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Melanie Lyn McGuire is an American former nurse who was convicted of murdering her husband on April 28, 2004, in what media dubbed the "Suitcase Murder". She was sentenced to life in prison, on July 19, 2007, and is serving her sentence at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in Clinton, New Jersey. She will not be eligible for parole until she is 101 years old.

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Melanie McGuire is an American former nurse convicted in 2004 of murdering her husband in a crime the media called the "Suitcase Murder"; she was sentenced to life in prison in 2007 and remains incarcerated in New Jersey. Her case matters because it received significant media attention and represents a notable murder conviction in recent American criminal history.

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1972-10-08

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8 October 1972

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Instance of
human
Given name
Melanie
Family name
McGuire
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Ridgewood
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Convicted of
murder
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date of birth
1972-10-08

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Melanie Lyn McGuire (née Slate; born October 8, 1972) is an American former nurse who was convicted of the murder of her husband. He was murdered on April 28th, 2004, in what media dubbed the "Suitcase Murder". She was sentenced to life in prison, on July 19, 2007, and is serving her sentence at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in Clinton, New Jersey. She will not be eligible for parole until she is 101 years old.

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