Beth Dutton
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And anyone that knew Melanie knew that no one would get away with that and no one could do that to her.
she insists Bill would never abandon his children.
He wanted to spend all of his time with his family, and that's what he did.
Virginia homicide detective Ray Pickell says Melanie reluctantly admitted those suitcases belonged to her and Bill.
She hinted that her husband's trips to Atlantic City may have put him in contact with some shady characters.
Even so, Pickell believed Melanie was misleading him.
The police searched the McGuire's apartment, their storage unit, Melanie's car, but found no murder weapon, no tool used to cut up Bill's body.
In fact, there was no evidence of a crime scene.
Working on the theory that Bill McGuire was likely murdered in his home state, police here in Virginia handed off the case to New Jersey.
There, the investigation would really begin to zero in on the prime suspect, Melanie McGuire.
New Jersey State Police Detective David Dalrymple checked gun sale records and quickly hit pay dirt.