And be our guest as we celebrate the 25th anniversary of beauty and the beast along with broadways biggest stars. Dont believe me . Ask the dishes. . But first the nightline 5. . . Take on any road with intuitive allwheel drive. The nissan rogue, morano, and pathfinder. Get 0 apr for 72 months plus 500 bonus cash. Number one in just 60 good evening. Thanks for joining us. Its the stuff of hollywood film noir, the suspicious murder of a College Professor unraveling to reveal what police say could be a conspiracy involving hitmen. Who paid them . Could it be the victims ex inlaws . Abcs matt gutman at the scene of the crime. Reporter even by florida standards the shooting of law professor dan marquel is shocker. Murdered executionstyle, shot and killed inside his home reporter the intense and driven professor is superstar. A renowned scholar who commanded attention at prestigious legal seminars around the country. The sensing issue is distinct from the criminalization question reporter after coming back from the gym on the morning of july 18, 2014, gunned down in his garage in this upscale neighborhood. His nextdoor neighbor calling shattered. Hes spattered and cant answer. Hes inside, the car is running, hes got blood all over his head. Hes not responding to me. Reporter about 15 hours after he is shot, dan markel is pronounced dead. Somebody for some reason wanted dan markel did, but who . Police didnt have much to go on but one lead. The neighbor w c them he saw a lightcolored car that looked like a prius back out of the driveway and head down the road. In tallahassee, a prius and subarus are a dime a dozen. Reporter while investigators hunt for that ecofriendly vehicle of interest, they are also digging into every aspect of markels life. The first person they interview, his exwife, wendy adelson. Who would do this . I dont know. Reporter like markel, wendy florida state. The two had what seemed to be a loving marriage with two beautiful boys. Wendy tells police shes innocent. My exhusband cause med a lot of grief, but i would never do Something Like this. Reporter in the podcast she recorded after the murder, wendy says her overachieving husband belittled her. Our marriage dissolved after the children arrived. As the loneliness of being married to someone that didnt view me as an equal crept in. Reporter wendy and dan divorced but the confl continued. Especially over wendys desire to move with the kids to south florida to be closer to her mother, father, and brother who all Work Together in their successful cosmetic dentistry practice. Markel successfully thwarted that move, further straining his already tense relationship with wendys family. Theyre very angry with him. But even my family, who felt like i had been mistreated, would never do Something Like this. Never. That mysterious green hybrid, and for many months the case goes cold. Finally, after ten months, a break in the case when an enterprising investigator scours videotapes from city buses, and bingo, finds that same green prius on a city bus cam. And look closely. It has a troll inside which led police here to a rental agency that rents mostly hybrids. The rental agreement leads police to these two men. Using garcia and riveras cell phone numbers and that video from the city bus Cameras Police trace their steps from miami to tallahassee at the time of the murder. And on the morning of markels murder, the green prius is seen following him from the gym back to his home. Police charge rivera and garcia one of the men accused of killing law professor dan markel is behind bars reporter it still leaves the obvious question, why would these two men travel 400 miles from miami to tallahassee to kill a man they didnt know . In a stunning twist police say theyve linked the two alleged killers to this woman, katherine venua, who was on the adelson family payroll and is the mother of garcias two children. A heck of a coincidence. Coincidence. Reporter get this, shes also the girlfriend of Charlie Adelson, wendys brother. The working theory of the case is that the reason for this homicide was due to the bitter divorce that was ongoing. But murdering over a divorce dispute . I mean, whats a good reason to commit murder . Reporter wendy even mentioned to police that her brother, charlie, had joked about having markel killed. It was always his joke, he man, it was cheaper to get you this tv. It was my divorce present. Such a horrible thing to say. Reporter the cops are setting up an elaborate sting on wendy adelsons mother, donna, who Police Suspect could have been in on the plot to kill markel. Excuse me. Mrs. Adelson . Reporter the bearded man is an undercover agent wearing a body camera. You scared me. Dont be scared. Reporter hes posing as the brother of luis rivera, one of donna for payment for services rendered. I want to let you know that my brother, he helped your family with this problem you guys had up north, hes going through some rough times and we want to make sure you take care of what hes going through. Reporter the response is barely audible. I dont know what youre talking about. This will explain it. Thank you. She has the paper, theyre walking away. Reporter inside that release about dan markels murder, a phone number, and a demand for 5,000. You see the contact, shes heading away, shes crossing the street. Reporter to the attorney for garcia, the video proves only that the investigation has become a fishing expedition. Why else would they do Something Like this . Because they want to catch lightning in a bottle, because they dont have that yet. Reporter Police Counter the ruse worked, the sidewalk squeeze sets off a flurry of jittery phone calls and magbuva, and garcia. They discuss paying the money but never do. They consider something else, getting the mysterious messenger out of the picture permanently, allegedly telling katherine, you better kill him because hes going to be a big problem, if you cant do it, ill have someone else do it. While Police Believe they have magbenua are responsible for the murder of daniel markel, the Prosecutor Says its not good enough. I dont have evidence to charge the ed adelsons. I cant go on tv and accuse them of murder without that evidence. Reporter at the very least theres probable cause for abc news to ask Charlie Adelson a few questions. Dr. Adelson . Were you involved in a plot to kill dan markel . Before the shooting did you ever discuss hiring a hit man . Reporter adelson let the back of his mercedes do the lawyers for charlie and his parents have denied any involvement in markels killing calling the accusations nothing more than fanciful fiction. As for the rest of his family, they declined all of our interview requests. For nightline, im matt gutman in tallahassee, florida. Our thanks tonight to matt gutman. Coming up, ellen pompeo takes us behind the scenes of greys anatomy. And later . A tale as old as time . . Barely even friends then somebody bends unexpectedly . . crickets chirping . jet engine . heart beat . rain drops engine revving tires on wet road . Hey, need fast heartburn relief . Try cool mint zantac. It releases a cooling sensation in your mouth and throat. Zantac works in as little as 30 minutes. Nexium can take 24 hours. Try cool mint zantac. No pill relieves heartburn faster. Im claudine and i quit smoking with chantix. Im a smoker for life. I wanted to be a nonsmoker and i did it thanks to chantix. 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Ask your doctor if chantix is right for you. Constipated . Suppositories for relief in minutes and stool softeners for comfortable relief of hard stools. Listen, im sure there are plenty of women who fantasize about playing doctor with a dreamy cast of greys anatomy. This woman actually gets paid to do it. Ellen pompeo has been giving us a healthy dose of drama for 12 seasons. Tonight the fictional head of emergency entrance. Yes, this is the emergency entrance, this is the emergency room. Over there is where i think the denny dukeette memorial clinic is reporter ellen pompeii knows character meredith grey is living a life as racy as ever. Her new lover, dr. Nathan riggs. The end of the last season there was perhaps a new love interest. Is meredith is the audience ready . Does this sort of put into question, do we get more than one soul mate in life . You can have a soul mate in your 20s and you thought he was the greatest guy ever. When youre 40 youre someone completely different and that person is your soul mate for that chapter in your life. Sometimes it feels like its flown by. Reporter over the years weve watched dr. Grey grow from a lovestruck intern that was amazing. Reporter to the confident head of general surgery. I get to be smart. I get to be funny. Reporter fans have seen grey through love and loss. From neardeath experiences to that shocking car crash that took the life of her romantic soul mate on the show, neurosurgeon dr. Derek shepherd. Its okay. You go. Reporter mcdreamys demise left many thinking the show would tank but its hotter than ever, attracting a new generation of fans abcs most popular drama. What do you think the secret to the success is . I think that social media and digital streaming and all of that has helped it tremendously. Also the older viewers who have been with us since the beginning, i think the change is precisely what makes them stay with the show. Reporter theres no change in store for pompeo, who decided years ago that staying put was a smart career move. She was headed to movie stardom, you can and old school. She didnt land her big tv breakthrough in greys until she was 33. Three years later her contract was up for renegotiation. If i go, im 36. I have to go out into the landscape and try to get jobs. And deal with am i good enough, am i pretty enough, am i smart enough, am i talented enough, all this am i young enough . Yeah, am i young enough. At that point you have everything. It seems as though there arent as many media role forth women of a certain age. Were starting to see that change now. But not dramatically enough. When you age on television, what makes it so hard . Your ego. To see your skin doesnt look the same. But you are the sort of poster child for aging gracefully. You dont want to cover up every flaw or wrinkle that cops your way. I think as an actor, flaws ar necessity. Nobodys perfect. That. Theres something glorious about aging too. Yeah, theres something the wisdom that you get. Really all you have in your youth is your look when looks fade what are you left with . Hopefully a fantastic character, an integrity, a soul and compassion. You still have all the things that whoever put us on this planet intended us to be. Reporter pompeo grew up in the workingclass suburb of everett, massachusetts. She at the aim of 4. How has that informed the way you play meredith and the way you parent . Its informed my whole life. I am incredibly in touch with my emotions. I have a level of compassion and empathy thats debilitating sometimes. Reporter she draws on that experience when she portrays meredith gray, who also lost her mother. Youre anything but ordinary, meredith. Reporter and it even shapes the way she parents. Overbearing. I tell my daughter how amazing she is probably a little too much. Reporter she and her husband, music producer chris ivory, are raising two children. Im raising biracial kids. As am i. As are you. What, if any, special lesson do you impart to your children . I dont necessarily speak to my children about race. I just make sure that they have friends of all ethnicities. Mommy . Sex . How does your parenting differ from merediths parenting . I dont think meredith is really a parent, i think meredith is like, i dont know, the kids are in the basement or something, i dont know where they are. Couldnt be more different. In what way . I dont drink. Very rarely. I might have a margarita once in a while. But yeah, i dont drink the way meredith fy drank, i wouldnt drink out of the bottle. You mind moving this tail wagon . If i were not married and i met id probably find a bed somewhere. Reporter the one thing she and her character do have in common is the fact that theyre both working moms. We lean on each other. Thats not a sign of weakness or bad parenting if thats where youre going with this. It takes a village and we have a village. At some point there is a world for ellen greys. Personally id rather conquer something i havent, like producing, which is very challenging. Really, really challenging. But i got to beat it, i got to get it. Reporter if shes at all like meredith grey, you cant count her out. And the drama continues on greys anatomy season 13 which premieres this thursday. Up next, that beauty belle turns 25. Time flies, huh . Hold onto your forks. Endless shrimp is back at red lobster. That means you get to try as much as you want. Of whatever flavors are calling your name. Seriously. Like new garlic srirachagrilled shrimp. A little sizzle. And a lot just right. And try new parmesan peppercorn shrimp. Helloooo crispy goodness. And the classic. Handcrafted shrimp scampi. You cant get enough of . Still gonna floor you. It may be called endless. But that doesnt mean itll last. 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