killing someone who is not involved in drugs etc is a lot higher.

[@vicster3758]

I think this is the exact moment Charlie starts shitting his pants. He’s next.

[@tone5476]

Ladies and gentlemen save this video for whenever u think your having a bad day play this video and watch appreciate life appreciate freedom dont do or commit stupid things

[@CrackberryMe]

Exactly Right.

[@gretaalcindor3913]

I always says to myself I never want to put my life in jury hands and judge hands ✋✋,To go through this ,oh no!!!!! great advice you gave to all, Your freedom is everything, you can go places and do great things with friends and family, and enjoy your life.

[@Mayamajors]

I feel so bad for her kids because they lost both their parents now

[@Derpherppington]

Naw they didn’t have a chance anyway. mom sleeping around , baby daddy is a drug dealer addict butt buddy with some gay Spanish gang

[@RukhShariq]

Kids are better off without these kind of criminals minded parents

[@beaglerescue5281]

Hopefully, the children will do better without them.

[@miketaylor7305]

Hi beagle…her children will be fine…better without her..

[@onlydebra4580]

The kids may have better now, no criminal parents, she should have thought of them..too wrapped up in themselves

[@Streetstories_]

This should be a lesson for anyone planning to get involved with murder for hire. 😬

[@buttcoolwhip]

The sad thing is there will be more fools out there that will do it. People don't think a 10 sec decision will send you a prison for life.

[@gaylavogel4335]

Well deserved sentence! Justice for Dan!

[@indicasativa8542]

Here in Florida we call her sentence the “Florida retirement plan” because a life sentence in Florida means you will die in prison.

[@kilim5583]

"But Charlie said there was no way we could ever be caught"

[@wycliffeowino9602]

She should have taken a plea deal and testified against the Adelsons…life without parole for her arrogance

[@maricarlo6043]

yes ma'am.... I don't remember?..what? I don't recall...I don't remember...it's what done her in

[@Beesosa3400]

Loyalty towards the wrong people will always cost u In the end

[@Moonglow23]

​@@Beesosa3400 and greed...

[@Beesosa3400]

@@Moonglow23 even if I didn’t have nothing to do with it I would of told them whatever they wanted to hear

[@Wds__99]

I know. I don’t get it. Obviously she had no personal issue with Dan. The motive was with west and Donna. Why didn’t she sing???

[@stellabella310]

She got what she deserves! She had many years to give the Adelson’s up! Now she has to pay the piper! Fabulous job by the state! This judge is an asset to his profession! Swift justice!

[@HB-ey2dk]

Surprising she didn't make a deal like the tough "King" 😂

[@Bellini-Bellini]

Absolutely agree! She should have been in Luis’s position. Dumba$$.

[@allisonhaskell5440]

Exactly .. and she gone down but maybe in future might speak out against him .. I mean he is not almighty God to be afraid of them .. Should be afraid of God and his punishment !

[@allend2749]

very swift, 8 years it took

[@oasismx6739]

She got what she deserves!

[@biln3]

I watched most of the trial. Her defense was she had no idea what was going on. Wtf kind of lawyer would go with that.

[@barbiekat6352]

@@SunFlower-sf1go They could have withdrawn on grounds but the money was sweet!🤑💰💰💰

[@thetruthhurts131]

Thank God she sucked. Got her client a life sentence

[@carsonsmith8607]

One that's getting paid by the Adelsons so that Katie gets all the blame and not them.

[@sarahs2288]

I agree. It was the worst defense I’ve ever witnessed. Something fishy may have been going on.

[@ThePocketPugilist]

Some that likes money and publicity. It is Miami after all, its full on snakes on the lurk for easy money.

[@biln3]

She was offered complete immunity to tell the truth and said no. Now she's in prison for life.

[@gang208]

I don't know who gave her the advice to turn down the immunity. Or, she didn't have a lawyer at the time. It was her stupidity that got her the life sentence.

[@leerdee]

It boggles my mind why she did not tell the truth from day one.

[@22221mm]

@@leerdeeshe claims she didn’t want to rat out the father of her children. And she has public defenders only

[@lizettewanzer8650]

Life + 60 years.

[@ericcartman9042]

​@@gang208the latin kings would've green lighted her i dealt with those dudes. Your girl rats on you it's a wrap!!! She was sleeping with both in his head that's his girl!

[@SS11660]

She had the best chance at a deal of the 3. All she had to do was tell truth about Charley but she chose to roll the dice and give up her children. She really thought she would get away because she almost did in first trial.

[@JaSoN_1976]

She screwed up her life and her kids life, whatta dummy.

[@littlemissmaybe480]

Now let’s get Wendy!!!!!!

[@jennypham3998]

I dont think she will be charged.

[@sburns2421]

I just listened to a multi-part true crime podcast about the Dan Markel crime. The amount of arrogance shown by the guilty parties is pretty amazing.

[@safeinmyheart1]

Agreed!

[@debsea2759]

Justice served ⚖️

[@enderton1]

That liar deserved every minute of that sentence.

[@attilafry]

Despite what she did , .. shes sentient human, sentient woman. .. she needs mercy.

[@0its0not0mine]

She forgot the jury was in attendance. It wasn't just a battle between her and the prosecutor. Her looking over at her lawyers and smirking didn't help. Lol

[@SS11660]

And they seemed to be encouraging her behavior

[@geethaeric]

Her lawyer was smiling as the wire taps were played, listening to Katie 's beautiful language.

[@Chris_34]

At least she gets the 2,119 days time served taken off👍. Only 13 million days to go, Katherine. You can do that standing on your head💪

[@maame6]

😂😂😂

[@safeinmyheart1]

🤣👏👏👏💜

[@canbac4300]

is that true? i thought they were giving her at least 1/2 time?

[@Realitycheck98765]

Life plus 60 years.

[@jeanP924]

It's hard to believe this woman helped arrange the brutal murder of a perfect stranger. Makes no sense.

[@newnana9070]

Money.

[@jeanP924]

@@newnana9070 money has no shelf life but a prison sentence does

[@yasminmiller1132]

Get the adelesons!!!! That PHYSCOPATH wendi adelelson should be locked up she was the proper master mind as well! And then finally justice will be served For Dan markel, sounded like a great guy nobody deserves this ! Sympathy for the Dan markel family and my prayers go out to them 🙏.

[@Flatbush4Life]

Sad to say, she might be the only one to get away with it. Katie's conviction automatically makes Charlie guilty because there is no conspiracy without him. They probably can get the mother because it is obvious that she knew what was going on. Wendi is a little tricky because if no one flips on her, she will say her brother did it on his own.

[@lionelthebuilder]

Everyone involved in this crime must be prosecuted in order of white privilege

[@misskey7380]

Wendi’s smile and eyes 👀 give me PHYSCOPATH all day 🫣😬

[@marilynschroeter796]

I can't believe that the professor's wife or ex wife wasn't arrested. She is the reason that Dan was shot.

[@robw2486]

Taking a life has become she cheap and easy these days, people don't even think twice. Don't feel sorry for this cold woman, she was prepared to set up and become part of a murder for a victim who had never done her any harm. Well deserved life in prison, she will never be a free woman ever again.

[@jennypham3998]

👍

[@safeinmyheart1]

💜👏💜👏💜

[@MarkEnriquez1971]

Her attorney also ditched her and informed the court she will be needing a public attorney for appeals because she is indigent. LOL. To think Katie was so smug and confident during the trial and now look at her. Charlie is next!!!

[@musicman7913]

Her Attorney ditched her cause nobody is going to pay her for legal sevices anymore.

[@MarkEnriquez1971]

@@musicman7913 yes, that’s what indigent means. I was illustrating the point that in the end there is no one there left for her. That what a stupid decision to conspire to murder someone, and for what?? To be left with nothing, no one, but a life sentence in prison. And yet when she at least had a chance to make a plea deal she was so confident that she would not be convicted, that she stayed loyal to the Adelsons. Why stay loyal to them?? They ditched her also along time ago.

[@musicman7913]

@@MarkEnriquez1971 I agree with you 100% as soon as luis rivera started to talk to investigators katherine magbanua should have been taking plea deals and ratting everyone out. But her Arrogance is what brought her down and now she's done.

[@YoutubSUCKZ]

her old attorneys were clearly paid by the Adelsons. Now that she is in prison they have no interest in providing her with expensive council.

[@GiGi-fy6rg]

By rule, the appeals are done by a total different team of lawyers...

[@kathleenmedlyn]

Yes, absolutely that neighbor who spotted the Prius was the beginning after that the detectives worked tirelessly to find all the evidence and Rivera really sinched it obviously with the prosecutor doing an excellent job. My thanks goes out to all these people for helping convict this disgusting person.

[@gaylavogel4335]

Sooo GLAD for this outcome and sentencing!

[@victoriaporter8665]

This whole family and their friends are disgusting,they all killed this poor man and destroyed his children's lives but never cried for them,only themselves when caught🤬🤬🤬We live in a sick society with zero empathy 🤬🤬🤬

[@b1bo840]

there was no reaction, she just continued sobbing... she knew the outcome

[@artyvr272]

Shame on you, Katie! She got exactly what she deserved. zero remorse from her. This investigation is not over, they will probably investigate dan's ex-wife, ex mother in-law and include ex father in-law too.. Rest in Peace, Dan!

[@steelcom5976]

All evidence points towards Charlie coming up with the plan and organizing the details. Wendi was given immunity because there is no evidence against her and they needed her testimony.

[@machineofadream]

@@steelcom5976 Wendi was not given full immunity. She's only immune from having her testimony at the other trials being used against her. There is plenty of evidence, it's just less than the other two. I believe they will go for her soon.

[@glamdolly30]

@@steelcom5976 Wendi Adelson does NOT have total immunity from a future murder prosecution. She was only granted a strictly limited version of immunity, which prevents her testimony at Garcia and Magbanua's murder trials - and recently at her brother Charlie's - being used against her in future legal proceedings. In fact Wendi's position is extremely vulnerable following Charlie Adelson's recent murder conviction, and mother Donna's (more recent still) indictment on similar charges, including the murder of Dan Markel. As any jury would fast recognise, Wendi had the biggest motive to want her ex husband/the father of her children dead, during an extremely acrimonious child custody battle. And she directly benefited far more than anyone else involved - particularly financially. Donna Adelson's prosecution is the next 'cab off the rank' in the dark, murder-for-hire story of Dan Markel. Police are keeping a very close eye on her daughter Wendi Adelson and her movements, just as they watched Donna, and caught her red-handed at an airport, trying to flee to Vietnam. Prosecutors have Wendi, the victim's ex wife, firmly in their sites - she was the driving force in Dan Markel's assassination by small time gangsters. And she is the head they need to secure on a platter, if justice can ever truly be done in this troubling case. #JusticeForDanMarkel

[@secondrule]

@@steelcom5976 This aged badly. Mommie in jail today, and, no doubt, Wendi's cell is being readied for her.

[@steelcom5976]

​@@secondrule You seem to be aging badly yourself. Donna is as dumb as a mud fence, paying Magbanua a massive amount of cash for services not rendered???? Charlie was the go-between, the wantabe hero of the family who executed the plan. Wendi is likely innocent. She handed over all her devices to the cops before a warrant was issued. Criminals never do that. Not only was she given immunity, but she was subpoened by the Prosecution. Prosecutors never subpoena suspects in a crime.

[@Remmysage]

It’s crazy to me that people who rape and murder get a lesser sentence then this. Just doesn’t make any sense.

[@newnana9070]

If they offer you a deal, take it.

[@bbrcummins1984]

Worst defense attorney ever

[@kerilockwood7819]

Good with tissues though.

[@johndoee3850]

No...she did it...

[@Fedeleness]

@@kerilockwood7819 LOL! Thanks

[@virginia2949]

The defence team could have gotten her a sweet plea deal. She knew enough to put all the Addisons in jail. They failed her - she will never be out.

[@wlf9108]

They offered her a deal and she wouldn’t take it.

[@queenofcafm5219]

R.I.P Dan Markel...my sympathy for his kids parents and family. JUSTICE for him.please.

[@SUE-cq9nz]

I guarantee you she's probably going to end up saying the reason why she didn't take the plea deal was, because she was threatened by the Adlesons and she feared her life and her children's lives as well.... That's the only way out for her.

[@pheo1418]

It's too late for her the D.A. doesn't need her testimony to get a conviction from Charles Addison, Wendy had a few yrs to wake up and become a star witness for the defense and she chose not to..

[@thetruthhurts131]

Doesn't matter. Should have never got herself involved with that to begin with.

[@djdudekevin]

You are on the money. That’s what she is going to say I’m sure!

[@SS11660]

Too late

[@AskAlex1999]

There’s no way out now.

[@HumorHeals59]

Watching her testimony was sickening. The way she laughted and joked was downright disrepectful. Breaking Good News:Circuit Judge Robert Wheeler sentenced Katherine Magbanua to life in prison plus two additional 30-year sentences to run consecutively for her role in the murder of Florida State law professor Dan Markel.💃💃 Rest with the angels Professor Dan Markel. Justice has been served. 💯

[@thetruthhurts131]

Shes isn't laughing no more. That is just a defense mechanism for criminals to do in court.

[@marilynschroeter796]

Justice won't be served until Wendi, her mom, and her brother are in jail.

[@SOLDOZER]

2/3rd of the way there. Still need Wendi to go down.

[@βαθύζ]

Who would know Dan's shedule or routine better than Wendi‽ Those hitmen would have needed that info to carry out the hit. Wendi is definitely involved

[@SOLDOZER]

@@βαθύζ And the hitmen went to his gym and followed him home. How did the hitmen know where his gym was and knew he would be there? Only Wendi knew that. Her brother did not know that. She had to tell him.

[@josephinecoale7204]

How can Wendy and Donna sleep at night knowing Charlie is in jail when they know they were involved to

[@WhiteDove73-888]

Don’t worry they can’t 😅😂

[@maame6]

@@WhiteDove73-888 😂😂😂

[@debchiu]

Her lawyer is very unprofessional blubbering along with her client. She should be reprimanded.

[@SS11660]

Her lawyer should be locked up too for letting her tell all those lies and not take the deal.

[@curtisjones400]

@SS11660-I don't think the lawyer realized that Kathie was "GUILITY AS HELL" until she took the witness stand and start telling lies, by then it was too late to take a plea.

[@jillionairess]

I am always fascinated by what people think they can't get away with.

[@glamdolly30]

With US homicide clear-up rates at an all-time low of around 50%, getting away with murder is currently pretty much a coin toss.

[@patrickmba7638]

You mean "can".

[@crand20033]

@@glamdolly30 Many times the innocent victim is convicted of the murder because he was only defending himself. That's the other coin toss. If you plead innocent, you'd better get lucky.

[@glamdolly30]

@@crand20033 Can you quote an example - better still, two examples - of an 'innocent' man, wrongly convicted of murder in such circumstances?

[@jillionairess]

@@crand20033 "Innocent" is not a plea.

[@FrankietheLawDog]

Give up the Adelsons, Katie. They deserve it.

[@hughhaefner3317]

Katie's attorneys are the lowest of the low, excluding Jodi Arias attorneys. Attorney Kawass literarily lead Katie through the entire testimony and while most prosecuting attorney's would have objected... leading the witness... the prosecutors were smart enough to know that Kawass was leading Katie straight to a no parole life sentence. Dugan and Cappleman knew the jury would see right through Kawass leading the witness time and time again. It worked in the prosecutors favor and worked against Kawass stupid strategy.

[@safeinmyheart1]

💜👏💜👏💜

[@idi0tdetectioninprogress]

Everyone needs a defence, even Jodi. Willmutt was awful, her tussle with Demarte still makes me laugh to this day. It wasn't a bad effort from Nurmi, to create a picture of Travis treating Jodi like trash. Strange how people like Latoilet and Samuels put their integrity and reputation on the line to lie/defend her though.

[@jamesgibbs6970]

She should have taken a plea deal. Talk about gambling with your life and losing.

[@gulshanaraharoon2198]

@L J There is no plea on a Murder 1 that'd give her under 40 yrs! I doubt u realize how plea bargains work & vast majority on murder are not that lenient. Some think alot of time would've been cut.. nope. Still 40+ yrs

[@milart12]

@@gulshanaraharoon2198 I'm not sure on that. Granted, under a conspiracy theory, she is just as guilty as the principal, but I think that she could have cut a better deal.

[@jennypham3998]

@@gulshanaraharoon2198 True. The case of Eric William in TX, he murdered 2 male lawyers and one lady. His wife helped him. She told everything but still get 40 years.

[@gulshanaraharoon2198]

@@milart12 She cut a deal instead with the Adelsons to take take care of her kids and put money in her commissary. I'm sure plenty of money. In exchange for not a word. Or else they all go to prison & she still does hefty time, while both parents of her kids are in prison.. as broke orphans

[@milart12]

@@gulshanaraharoon2198 Huh? How do you know that? Money in her commissary? Take care of her kids? Don't u think that would look suspicious?

[@genomic_]

Katie’s lawyer who didn’t let her take a sweetheart deal is pretending like she cares about her client

[@NoemiD13-wb6hv]

charlie and company probably pay her too 😂😂😂😂

[@666happygirl2]

She is absolutely guilty, she made this decision, Thug life, got her life in prison.

[@crime_cat3973]

Those who arranged and financed the whole thing are worse than the actual killers.

[@annebalderston2520]

They all did evil, especially his Smiling wife. She knew him and loved him once. How could you do that?

[@spanishrmx]

@@annebalderston2520 That thot loves nobody.

[@absinthemindedJ]

@@annebalderston2520 I don't think she's capable of love.

[@barbiekat6352]

How can they be worse??? Equally evil but not worse than the cold blooded executioner!

[@absinthemindedJ]

@@barbiekat6352 I can see your point of view, but the conspirators are a special kind of evil.

[@butterfliesarefreetofly6964]

Thought she was big & bad cussing on the phone calls thinking she was a mob wife. It still amazes me how people can murder others so easily. To know people who will commit murder is unfathomable. I will never understand😢😢😢

[@agnesbrown4561]

“Thinking she was a mob wife🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@lizettewanzer8650]

That "mob wife" comment--HAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA!!! She saw herself as some kind of gangbanger. Now look where you're at, Katie! You played a stupid game, and here's your stupid prize.

[@BartendressTwin]

Her lawyer wanted to be friends with her verses defending her!. Lawyer stated her remorse for her and she did not¿¿ KM is crying for herself. Dan was an innocent man that you had set-up. Wow, the rest of your life, you must think about it. Just awful all the way around. Everyone waited for the conclusion of this trial. Now on to the next. #Justice4Dan

[@BartendressTwin]

@@SunFlower-sf1go So true 👍

[@2034916]

@@SunFlower-sf1go I don’t think she ever had remorse. She drank Charlie’s Kool-Aid that they would never link it back to her or the Adelsons. Four little boys don’t have parents and I bet she never considered them at all nor did the maestro.

[@sportsbadcalls334]

Kaw-ass is holding back tears. As if Katie is innocent!!! wow, what a part of humanity this demonstrates: cry for the killer.

[@LJ-jq8og]

😂 COWass dd not get the "big-win" she had fantasized about either...

[@markminister2599]

Maestro Charlie Adelson should take a good look. That is his future. Evil people belong in prison.

[@2034916]

I thought he had the answers and was just so freeking smart and clever. What a genius.

[@markminister2599]

Like Moses parting the Red Sea, so too will Charlie’s cell mate- if you know what I mean.

[@DaveStarks-ku2jd]

This never gets old...... Rot in jail..... Charlie, Donna, and Wendi are next.

[@harpergrace2510]

Sad…very sad but if it was proven she’s guilty I feel so bad for the children who lost their father. Unfortunately, the real culprit of the murder may still be walking free of punishment 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@jelisof]

This is how a good lawyer can save you. The ex-wife and her family should be behind bar too

[@TheSuperKaragoz]

I can’t believe she got the father of her own kids to commit a murder.

[@nyccolm]

What a fool. She had the opportunity to plea.

[@attilafry]

This little girl does not deserves suffering in cage.

[@zellanutellaa]

All she ever does is cry and look pitiful i dont feel bad for her one bit justice is served! now the brother is next and hopefully the ex wife!

[@AskAlex1999]

Brother down!

[@jonathanmthomas2728]

I don't understand why Katherine took the fall and didn't rat the Adelson's out. Why didn't she take the plea deal? she gained nothing from not pleading guilty and for not ratting the Adelson's. Glad she's spending the rest of her life in prison, just don't understand why she didn't take the deal

[@nietzschesmuse]

I bet the Adelsons promised her that they would take care of her kids for life, manipulators usually frame fake promises in the future tense to get whatever they want and then back down. Poor girl will seat in jail wasting her life while the whites are freely enjoying all money can buy.

[@Flatbush4Life]

Maybe by the time she considered taking a plea deal it was off the table because they no longer needed her. Also it is who rolls on who first. Once Rivera flipped, they didn't need her anymore.

[@jonathanmthomas2728]

@@Flatbush4Life Good point

[@TrojansFirst]

@@Flatbush4Life I think they need Magbanua for Charlie Adelson; not enough evidence to convict a man with superstar lawyers. I think they can still make a deal with Magbanua; now she will be motivated to reduce her sentence and not face the prospect of dying in prison.

[@Flatbush4Life]

@@TrojansFirst I think Magbanua's conviction seals his fate because he is the other half of the Conspiracy. The stapled money, wire tap and the restaurant video is more than enough to convict him. I think the issue is how do they prove Wendi was a part of it.

[@debchiu]

The fact that she lied to the IRS and was receiving 7K or more in $ from the IRS for having children, THEN to top it off, she is claimed to be indigent, and WE will pay for her lawyer. Disgusting.

[@JuJu-cz1lw]

I bet Charlie's parents want be putting any money in her canteen account. 😂🤣

[@Mom2jems]

Damn Katie. Should have gave everyone up. I never thought she would put herself in this kind of situation.

[@SS11660]

This one makes me happy. I bet she remembers this day! The arrogant ""I dont remember " didnt go over well. Clearly lying and playing games.and defense attorneys tried to trick and confuse the witnesses. Very disrespectful.

[@yaggatv5998]

I thought gangsters didnt mind going to jail what she upset about its part and parcel of the lifestyle. So scary that there are people like this in existence.

[@carpediem4512]

Well deserved sentence.

[@bcatblues725]

These people destroyed so many lives. All the children involved is horrible. For what? A little bit of money. How damn sad and evil.

[@Bellini-Bellini]

Yaaaay!! More justice for Dan!!

[@sluggo1515]

The attorney should have made her understand she absolutely had to take the deal.

[@cocodelight5077]

Don’t do the crime if you don’t want to do the time.

[@tonybino01]

Play stupid games and you win stupid prizes. She was offered immunity but refused because she didn't want to incriminate her baby daddy. Doh! Now her kids are without both parents.

[@MandiMomOf8Channel]

Dan's never coming back. Dan and Dan's family suffered more than Katie ever will. No one wins here.

[@jennypham3998]

The Alderson win. They got rid of the Dan, they got to enjoy their grandkids everyday, they got life insurance and social security money, they dont have to go to jail.

[@loulou007eddie2]

Murder is one of the most hideous crimes to commit!

[@pinecedar180]

They're just sad about getting justice for what they did. No care about the guy whose brains were blown out

[@MsPea]

What a fool to turn down the plea deal she was offered. Instead, she'll never get out. Amazing what ego makes you do.

[@Jayviator.]

Oh how the turntables... I remember she was looking all smug in the first trial with the hitmen. Thought she was smart and had "all" the answers. I laughed when she tried to explain away the large deposits into her bank account. She's an idiot for not simply giving up the mom and brother in the first place. She would have gotten a much lighter sentence.

[@Atite_Lometen]

She was offer no time in jail, but narcissist will do always the opposite, look at trump he could had return those classified doc and make it all go away but they need to right all the time

[@sandrasarandon5670]

magbanua made repeated references to her children ,including wanting'' Insurance for her children'' yet in all her decisions magbanua made no recognition of foreseeable consequences that will definitely cause TRAUMA to ''her children'', she had no concept that her actions or the actions of father of ''her children ''and her decisions will IMPACT the lives of her children .Whether those parents were at home or not. Either way the Development of those children will be Influenced and shaped by their parents Behaviour, Attitudes , Manner .

[@annestay5021]

I hope her kids were placed in a loving home and they are able to heal from their evil parents.

[@Fergie66813]

With her brother.

[@SS11660]

Terrible defense lawyers. Gave her bad advice. Only cared about their ego of winning.

[@curtisjones400]

I think in the beginning her lawyers belived she was innocent. She has a way of telling lies and keeps a convincing face .

[@nadinekeating3255]

I don't know why her lawyer looks like she was wiping away tears when her client's sentence was read. I understand she's a defense attorney and her job is to defend her client. But, there's no way this lawyer GENUINELY believes her client wasn't involved in this murder plot. She would have to be a complete idiot to believe that, and I know she's not an idiot lol. She's getting what she deserves. There's no reason for the lawyer to be crying.

[@barbiekat6352]

Maybe she’s crying over the $$$ bonus she lost!

[@sbuzz5889]

she feels guilty for helping put km in prison for life for a few $500,000.00 from her real client

[@SS11660]

Her ego because she lost !!!

[@genomic_]

She also didn’t let her client take a pretty good deal offered by the prosecutors office. She probably wanted to get the spotlight during trial

[@geethaeric]

Her lawyer even cried for Sigfredo's verdict. Wanted the murderer to be set free?

[@prettytsotetsi9909]

4 innocent children's lives changed forever. I don't understand why she didn't take the first plea deal for the sake of her own children. Just wow!

[@lh98]

Amazing the difference in one state versus another. She plays middle man on a murder and gets life + 30 + 30 but elsewhere a gang banger robs and murders someone and gets 15-20 years only to get out and do it again. Chances of her ever reoffending are close to nil meanwhile the gang banger is already reoffending inside prison. I don’t defend her actions at all but the vast differences of sentencing out there never cease to amaze me.

[@anthonym3351]

Very true. I've followed this case from Ireland where if it would be unlikely she would have been found guilty and would probably got 4 yrs prison time. The sentences here are too lenient but some states in America seem too extreme

[@barbiekat6352]

When has the justice system been equitable? Not only from state to state but also the application of fairness vs race, financial/socioeconomic lack vs privilege…or of course political connections !

[@batangaseaaa]

She deserved that sentence and thank god she did not took the plea because of her stupidity. The other gangbanger rat out and flipped on her because she is also the other half of the conspiracy (other half is charlie) by being the mastermind of this murder.

[@Helen-q5c]

In the UK she probably would have got a year our justice system is so poor.

[@anna_grisu]

The sentences in US are far too extreme

[@susiepummill9391]

how ridiculous to think you can get away w/ doing something like this. her tears are for herself

[@maureencaissy6075]

Time for her to talk.

[@Franciscasieri]

Uh...no. That ship has sailed. It's a mandatory life without the possibility. No more deals possible.

[@artwatch-y9j]

Katie should have opened her big mouth 6 years ago, now too late. Nothing from her mouth is credible anymore.

[@LJ-jq8og]

@@Franciscasieri NOT TRUE. Cappleman said she could STILL yet cooperate... We will know by Christmas...

[@Franciscasieri]

@@LJ-jq8og your stupid caps...in return for what? Her sentence is mandatory, can't be reduced. And she's going to be believed on the stand? My God, do you have any ability to think critically?

[@kinorspielmann4649]

She made some quick money at the cost of taking a human life, coldly, having no qualms about this. She miscalculated, rejecting a plea deal, protesting her innocence, despite the evidence. She's got her comeuppance.

[@alexanderdumas-]

I like how he asks to count up time served so he can calculate that against life w/o parole 😵‍💫😂

[@lizettewanzer8650]

Against life + 60 years, really, since the sentences will run consecutively. No chance of EVER getting out.

[@clarissanickersonfourman]

She gave up immunity. Thats the weirdest flex I’ve ever seen someone do.

[@gala_pi]

I can't help but think that she spent more on her lawyers than she was paid for the murder 🤦🏻‍♀️I bet those lawyers cost 10x more than 30k $ received

[@robinswebmail]

I don't think that SHE was the one paying for her lawyers! lol.

[@Dollgrl1]

At first I felt sorry for Katie … that was until I heard her tough girl talk .She didn’t care about the murder of a loving Father . She chose Siggy over seeing her kids grow up , that says it all . She’s where she should be !

[@Cfrank81]

She was sassy during testifying now what!? She deserves what she got! No one has the power to decide when a human should die and she chose along with the Adelsons Dan needed to be gone