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Markel, 41, was also a devoted father of two young boys and, at the time of his death, locked in a bitter dispute with his ex-wife over custody of their children.On July 18, 2014, Markel had just arrived at his Tallahassee home when a gunman shot him twice in the head and fled. The scholar was pronounced dead the next day.A neighbor provided what turned out to be a critical piece of evidence in the killing: After hearing gunfire in Markel’s garage, the man dialed 911 and reported what he saw — a light-colored Toyota Prius driving away.A romance gone sourWendi AdelsonThen a law student, Wendi Adelson met Markel in 2004 on a dating site and they married two years later. Initially, the couple was in love — “They were, like, visibly lovey-dovey,” recalled a friend of Markel’s, Josh Berman — but by 2012 the relationship had soured and Adelson filed for divorce.Wendi Adelson exits the courtroom for a lunch break on Aug. 25.Alicia Devine / Tallahassee Democrat / USA Today Network via Imagn Adelson wanted to move their boys from Tallahassee to South Florida, where her family lived, but a family court judge denied the request, saying that she hadn’t met her “burden of proof that a relocation was in the best interest of the minor children.” What was left of the relationship between Markel and the Adelsons deteriorated.“It was toxic,” Steven Epstein, an attorney and author of a book about the case, “Extreme Punishment,” told “Dateline.” “Definitely toxic.”After Markel’s death, Adelson described her ex to authorities as “litigious” and said that he’d treated her badly, a video of the interview shows. 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