
Case 120: Bill McGuire
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Melanie McGuire's Letters to the State Attorney General
Melanie McGuire was arrested for the murder of her ex-boyfriend Bill. She pleaded not guilty, and in a subsequent press conference, it was announced that additional arrests were possible, and that the prosecution may seek the death penalty. Two months later, strange letters were sent to several recipients, including the State Attorney General, local newspaper The Trantonian,. Melanie McGuire's lover Dr. Bradley Miller, her divorce attorney, and Melanie herself. Four pages of rambling text implicated organized crime groups in Bill's murder; cited his gambling addiction as the cause. Investigators believed Melanie wrote the letters to divert the attention away from her as the murderer.
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