After years of suspicion, South Florida dentist charged in murder of FSU professor Dan Markel

Charlie Adelson, the South Florida dentist who has long been suspected of orchestrating the murder of Florida State law professor Daniel Markel, has been jailed on a murder charge, records show.

Adelson, 44, was booked early Thursday into the Broward County Jail to await extradition to Tallahassee.

FSU professor Dan Markel was killed at his home in Tallahassee in 2014. (Florida State University / Courtesy)

A grand-jury indictment shows he has been indicted in Leon County on charges of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder and solicitation to commit murder.