Wendi Adelson's First Reaction to Dan Markel Murder: Police Interview

Wendi Adelson bursts into tears learning about the shooting death of her ex-husband Dan Markel during a police interview. Wendi's brother Charlie Adelson has been convicted in this murder-for-hire plot. Their mother, Donna Adelson, sits in jail accused with similar charges. Is Wendi next?
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00:00 Wendi Adelson Learns Dan Markel's Death
18:06 Is Dan Markel Dead or Alive?
28:20 Wendi Names Charlie Adelson as Suspect
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00:00 Wendi Adelson Learns Dan Markel's Death 18:06 Is Dan Markel Dead or Alive? 28:20 Wendi Names Charlie Adelson as Suspect MORE HERE: www.courttv.com/tag/donna-adelson/?

[@danlechlak1183]

When will Donna's trial begin?

[@acc4465]

This lawyer’s speculation in this video - wild speculation about what a ‘normal person’ would do - this is exactly how innocent people are convicted. Wendi at some point later in this interrogation is crying and says about Dan - who she knows now is dead - ‘Dan is all alone at the hospital - he shouldn’t be there alone. He is alone there and nobody even knows he’s there’ - would someone involved say something like this? She had nothing to do with it.

[@udhehfhehcuw9169]

She wasn't connected to the crime because she had open palms? When is someone going to point out the obvious: these body language 'experts' are completely full of ish

[@acc4465]

@@udhehfhehcuw9169 they are full of it - it’s the content of what she says that tells you she has nothing to do with it.

[@acc4465]

I will have to make a video showing you irrefutably why this video exonerates Wendi. Court TV is making content over making truth.

[@Pmsteen59]

I completely disagree with Janine! Nothing about Wendi is authentic!!!!

[@phoenixmerridian9119]

Did anyone tell Janine that the Adelsons are broke now and she isn't going to get any money from them?

[@dourakine1]

Ditto!! Janine is wrong!!

[@m_christine1070]

@@phoenixmerridian9119 she's clueless about everything. How did she navigate her way to setting up her appearance on the show? Maybe they've changed their booking policy and are reserving some guest appearances for "experts" who will pay the network, to appear on the show? It wouldn't surprise me at this point. This is a rec nt phenomenon, I noticed the same thing, a few weeks ago, there was an attorney who was also a clueless, joke. Something bizarre is happening at CNN.

[@eleanoraquitaine2966]

She pretends to be a body language expert but her assessments dont' seem to be based on any significant experience such as military training, intelligence gathering training, or the most up to date knowledge about human body language in its myriad aspects. It's like she read a couple books.

[@ddmark69]

The body language expert is useless

[@whiteroses47]

Wendi deserves the Razzie Award for worst actress ever!

[@paulm8640]

I agree 100%. Donna says she can be an amazing actress but she clearly can't

[@Asidebar]

She deserves to be in handcuffs.

[@phoenixmerridian9119]

She doesnt ask for and isnt offered a tissue lmao I need a tissue within a minute of sobbing, especially if its a death sob.

[@maryr6237]

It was so awful... The whole time she probably thought she was rocking it 😂

[@whiteroses47]

🤣🤣🤣@@maryr6237

[@jamievanskiver8380]

I'd be shocked if I learned my husband was shot. Id be like wait what?? What? Id be in disbelief. She just goes straight into crying! Crying over an ex she couldn't stand. She knew everything!!!

[@GoodGolly.MissLolly]

Yes, there wasn’t even a moment of shock/acknowledgement/disbelief. No processing of the information at all. She knew what she was about to be told

[@fancy-on5hn]

Same here! I wouldn’t be able to answer even a simple question because it would take me many minutes to overcome my shock and begin to process the situation. I can tell you I I would be ugly crying so hard that it would be a long period of time before anything I said could even be understood. Those little tissues would have been used in less than 5 minutes and I’d be blowing ugliness into my shirt. When people really cry, their nose swells, turns red and runs like a faucet. Their face and eyes swell and within 10 minutes look like a blowfish. I did not see any authentic emotion here at all. 😢

[@joycemarie9702]

Exactly! I don’t think Wendi thought the Police would find her so quickly and take her to the Police Station. She was way over the top crying…. She should have been shocked, disbelief, disbelieving…. She thought crying and covering her face was the appropriate reaction.

[@munirasultana2313]

Yep, another Dahlia Dippolito 🙄

[@daybyday0731]

Reminds me of Dalia dippolito ,who also hired to kill her husband...she's guilty as heck imo and millions of others as well. So fake and wicked

[@TheRsbas]

She went to the crime scene, there is no coincidence. She says her parents would never say anything bad about her kid's father, we know for a fact that is a lie.

[@eleanoraquitaine2966]

And we also know that she KNEW it was a lie since Dan had proof of it (a Zoom call with the kids where they told him what Grandma says about him) and, most importantly, Dan was about to get supervised visitation enforced on Donna. Of course Wendi knew!

[@user-mv7kh5sv9z]

Dan got killed when the kids were at school. His morning routine could only have been known by some1 very familiar (Wendi) with it for it to happen that way.

[@Poecuz]

She is not stupid. There is no way she went to the crime scene because it would have seemed she may be guilty.

[@TheRsbas]

@@Poecuz I guess you didn't watch her testimony or the cop that saw her there. Jeez, you got to love the net.

[@theresawhightsel7163]

I don't believe in cionsidences

[@Simoona]

I’m sorry, sometimes “experts “ are full of crap

[@dourakine1]

This "expert" sure is!

[@jrrd4069]

Body language is NOT a science; it's a useful interrogation tool used by the FBI/CIA, and is only effective when you have extensive background knowledge of an individual's baseline behavior. NO ONE can look at a single clip of behavior and determine anything about the individual.

[@caterinascarcella]

Yeah Janine is wrong !!

[@lifepathnumbernine6607]

I agree. This "expert" must have gotten her credentials from a cracker jack box

[@karenfeeney6354]

😂

[@Bess9779]

Any mother would've asked where their kids were & if they were safe. Period.

[@pstephano]

💯

[@stevebrotherson7456]

Charlie & Donna would have to had to inform Wendi that they were going to unalive Dan. To make sure the kids were safe & out of harms way 👍 Maybe she wasn't in on the planning but in my opinion she had prior knowledge that's why she drove down Tresscott to get the Bourbon.

[@Amy-zs8tx]

Wendi CLEARLY studied interrogations for a year so she knew what to do - open hands etc! She is GUILTY!!!

[@livingthedream8539]

I find unbelievable that anyone would give a opinion in a murder crime base in a open hands 🤲 😂

[@cherylchamberlain5430]

I agree

[@jeanleigh185]

Really that woman on the panel has no credibility

[@user-vr6io5xb9e]

It’s as reliable as lie detector

[@vickyandres6922]

I couldn’t believe the open hands thing. If you watch further, Wendi actually over uses the open hands thing because it was rehearsed.

[@Journey188]

If I heard there was a shooting on my street and I was sitting in front of the police officer, I would be screaming are my kids OK? What is happening? Tell me right now.

[@phoenixmerridian9119]

It's so gross she immediately wants to take the kids to see their brain dead father as an excuse so she can go gloat over his brain dead body....

[@angiemchale23]

She had been told by the police when she was fetched by them, that her kids were fine

[@halucio]

Right! She hears on the message that there was a shooting on her street (when she had previously just thought that there was a tree down or something). No reaction. Then the officer confirms to her that there was a shooting on her street. No reaction. THEN the officer tells her that it was Dan that had been shot. No reaction - she just sits there looking at the officer. Only when she's told that Dan's not going to make it does she begin the Lie Cry.

[@Journey188]

@@angiemchale23 how do you know this? I have not seen any facts supporting this.

[@angiemchale23]

@Journey188 I heard it on some of the many podcasts that I've listened to about this case.

[@TheMetalCrafter]

IMPOSSIBLE that a person who stood to benefit the most didn't know that the people closest to her conspired to murder her ex. IMPOSSIBLE

[@missiris1234]

It doesn’t seem possible. Maybe mom or brother will crack and say if Wendi knew

[@TheMetalCrafter]

@@missiris1234 She inadvertently admitted it when she said on the stand her brother "joked" about the hitman, she knew

[@freya6941]

Absolutely and the relationships were strong after the murder. Wendi has only recently shunned her family.

[@dawnnickelson]

*Drove by the crime scene... 😵‍💫

[@wetdroidedition2549]

It is not imposible.

[@Fourcornerhighway]

She the root of this case. She is guilty

[@acc4465]

Think logically. She had nothing to do with this.

[@clsatc]

Agree!!!

[@Kknightstar]

She didn’t ask about the boys!! That’s the first thing I would say, ‘where are my boys!?!?!?’ She’s so a part of this horrible crime.

[@clairewinston386]

And I would get straight to my boys, not spending 5+ hours chitchatting with the police@@Kknightstar

[@reginamushi6582]

Oh dear...she knew everything

[@Globelle]

The Adelson family is disgusting. These poor kids have no clue how good their father and his family are. Wendi has successfully erased Dan from her kids lives but one thing they can never do is erase Dan from the world. I pray Justice will be done. THANK YOU VINNIE

[@lwoo8643]

I am so glad this is getting more and more attention. The fact that this woman was flying under the radar while everyone else went to prison was infuriating.

[@snsn7251]

Its only a matter of time. The police are building their case.

[@debbiejames3096]

@@snsn7251 I hope you are right

[@caroliamurri3872]

Yes and she was the only one who benefited.. smh

[@user-mv7kh5sv9z]

Dan got killed when the kids were at school. His morning routine could only have been known by some1 very familiar (Wendi) with it for it to happen that way.

[@acc4465]

Why haven’t the police arrested Wendi?Why did they arrest Donna only when she was fleeing? What evidence do they have now they didn’t have 2 years ago? Nothing. Donna and Wendi had zero to do with this. Sorry.

[@iCover480]

Wendi knew Dan had the kids that day…yet she never asks “what about my kids?” She already knew the kids were okay. Guilty!

[@FrauditorsLie]

She was already told they were fine

[@LB-pg3no]

Absolutely, she was not concerned about her kids at the crime scene because she already knew they were not there and the hitmen already shot Dan! She knew everything and set up her brother and mother to take the blame for this murder! She is a sociopath and a manipulative narcissist! She needs that jail cell soon! If they can't get her on murder they do have evidence of purgery which is a felony in this case and could face 30 years on each count!

[@LB-pg3no]

This blonde lady should get a new job...she is way off....she can't even detect deception which is quite obvious! I guess there are quacks in every profession!

[@gaysy1st]

​@@FrauditorsLie She didn't have to ask because she knew they'd be in pre school when it occurred.

[@MsLuciat]

Lets hope this woman is not in the jury when Wendi is accused and taken to court

[@beatriceli4615]

I'm afraid they would pick a NPC like her

[@bonarges1]

It’s quite peculiar that she offers such an elaborate explanation. If she were truly uninvolved in the murder, there wouldn’t be a need for her to provide such details. Right from the start, it seems like she’s trying to defend herself and subtly suggest other potential culprits.

[@nelcyamaya838]

Yes she was ready. She knew about it

[@riciacampbell6264]

SPOTTT ONNNN.. Shes in it up to her neck...@@nelcyamaya838

[@konewone361]

Yep. Someone who is guilty answer questions with long winded answers full of details. Most people who are innocent and are truly in shock etc will only give short yes/no type of answers.

[@gaysy1st]

Experts do say that the guilty offer too much information & she is talking way too much.

[@thesecretaryofcommonsense3851]

​@@gaysy1stI can't believe she didn't practice and gave such a terrible "performance", being a lawyer and all🥴🤪🤦‍♀️

[@dawnb3194]

Wendi was the actress in that police interview - just like Donna instructed her to be and reminded her how good at it she is at it!

[@vnewen2157]

👏👏👏 exactly. It was jarring to see her acting then a tiny bit later have the prosecutor read out loud the emails sent by her own mother, a mother really does know the person her daughter is tricks and all, saying exactly how good of an actress she is and can be after witnessing her putting that exact act on. No doubt those emails were sent before they realized they could actualize their fantasy of hiring a hit otherwise she would never have left that trail of evidence. The other emails also demonstrate an extent of evilness rarely seen or imaginable - a Jewish family even thinking of dressing up their offsprings in Hitler Youth costumes just to hurt their in laws, just completely unfathomable but that’s who they are to the core.

[@Danish_girl]

YES

[@rozdoyle8872]

Donna was the Ring Master big time & it looks as though her well trained puppets jumped to her tune , I would love to see old Harvey Boy come out of the Woodwork & spill the beans about his long marriage to a controlling crazy woman.

[@janelbuckley8332]

I think when people hear real emotion, it brings tears to your eyes. I feel nothing when she's crying.

[@jesusisgod4992]

Good point! I feel absolutely nothing when she cries, too.

[@Lisaofnazareth]

Facts!

[@vickyandres6922]

Yes I remember watching this years ago and my gut screamed that she was faking. People can sense these things.

[@Noah4evaa]

I cringe when I see her interviews, I have to fast forward, so evil and fake

[@karenfeeney6354]

Shes not even crying ...acting and bad at it .....what a vile women wendie is ..

[@clsatc]

If i hated my ex husbands guts as much as she did i would not respond this way to his death.. Surprized & shocked? Yes. Sobbing unconsolably? No way.

[@farmhouse6093]

Exactly fake!! She could care less

[@sunnyboknow]

Exactly She let that news sink in real quick. Like how are you sobbing over something you would have to process first?

[@hayleypbop6997]

No questions about her sons when she hears there’s been a shooting. Oh, if only that police officer had been on his game.

[@mauiswift6391]

Ohh but the “body language expert” says you are wrong. Even though when video is grainy and Wendi is far from the camera.

[@jasonolinger7585]

Thanks for letting us know. You’re not a psychopath.

[@hellpoint7534]

Biggest red flag. After she is told about dan being shot, she says I wondered on the way over here if I was a suspect. Suspect for what? She hadn't been told yet.

[@CJ-gv7fj]

Exactly!!!!

[@user-nl1xq2mu4b]

Great point....pls call Georgia and point that out....seriously!

[@jkl8587]

Her fake crying reminds me exactly of Dahlia Dipolito’s fake crying when she found out her husband had been supposedly shot.

[@caroliamurri3872]

Those two are exactly alike @jkl8587. Totally evil and horrible actors..

[@babyofmyfamily]

Lmao, omg yes lol 😂. Perfect comparison and I can't un-hear it lol😅!!

[@Lacamina5]

Yes!

[@hellothere3502]

Yes, I was thinking the same thing

[@LB-pg3no]

She reminds me of Jodi Arias ( but much more intelligent than Jodi) but more deceiving and she knows how to play the game to deceive people...even her brother and mother who she threw under the bus after she was done with them! The brother Charlie is getting so pissed off at her from prison! I hope that he comes to grips with his fate that he will never leave prison and implicates Wendi because if he has to be in prison so does she will be his new attitude!!!!

[@AM-xc1ze]

With all due respect to this body language expert, but she doesn’t sound too smart and lacks common sense with her analysis. I love how Carl just debunks the body language expert with the facts of Wendi’s actions.

[@eleanoraquitaine2966]

You're right. Compared to real body language experts, she's a rank amateur.

[@Xxxxxx19-p1c]

It’s crazy that she makes a blanket judgement that she was not involved after a five minute clip.

[@georgefromdownthehall3334]

@@eleanoraquitaine2966there’s no such thing as a body language expert

[@amills9261]

Yes, the “Expert” is lame. Wendi believes she is smarter than everyone, she throws things out as bait but acts like it is painful to consider. What kind of a mother…the “Donna” kind.

[@bohemenper1636]

She was trained by FBI,CIA and John Wick....In reality she took some classes at the local bakery watching people eat cake

[@anniesong22]

I agree with Carl 100%. I love the knowledge he has about this case and his faith in the justice system.

[@m_christine1070]

Carl is amazing!

[@paulaellis6242]

@@m_christine1070 Couldn't agree more! Happy Holidays!!!

[@m_christine1070]

@@paulaellis6242 thank you! Merry Christmas,!

[@AJdet-2]

All of Carl's predictions have come true right down to the parents trying to take off. He stated they would do that if Charlie got convicted. Stated that 5 months ago

[@thomasogrodnik3233]

Carl blows away this so-called psychotherapist expert. He sees right through this Broadway theatrical. Even Donna stated to Wendi be prepared to put on the show of her life... This is obviously orchestrated.

[@YakiraArias-wj5bk]

That woman defending Wendi has no clue what she’s talking about.She’s no expert.

[@joannadechenne6368]

She is absolutely guilty af. Like she didn't know. PLEASE.

[@phoenixmerridian9119]

She needs to teach us her secret of crying without tears or snot.

[@joannadechenne6368]

Yes! Just like Amber Heard. It's the new trend.@@phoenixmerridian9119

[@gaysy1st]

​@@phoenixmerridian9119 She took lessons from Amber Heard.

[@thesecretaryofcommonsense3851]

​@@phoenixmerridian9119it's in WW's DNA😉🧬

[@thesecretaryofcommonsense3851]

... this is why Janine Driver(WW) thinks it's "authentic".... Chile Bye!😔

[@OneLaw214]

Wendi's legal status needs to change from "unidicted" Co-conspirator to "INDICTED"and "arrested" Co-conspirator. Let a jury decide. The boys should be in Markel's permanent custody

[@michaelwagner8859]

Wendi is hyperventilating - at many points it's what she doesn't say or ask that's suspicious. If you ask me, she seems concerned that Dan might actually make it. And, yes, this looks rehearsed. Wendi had the most to gain from Dan's death and has acted despicable ever since...al la her children

[@dawnb3194]

I agree completely - when the woman tells her he’s still alive, it appears to be sobering to her. When she asks if she could take her children to see Dan, I think she was actually cunningly trying to find out the extend of his injuries, which the Officer duly explained. Phew!!

[@jupeter24]

I think she could also be legitimately panicked thinking they're suspecting her - she did go to the crime scene.

[@dawnb3194]

@@jupeter24 I’m sure that’s it! She ‘sobered up’ when the woman told her Dan was still alive. All an act!

[@phoenixmerridian9119]

her body language and hyperventilating IMMEDIATLY stops when she hears he might make it....

[@palmereldrich]

Hyperventilating due to TOTAL FEAR she said she IS a suspect😮

[@pyoungss]

I cant believe that expert doesnt think she is being totally fake...

[@m_christine1070]

Someone wrote in a comment that they(CNN, etc) intentionally have these "experts"appearance on their shows, essentially to, get the audience more riled up about the case, --especially big news cases or whatever the subject is about.

[@thesecretaryofcommonsense3851]

​@@m_christine1070well that explains her nonsense... Thanks

[@Breezy2Tag]

This body language lady is a hack. This was not spontaneous, this was a premeditated murder. Everyone involved has surely prepared & rehearsed their reactions. Wendi was probably watching interrogations & body language videos for months prior. She already knows Dan is gone, of course she's going to pretend she wants him to live. Come onnnnn.

[@clairewinston386]

Under Janine's theory, none of the evidence matters, just that palms are up. Charlie is really going to be pissed, had he only known: Palms up = innocence. Unbelievable!

[@phoenixmerridian9119]

She isn't an expert, she is just someone who is there to provide contention and piss us off, and i hate it when shows do that. She is like those bots in trial chats that say "Not Guilty" every 15min to get the chat riled up. Its gross and they need to do better.

[@MM-qp4pd]

Wendi Fibbers Adelson is a proud graduate of the Dahlia Dipolito Crying and Acting Academy Institute of the Arts

[@AR-td7cn]

hahaha

[@katrinat.3032]

Hands down best comment! Fibbers! And yes the Dahlia DiPolito cry!

[@clsatc]

Yes! Lol. Both wendi & dahlia both jumped into the sobbing act before even processing the news

[@GoodGolly.MissLolly]

I can tell you there’s no way I’d cry like that if I found out my ex-husband was murdered. I’m not heartless … I would be teary, but that sort of crying is for someone you’re close to, not someone you’re in the middle of a contentious divorce with. That open palm/body language thing is such bunkum. Body language is so untrustworthy

[@JenniB123]

Spot on. I know what its like to be put through hell in the legal system by my ex. I would have been sad for my children, and probably sad for how things were before the divorce. I would be in a bit of shock, but there is no way I would be uncontrolable like Wendi is trying to make everyone believe. I that that body language "expert" might be sus!

[@webexpertcharlie]

With regard to the “body language” expert, it seems like a pseudoscience. I’ve never seen a body language expert testify in court. I’m glad Carl Steinbeck is on this panel to state facts.

[@m_christine1070]

They found this "expert"underneath the barrel

[@riciacampbell6264]

RIGHTTTTTTTTT!!!! she is so way of the Mark on this one.... Might need to get her eyes and ears CHECKED. or RETIRE....To state Ohh she didn't know about STUFF. BS she Knew because she was in on it ALLLLL the way. Some Bracelets coming her way too....

[@m_christine1070]

CNN is punking their audience

[@shai4ever]

Yeah!!!!! They are good, brilliant body language experts...and they already look at Wendy and concluded she is liar!!!

[@teematt9087]

@@m_christine1070😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@hayleypbop6997]

So without knowing wendi’s baseline how can this woman know what behaviours are indicative of anything? It’s so flimsy.

[@Mrsmt19]

Right, palms open…clearly innocent 😂 lolol!

[@jillsfindings339]

Exactly, she new everything!!!!

[@maggiebarrettbarrett5684]

She KNEW everything.

[@m_christine1070]

She probably referred to a producers cliff notes, five minutes before she went on the air.

[@JenniB123]

As she told 2 provable lies in that interview, that is the behaviour the body language woman was seeing. She didn't say anything about her change of body language at the time she told those lies, she just kept up saying she was truthful.

[@jackieblue6116]

Wow. She doesn’t say “my kids are with him!” Are my kids ok??

[@ReptilesGeniales]

Consequences: When Wendi was told that Dan wasn’t going to survive, the Police asked her what she thought should happen to the murderer, she said that the murderer should be severely punished, if it wasn’t her family (omg guilty knowledge!!) !!

[@rodwilliams9063]

In my opinion, Janine Driver needs to take a handful of chill pills; she's a terrible advocate about the case. From the moment she begins speaking in this video, she's dramatically shaking her head, rolling her eyes, and waving her hands around. Any other body language "expert" would have a field day reading Driver's telltale tics while she tries explaining to us why hers is the only correct analysis. Carl Steinbeck's opinions seem to be well-reasoned and based on his solid research into the case.

[@JCP58]

I think she asked Court TV if they want her to say Wendi is guilty or innocent.

[@pumalogo204]

see her chest..huffing and puffing also

[@ghumanes996]

For God sake arrest Wendi!! Go get her Georgia, u got this!!!

[@Mtownraven]

She went to the scene and saw police tape everywhere. Then she got a voicemail telling her there was a shooting at her ex husband’s house. She never thought to call him…

[@stillwaiting4995]

Wendi never contacted Dans family of the news either so disgusting.

[@nadagabri5783]

Why would she. They were bitter enemies .

[@AvasTempleOfConsciousness]

The body language expert is embarrassingly wrong.

[@negospel4492]

Thank you 😂

[@siggc]

Most definitely

[@annemontanaro3795]

She had motive AND her Brother used his girlfriend to hire the hitman. If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck it's a duck.

[@nickyb7266]

Wendi was definitely involved! I just don’t agree with Janine sorry

[@Pmsteen59]

I do not like this Janine!!! She’s just an airbag!!!

[@Pmsteen59]

If you haven’t watched Carl Steinbeck’s channel, “Jury Trial Mentor”, check it out!!! He is so on point with Wendi!!! Along with the rest of the Adelsons!!!

[@katrinat.3032]

I’m with you. I don’t agree with Janine. These narcissists are chameleons.

[@babyofmyfamily]

None of us agree with her either 💯!!

[@djjohnny5166]

I definitely dont agree w Janine … another example of these “experts” being so off

[@hartmatterhorn]

This body language woman is incredible. "Palms up" equals innocent and sincere. Right.

[@m_christine1070]

😂😂

[@livingthedream8539]

I could not believe 😂

[@tandinh5293]

lol I was thinking the same thing

[@phoenixmerridian9119]

I seriously hope she isn't invited back. She seriously absolved Wendi over palms up and not believing she is sly or an actress...what?? How about the fact that there are no tears and wendi doesnt need or is offered a tissue for like 10minutes, she should be covered in snot and tears. That lady is a sham!! Cant believe they brought her on.

[@palmereldrich]

😂😂😂she's a Bozo clown masquerading A legend in their own mind😅

[@JD0586]

That grandmother felt like she had more of a right to her grandchildren than their very own father was supposed to? Get out of here.

[@JD0586]

@@SunshineMagnolia1206 and you know they did.. made the xanny use known in court. Bars too! Doctors don't pass those out but I guess when you're a dentist you can write certain things maybe.

[@jocelynastheart2732]

Janine...Girl you are so wrong!! omg! ppl that defend this woman is beyond me!...listening to her pretending to cry infuriate me to the core! Her poor Ex husband!

[@Kaptiv8edme]

She was very clearly involved. She is a master manipulator it appears. She knows just how far to go to appear innocent.

[@jasminenevaeh9890]

"Put on the performance of your life!" Donna said to Wendi. She cried like she thought she was getting a best actress award

[@tamararutland-mills9530]

Of course Donna would have not spoken directly, but when they were together talking: Donna would have told her this. She couldn’t remind her on the phone directly.

[@camopug]

There's nothing you could say to me that would make me believe she wasn't in on this. That reaction is not that of someone just finding out their ex-husband had been shot and he wasn't going to make it. She is trying to put on a performance of a lifetime and failed miserably. Arrest her already!!!!

[@babyofmyfamily]

Exactly and this so call expert lady is full of it!!!

[@gimat]

She needs to be in jail now

[@dellmiller5082]

I have watched this interview with Wendi Adelson over a dozen times she's guilty and she needs to be charged

[@sarahallenhumboldt2638]

It is sickening to see how she sucked the lifeblood out of well-meaning, caring officials who were putting themselves out for her. As for the supposed body language expert, I wonder what her credentials are...how wrong can an "expert" be?

[@dourakine1]

I agree with you! Nonsensical behavioral "expert."

[@clairewinston386]

The only thing Janine was right about was Wendi is a better actress than Amber -- but only ever so slightly, in my opinion. Janine is way off on this one

[@chrisc1644]

This so called body language expert is ridiculous and was only brought in for the talk show as there needed to be a 4th person for debate to challenge the others bringing the truth out.

[@truthtriumphant]

@@clairewinston386Totally agree! Janine is way off on this one!! Wendi is so fake and totally acting! There is nothing authentic about Wendi!!

[@JenniB123]

So called expert says Wendi's behaviour was totally different to Dalia Dippolito, but I disagree - it was almost copybook!

[@ReptilesGeniales]

Hyperventilating Wendi: Hyperventilating isn’t a part of how a person genuinely cries, another thing that seems off to me is that she hyperventilate when the detective is in the room and does everything to seem to be crying BUT when he leaves the room she holds her breath for about a minute, just listening for any words she could hear through the door. When a person is genuinely crying it’s not possible to Pause the irregular breathing patterns…

[@jupeter24]

wow, this is a great point. I should add it to my blog!!!

[@ReptilesGeniales]

@@jupeter24 Thanks! 🙏🏻

[@Booboonancy]

Genuine crying would also cause stutter or “post sob” breathing.

[@marypatterson5189]

Great legal commentary by Carl Steinbeck.

[@eleanoraquitaine2966]

Jeannine Driver is an amateur compared to the real body language experts such as The Behavior Panel for starters. She's way over her skiis.

[@caroliamurri3872]

You said it all! Full stop..

[@vickyandres6922]

Yes

[@gaysy1st]

The Behaviour panel are great, aren't they? They all have so much experience, mostly in the military. There's no doubting their prowess.

[@nikkigiannopoulos3569]

Why would you even suspect your own family would do something like that unless you knew deep down inside that they would?

[@teresabringas4839]

Excellent point.

[@ReptilesGeniales]

The family would definitely NOT execute her ex-husband without HER CONSENT!! That’s a FACT!!

[@teresabringas4839]

I mean the emails, daily conversations, etc between Wendi and her family were such that they hated him. That Charlie made his bombastic hitman stuff had to plant deep down that Wendi knew something. Maybe not the particulars but for sure something. At the very least, she picked up a breadcrumb from either Donna or Charlie. And maybe or maybe not they kept her and Harvey out of it until after. Devices may show. But either way that irrefutable drive to Trescott says a whole lot to be sure. Her phone call to Donna from the police interview sounded very unauthentic. Why ask your mom to sit down twice over Dan, the man Donna hated to give her the news? Yet needlessly Wendi points to her brother immediately with the hitman joke to police. I mean right there the police had a suspect coupled with Lacasse statements. They just had to find the way to prove it. And thanks to excellent investigative work, it was proven.

[@Pmsteen59]

I wonder how many times did she practice this interview????? Fake crying, etc.!!!

[@bthny7955]

She asked if she was a suspect before she was told that there was a shooting. She asked the police officer this question, while they were in the car driving to the station

[@michellefrost85]

There is no way she didn't know... she hears theres a shooting in that street..... shes in the police station and she doesn't question AT ALL whats happening or if her ex is ok.... Absolute BS! That and she drove that way by the house that day!!!!!! DAMN.... ARREST HER!

[@lh98]

Worse body language expert ever… I’d bet my life savings on Wendi’s guilt hands down. The evidence against her already proves it too. Wendi’s crying is forced and not real. This blonde lady is unreal and WRONG!

[@tigerlily9536]

She holds a blunt pencil while speaking on TV. She must be an expert...😂

[@juke1225]

I would bet every human on the planet SHE KNEW

[@krampusthunderstick3729]

Sure thing random guy on the internet. She's not wrong though. As someone trained in psychology I have to concur that what we saw was authentic.

[@juke1225]

@@krampusthunderstick3729 Ever think an attorney who planned this may have know that and tried to appear that way?

[@krampusthunderstick3729]

@@juke1225 There are tells when someone is mimicking a behavior as opposed to authentically reacting that way. So, unless she's a really good actor too, her response is authentic.

[@Sherbb784]

You would think a body language expert would have more control over her own body language. Flailing her arms like that makes it look like she’s pleading with the audience to believe her opinion is valid

[@joeymatthysen5105]

Don't tell me she wasn't involved in her husband's murder!!!

[@nadagabri5783]

She wasn’t involved in her EX husband’s murder.

[@Lisaofnazareth]

Exactly. A fifth grader can see it

[@moniquedawn5252]

Thank goodness Carl nailed it! If I were brought to police station, I would figure it's pretty serious, as soon as I heard "shooting" same street where I used to live, I wouldn't patient listen to email, I'd be "what happened?" "are my kids okay?" (even though they were expected to be at school/daycare) "my ex-husband?" I'd be freaking out, lol - Who drives up to crime scene doesn't ask questions, or call to make sure everything okay?

[@gaysy1st]

Wouldn't you get out of the car & ask one of the policemen, what was going on? You'd only have to say that it was your ex husband's house & that your kids were staying there.

[@moniquedawn5252]

@@gaysy1st EXACTLY

[@alicestevenson4591]

Wendi practiced the reaction to Dan’s shooting. Total fake. Normal innocent people would act more shocked, crying would come later.

[@melissaanne4902]

Why is the supposed body language expert so angry like she’s emotionally invested in it? She should be objective and neutral. I think she’s biased being so affected by her sister’s experience. She also doesn’t put the other evidence and suspicious statements into the evaluation. Please don’t invite her again she doesn’t seem credible.

[@leeh9520]

Agreed Why does court TV even have her on

[@professorvoluck9311]

There isn’t a single accredited university that offers a degree in “Body Language.” I really question these self-proclaimed experts and the field in it’s entirety.

[@phoenixmerridian9119]

She isn't an expert, she is just someone who is there to provide contention and piss us off, and i hate it when shows do that. She is like those bots in trial chats that say "Not Guilty" every 15min to get the chat riled up. Its gross and they need to do better.

[@ReptilesGeniales]

Smokescreens galore: When the interrogator ask her about what CAR Charlie drives, she describes his work schedule and his legal names, that he has a girlfriend and that he is a character…. What about his CAR???

[@user-iw7pi8ix7n]

Respect Carl so much ... very much appreciate his legal knowledge ... his integrity and quality of character ... as I know so many do !!

[@normanspurgeon5324]

One thing we know- the police need to spend some money on some decent cameras for their interrogation room-

[@alicestevenson4591]

The expert has been fooled. Wendi studied grief and stress reactions, she PRACTICED as per her mother’s directions to do the acting job of her life. As for pointing the finger at Charlie, that’s just one more manipulation she used to get what she wanted. She threw everyone under the bus and they are all just waking up now. Charlie is mystified by her trip to the crime scene.

[@phoenixmerridian9119]

She isn't an expert, she is just someone who is there to provide contention and piss us off, and i hate it when shows do that. She is like those bots in trial chats that say "Not Guilty" every 15min to get the chat riled up. Its gross and they need to do better.

[@AdgTee21]

Very good reminder about how Donna told her to do the performance of her life!!!

[@cynthiaadkins-zj9ut]

@@phoenixmerridian9119, exactly!

[@m_christine1070]

​@@phoenixmerridian9119I think you're 100% right.

[@lisat.8138]

Wendi hated Dan’s guts! All of that “crying” is so fake!!

[@karlastewart4537]

I don't think I can watch this interrogation video NOT ONE MORE TIME! Wendy is laying it on thick.

[@MortgageGirl7]

Wendi is the master of manipulation. I thought it suspicious that Wendi set up a long walk with Jane just a few days before the murder. Jane said, during the walk she disparaged Jeff a lot. Then Wendi specifically asked for her to go to the police station!!! So in walks ‘Jane’ and she played right into it..first person she names ‘Jeff!’

[@sarahstagg3085]

Language is everything. “I don’t know what he was driving at the time” At the time of what? The murder? That just sealed the nail in her coffin for me.

[@m_christine1070]

She said that about Jeff! Wow! No one has picked up on that. Great find!!!

[@gaysy1st]

​@@m_christine1070 I think she said it about her Brother.

[@lorrainesawday4959]

Didn't ask any questions then burst into tears for a husband she hated? That's not an honest answer, I would expect slight sarcasm about it before she digested the information. Tears would be delayed I feel sure and not immediate.

[@katrinat.3032]

Exactly! 99% of people would say What? Are you sure??? And at least a few moments of disbelief

[@krstlblu22]

I can't believe this woman's analysis....!! She's gotta be Blind.

[@justjane8452]

I saw this interrogation years ago and I immediately thought she was guilty. This body language person is an expert?! Wendi is the most guilty in this sad story.

[@ghumanes996]

Her emotions r forced , she s afraid of being caught.

[@L.Piper214]

Jeff Lacasse (sp?) said that Wendi would often blurt out things impulsively, even to her own detriment. I feel like Wendi felt the extreme heat of being the suspect during the questioning with the police (asking questions to try to get more information and a feel for if they suspected her), and in order to take the attention away from her she immediately threw her family under the bus. Self-preservation.

[@annabe9892]

Karl is very right. The blond lady sounds hysterical

[@anatureperson5551]

She names her brother as a suspect and then tells the detective he would never do such a thing. Really strange.

[@m_christine1070]

She said that about Jeff! Wow! No one has picked up on that. Great find!!!

[@pumalogo204]

Wendi is true mastermind..shes making everyone do the dirty work...and after the dirty work is done...shes calling out names...as soon Wendi found out that her hubby was dead..thats when she started to name her bro name and also told the detectives her family can be involved..in the interview

[@vickyandres6922]

OMG who is this Janine? She is not qualified to be on this show. I can’t believe with all of her experience that she does not see through this.

[@SHARON.I]

Body experts are junk "science"

[@user-wj9wz3ng2c]

Do most of us agree that Wendi is going to arrested before too much longer? That’s going to get very interesting.

[@m.v.r9464]

And look at her reaction when the detective said that Dan was taken to the hospital she looks like she's thinking "what?? Taken?? Meaning he's still alive??" And finally broke down only when the detective said that Dan's not gonna survive..she's GUILTY she's on it too!!

[@hellpoint7534]

Why aren't her first words. What about the boys?

[@PraiseChrist4Ever]

She makes me sick Oh Wendi, the bells of justice toll for thee. Georgia will get you next. Your poor poor boys. Come clean

[@dcoghlan100]

No she is guilty period.Please if you think she wasn't involved your playing right into her web of lies and murder.

[@amaliyadipita6906]

She drew towards her ex husband’s house, saw the crime tape but didn’t ask anything. Very very suspicious

[@phoenixmerridian9119]

I have heard people cry when someone dies and that is far from it. I cry more when i step on a lego. And I don't hyperventilate either. The blond on this show is not very intelligent if she really believes Wendis performance and thinks she is innocent.... Very disappointing, normally i look forward to Vinnie because i need intelligent opinions not sensational or incomplete nonsensical ones. Wendi is going to have her day in court, and the blond is going to eat her words and shouldnt be invited back, we dont need her random opinion with nothing backing it. Seriously, she ignored a lot of evidence and just claims the only way wendi is guilty is if she was trained, despite all of us knowing she is sly and an actress and LIED A LOT ON THE STAND

[@m_christine1070]

CNN, has rec ntly been including clowns in between their guest panel of good experts. I'm confused why , or how they would do this. But there has to be a reason, because they managed to feature mostly legitimate guests , for a number of decades. And now, they start to add some clowns to the mix?

[@sunmoonsargasso7471]

I think the blond is on someones PR payroll.

[@forestfields]

Thank God the law doesn't judge whether someone is guilty or innocent based on whether they hold their palms out in "openess" or not when they are being interviewed. Sheesh! What a hokus-pokus analysis viewed in light of the totality of her behavior in this interview and the surrounding circumstances.

[@babyofmyfamily]

Lol right, she's so full of it and nobody legally will take her seriously 😂!!! She's on this show for our entertainment and to get us in a uproar in this comment section lol!!!

[@m_christine1070]

Interview, she said that repairman told her that TV could NOT be fixed, and she calked her brother to discuss whether she should have the tv repaired or just have thrm give her a new one(or just get a new one). She contradicted herself right then and there! If the tv could not be fixed, the how was it going to be an expensive repair(which she also mentioned at some point, either in the interview or in testimony). She apparently spent several minutes on phonecall (30?)and texting w Charlie about the tv, **while the repair guy was still there!... tactic to prolong his stay, to help her alibi. She was probably trying to find out from Charlie, if the hitjob was already completed so it was safe for her to release the repairman from detainment. This is probably the readon why the repairman reported that Wendy seemed nervous or upset during his visit; because she was desperately trying to stall him after her probably told her in the first minute of his visit, that the tv couldnt be tixed and indicated that he was heafing back out the door . I think the readon Wendis police interview performance didnt go as she had planned and rehearsed, was because she was caught off guard; she had planned the police showing up at her house or calling to notify about shooting a requesting an interview, sometime after she returned home from lunch date. No one could have predicted that law enf would track her down at the restaurant. She likely believed that the hitmen were caught and she had in some way bern implicated ad a suspect. And this is why she basically threw anyone and everyone, and Especially her brothe and family, under the bus. Because if the murdr plan had implided, then law enf would likely already know that her family were involved, and she would gain points for telling law enforcement "all she knows" making her look innocent.

[@stugrant01]

Also, how many adult women have their mother arrange a tv-repair appointment from 400-miles away? What is the baseline? Does Donna always arrange Wendi's appliance repairs?

[@user-mv7kh5sv9z]

Also, who drives that far to get whiskey, much less right by the crime scene after passing so many places to buy it on the way?! Dan got killed when the kids were at school. His morning routine could only have been known by some1 very familiar (Wendi) with it for it to happen that way.

[@m_christine1070]

@@SunshineMagnolia1206 🙂

[@m_christine1070]

@@stugrant01 agree!

[@LoLo-hd4tz]

How many people pull up to crime scene tape by where their children were and dont jump out and run to find out if their children are safe?

[@antiafrosvengalis]

Nothing she testified about can be used against her. However, there is a ton of other evidence against her.

[@mawfish1]

If she has lied it can be used against her. She told many provable lies in testimony. She is a compulsive liar as Jeffery Lcasse said. Her impulse is to blurt out a lie straight away. Like in this clip where they asked if her brother had said he looked into hiringa hitman. She said 'No'. They immediately showed her the joke and she had to agree. They can bring these lies up in court.

[@siggc]

Totally disagree with expert so obviously fake crying

[@stephaniehudson2883]

There is a mood shift when Wendi learns from the advocate that Dan could still be alive. It shifts from almost cathartic sadness to anxiousness and fear. Her breathing quickens. She sits up straight, looking around, as if she’s trying to think on her feet. It’s a noticeable shift and shows her getting her reactions mixed up. She rarely ever does this but once in a while, she will flip-flop the emotion she is supposed to be feeling because she’s living it and she’s human. I think she has been telling herself she is innocent of all of it, so the body language expert is right the body language does seem sincere because she is sincerely believing what she’s saying, but we could learn more with this particular savvy interviewee by looking at larger patterns of behavior.

[@ReptilesGeniales]

Wendi concludes that a shooting happened: she doesn’t realize that the Police officer never said anything about being shot! She said “shot in the head”, why does she say that? He could have been in a car wreck, he could have been run over, he could’ve fallen, he could’ve injured his legs… a million other things could have happened!! Why does she directly say “shot in the head”?

[@user-mv7kh5sv9z]

That conversation abt Dan saying that if he ever became braindead, for whomever to do whatever is a bunch of hogwash

[@babyofmyfamily]

Right and she also said to the detective in the ride over that she thought she was a suspect. Uugh suspect for what, you supposedly did not know about Dan because they had not told you anything when they picked her up from the restaurant 🤔 !!

[@m_christine1070]

Wendi: "Charlie, his name is Charlie." Det. Isom: " Charlie? Not Charles?" Wendi: "um, I THINK Charles is his legal name." Rigghhht, Wendi. Like you don't know for sure, that Charles is his legal name. Just arrest her already. It's ridiculous how guilty she is.

[@DAgayton9558]

Wendi’s mom told her to put on the PERFORMANCE of her life and so SHE DID!! I believe Wendi is GUILTY!!

[@jocelynastheart2732]

She is soooo full of it! there is no Remorse in her voice, there is no remorse and her little smirk smile on the stand is disgusting and very telling! I hope HOPE she get's convicted too! she's a liar!!!! 100% GUILTY!

[@pumalogo204]

100% Real talk...especially when you mention that ****** smirk on the stand

[@francescawilliams8177]

Another unbelievable Adelson. She wasn’t too happy to hear he was going to live at some point.

[@Butt_Hurt]

i noticed that too, she was getting angry

[@pyoungss]

man that crying is so fake it's embarrassing for everyone involved...

[@cathflorence761]

I feel terrible watching it in every replay that You Tubers reference it. It's embarrassing because it's so fake. She's a FAKE!