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Melanie
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A former state police computer examiner, Jennifer
Seymour, testified that a computer
in the McGuires' home
was used to do research on poisons, guns and murder in
the
weeks leading up to William McGuire's disappearance.
Terms searched included
"how to commit murder" and
"instant undetectable poison."
Dr. David Barron, a forensic toxicologist, told jurors
that a small amount of alcohol was
detected in the
victim's blood and urine. He said his Virginia
laboratory did not conduct
tests for chloral hydrate,
the sedative that prosecutors allege Melanie McGuire
used
to disable her husband before shooting him.
Nurse Lori Thomas testified that, when she went to her
co-worker Melanie McGuire's apartment
the month after
her husband went missing, she smelled a strong odor of
bleach in the
couple's master bathroom. She described
the scent as "horrible" and "like a morgue."
Defense attorney Stephen Turano listened March 15, 2007,
as prosecutors played audio
recordings of wiretaps on
phone conversations between his client, Melanie McGuire,
and friends and relatives.
Police officer Doug Zebley testified that William
McGuire's head was wrapped in a medical
supply blanket.
Another witness told jurors that she saw the same type
of blankets
in Melanie McGuire's home.
James Finn, a nursing school classmate with a
long-standing crush on McGuire, took the
stand against
her on March 20, 2007. He said she asked him for
information about
buying a gun before William McGuire's
murder.
Dr. Bradley Miller described his two-year affair with
Melanie McGuire. The reproductive
endocrinologist told
jurors that he and McGuire had talked about divorcing
their
spouses and starting a new family, but said they
did not have a firm date in mind.
Melanie McGuire listened as her former lover, Dr.
Bradley Miller, testified on March 22, 2007.
Under
cross-examination, he acknowledged that McGuire was
loved by her patients and
said it was her caring
personality that drew him to her.
Investigator Donald Macciocca of the state's Division of
Criminal Justice displayed contents
of a Federal Express
envelope sent to the assistant attorney general who was
presenting
evidence against Melanie McGuire to a grand
jury. Among its contents, Macciocca said,
was a letter
to the prosecutor, a ring, and rubber gloves.
Superior Court Judge Frederick DeVesa presided over a
sidebar conference March 22, 2007.
Prosecutors and
defense attorneys sparred over whether the defense could
question
Macciocca about E-ZPass records he had not
compiled. The judge ruled that the
questions could not
be put to the investigator.
Thomas Lesniak, a forensic scientist at the state police
crime lab, used a light box to show
jurors patterns in
the plastic of a garbage bag containing William
McGuire's remains. He
testified that the woodgrain-like
marks were identical to those on bags from
the
defendant's home.
State police crime scene investigator Michael McCormick
holds up a surgical scrub shirt
recovered at the home of
Melanie McGuire's parents. Also found in the home were a
casino comp card in the victim's name and nearly $30,000
in cash.
Leon Sarao, a veteran casino supervisor at the Trump Taj
Mahal, told jurors that William
McGuire gambled large
sums of money and won big at the Atlantic City
establishment.
McGuire converted $97,000 into chips the
year before his murder and walked away
with a profit of
close to $30,000.
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