Beth Dutton

Just these memories, these apparitions.

of the life that I once had.

It's just sort of this ominous past tense.

And Richard today, when he was testifying.

Made eye contact with me and said, she still is.

Would I be shocked that she was a good nurse and a good friend to some?

I would believe that that's the case, but sometimes very nice people do very horrific things.

Yes, Judge.

In this case, the prosecutor says, the crime was cruel and calculated.

She believes Melanie drugged Bill before shooting him.

The defendant somehow administered chloral hydrate.

Using a powerful sedative obtained with this prescription that someone forged on the pad of Melanie's lover, Dr. Brad Miller.

It could have brought him very close to death.

But no evidence of the drug was found in Bill's body.

The state argues his body was found too late to test.

Then there's the matter of the searches conducted on the McGuire home computer, just days before Bill disappeared.

What was the search term?

Instant undetectable poisons.

How to purchase guns.

How to commit murder.