Some believe she was wrongfully convicted. Melanie maguire was accused of killing her husband, chopping up his body and putting it in the Chesapeake Bay. Melanie maguire, convicted of murdering her husband, but now, years later, a podcast raising new questions. You believe an innocent woman is behind bars right now . Absolutely. I believe this is a case of a wrongful conviction. This whole saga begins on may 5, 2004, with an odd discovery in virginia beach. That morning, a couple fishermen and their kids are out on their boat in the Chesapeake Bay when they spot something in the water. They found a dark green, kenneth cole suitcase in pretty Good Condition that was apparently part of a luggage set of three. They put it on board, and theres a pair of male legs, from the knee down. We kind of figured there had to be other suitcases with other parts in it. Six days later, the student was on Fishermans Island in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay, which is a nature preserve. And she saw a da
Were you ever angry enough a the see him dead . There were times i wanted him gone, but gone doesnt mean dead. Mel just said, well im a single mom now, and now ive just got to get along with my life. I said, well, no, the next thing is weve got figure out who did this to him. After i got off the phone i said, she did it. They couldnt find any forensic evidence whatsoever to establish this was a crime scene. Do you still insist you are innocent . Absolutely. I still think, how could somebody think i did that . I do not think she did actually commit the crime. It turns out it isnt the end of the story. My name is meghan sacks. Im a criminologist at Fairleigh Dickinson university. In simplest terms, criminology is the Scientific Study of what causes crime and how the criminal Justice System responds to crime. Ive written about 25 truecrime books over the years. And i think Melanie Mcguires is perhaps one of the most interesting ones, and baffling. This is Melanie Mcguire, arrested today m
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A berlin Basketball Club turns its locker room into a t. V. Studio to help kids activate trick self isolation. Im sorry kelly welcome to the program british Prime Minister Boris Johnson has reveals that he has been infected by the corona virus on thursday night johnson joins the nation in applauding workers in the National Health service after receiving the positive test results he posted a video in which he said that he will be isolating himself but that he will continue to lead the nations response to the pandemic. Hi folks i want to bring you up to speed to something thats happening today which is that im develop tomorrow symptoms over the coronavirus thats. Say a temperature and a persistent cough and on the advice of the chief medical officer ive taken a test that has come out positive so are working from home im so far isolated. Lets get more we are got joined by our correspondent barrett mask in london so big that we have it there britains Prime Minister infected by the coronavi