Donna Adelson Trial: FBI Agents and Audio Expert Unravel Coded Conversations

Donna Adelson Trial: FBI Agents and Audio Expert Unravel Coded
Conversations

The Trial of Donna Adelson continued with three key witnesses who
each added new dimensions to the state’s case against the woman
prosecutors say orchestrated the murder-for-hire plot that killed
law professor Dan Markel.

First up was FBI Special Agent Louis Bronstein,
who walked jurors through the undercover surveillance operation
that captured Charlie Adelson and Katherine Magbanua discussing
the fallout from the FBI’s infamous “bump.” His testimony gave
jurors a behind-the-scenes look at how investigators staged,
recorded, and preserved crucial evidence—evidence prosecutors
argue shows Donna’s family scrambling to contain a
conspiracy.

Next was forensic audio expert James McElveen,
who helped decode the recordings at the heart of the
prosecution’s case. In a restaurant filled with background noise
and distractions, McElveen explained how he enhanced and
clarified the conversations so jurors could hear the words
prosecutors believe expose the coded language of the Adelson
circle—phrases like “gifts,” “cards,” and “cars” that may have
carried far more sinister meaning.

Finally, FBI Agent Brian Kendall took the stand
to present additional surveillance and investigative details. His
testimony tied the pieces together, showing how agents tracked
movements, analyzed behavior, and built the narrative of a family
under pressure. Kendall’s account brought the investigation out
of the abstract and back into the reality of Donna Adelson’s
alleged role in holding the scheme together.

Together, Bronstein, McElveen, and Kendall delivered a day of
testimony that blended surveillance, science, and strategy. For
the jury, it was a layered presentation of how investigators say
Donna Adelson operated as the mastermind, pulling strings from
behind the scenes while her family carried out the plan.

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