Killer Thriller: She Was Convicted of Murdering Her Husband. But Who Cut Up His Body?
True Crime RealityShow Notes
A New Jersey father of two vanishes, only for his dismembered remains to turn up in three suitcases along the Virginia coast. His wife is convicted of murder, but investigators never establish exactly where the gruesome dismemberment took place. How could someone commit such a horrific crime without leaving behind an obvious bloody crime scene? Actor and attorney Michael Roark joins Elisa to examine the disturbing evidence and the possibility that Melanie McGuire didn't act alone. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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