Nurse gets life for dismemberment
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A former nurse was sentenced to life in prison for killing her husband, hacking up his body and stuffing his remains into suitcases that later washed ashore along Chesapeake Bay.
Melanie McGuire, 34, was convicted in New Brunswick of murder and desecrating human remains in the 2004 death of William McGuire, 39.
“The depravity of this murder simply shocks the conscience of this court,” Judge Frederick DeVesa said in sentencing McGuire. “The record in this case also reveals that she has been a ruthless, calculating individual.”
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