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Grand jury deliberating in FSU professor murder case

A grand jury is deliberating on whether to indict two suspects in the July 2014 shooting of a Florida State University law professor.
Daniel Markel

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A grand jury is deliberating on whether to indict two suspects in the July 2014 shooting of a Florida State University law professor.

Leon County jurors began deliberating Thursday and will continue to hear evidence Friday against Sigfredo Garcia and Luis Rivera. They are both charged with first-degree murder in the death of Daniel Markel.

Sigfredo Garcia mug shot (Photo: Leon County Jail)

Garcia was picked up last month in South Florida by the FBI and Tallahassee police. He remains in the Leon County Jail without bond. Rivera is currently in a federal prison for an unrelated crime.

Court records released earlier this month show that Markel's shooting was part of a murder-for-hire scheme that may have been set in motion by a bitter divorce between Markel and his ex-wife, fellow attorney Wendi Adelson.

Luis Rivera mug shot (Photo: Federal Bureau of Prisons)

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