USLegal Reporter

A Middlesex County jury on Monday convicted Melanie McGuire on four charges related to the death of her husband, William McGuire. She was found guilty of first degree murder, desecration of a corpse, perjury, and a weapons violation.

William McGuire was killed on April 29, 2004. His body parts were later found in suit cases recovered from the Chesapeake Bay. 

During the trial, prosecutors argued that Melanie McGuire, who was a nurse, had planned her husband’s murder because she was having an affair with her boss, who ran a fertility clinic and wanted to be with him. The defense had suggested that William McGuire had a gambling problem and may have been killed by a creditor.

McGuire will be sentenced on July 13th. She faces 30 years to life in prison.

Source: http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20070424_Nurse_convicted_of_killing_husband.html

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