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The Defense wraps up its opening statement; Melanie McGuire's attorney wants to show that she had nothing to do with the murder and dismembering of her husband.
The Defense tells jurors about a fight that Melanie and Bill McGuire had on the same day they purchased their first house; investigators allege that it was on this day that the defendant drugged, killed, and dismembered him.
Lead prosecutor continues opening statements; laying out for jurors the scheme they say the defendant made to get rid of her husband, and then dispose of the his body; Melanie McGuire's defense team delivers its opening statement to jurors.
In opening statements prosecutors alleged the defendant plotted the murder of Bill McGuire, husband of 5 years and father of her two children; the motive -- she wanted to be with a new lover.
The cross-examination began on the crime scene technician; the focus was on Bill McGuire's remains that had been found in three different suitcases near Chesapeake Bay in Virginia; more than 300 miles south of where Bill was last seen alive.
Investigators in the crime lab took the remains of Bill McGuire found in the three suitcases and were able to process them in order for the medical examiner to do the autopsy.
The jury learns more graphic details of what was inside the suitcases where Bill's remains had been found; prosecutors believe Melanie McGuire wanted her husband to simply disappear.
Jurors listen to more testimony from the police officer from Virginia Beach who recovered the remains of Bill McGuire; prosecutors allege the defendant drugged, killed, and dismembered her husband because she wanted to be with her lover.
Prosecutors accusing Melanie McGuire of killing her husband, Bill, bring in a gun shop owner to testify; The State claims the bullets found in Bill's remains had been linked to a gun the defendant brought.
The Defense has more questions for the first investigator working the death of Bill McGuire; the jury hears about Melanie's actions during the first initial interview she had with police after the remains of her husband had been identified.
Jurors get more details about the police investigation into Bill McGuire's death; detectives get in touch with Melanie McGuire who was eventually accused of murder; the first detective who worked the homicide of Bill McGuire was from Virginia Beach.
The jury gets full graphic description of what was in each of the three suitcases; they learn how police began their murder investigation, which led them to arrest Melanie McGuire for first-degree murder.
Prosecutors call upon the expertise of a firearms examiner; investigators were able to link the bullet found in Bill McGuire's remains to the same gun that his wife, Melanie, bought just two days before he vanished.
On the stand is the medical examiner who tells the court about examining the remains of Bill McGuire each time another suitcase was recovered; the jury hears graphic details about Bill's remains.