Meet America’s bravest boyfriend: Notorious widow shacks up with wealthy Texas exec… as her mother’s murder hit on ex-husband is revealed in true crime documentary
Wendi Adelson, 47, has begun a new relationship with George Estrada and moved to Austin, Texas, twelve years after her ex-husband Dan Markel was murdered in a crime orchestrated by her mother. The case gained renewed attention following a Hulu documentary that detailed how Wendi's mother Donna and brother Charlie hired a contract killer to murder Markel during a custody dispute. Although Wendi was never charged, prosecutors alleged she was an unindicted co-conspirator; she struck an immunity deal and testified against her family members.
Wendi's mother Donna, 76, and brother Charlie, 50, are both serving life sentences plus 60 years alongside three other convicted conspirators. Markel, a law professor, was shot dead in his driveway in 2014, two years after Wendi left him and removed their sons and furniture from their home. Wendi now lives with Estrada, a technology executive, and her two sons in a $550,000 Austin property, and has adopted his surname on social media, though it remains unclear whether they have formally married.
- Wendi Adelson's mother and brother serve life sentences for hiring hit man to kill her ex-husband.
- Wendi never charged but was unindicted co-conspirator; received immunity in exchange for testimony.
- Twelve years after the murder, Wendi now dating Texas tech executive George Estrada in Austin.