The "Suitcase Killer" has been identified by authorities as a "demure" mother of two named Melanie McGuire.
Yesterday, they accused the 32-year-old Ocean County woman of shooting her husband, then carefully cutting him up -- likely with help -- and stuffing the parts in three suitcases, then dumping them off the Virginia coast last year.
Melanie McGuire, of Brick, was nabbed by police in Metuchen after she dropped her two young children off at daycare yesterday morning.
She was charged with first-degree murder and could get the death penalty if convicted of the murder of her husband, William, 39, last May.
Black trash garbage bags used to dispose of her husbands body parts, match those used in New Jersey to bag her husbands belongings, investigators say.
Forensics were also done with tape used on the bags, that had fingernail polish on it, "that once again link Mrs. McGuire to the killer," said Attorney General Peter Harvey. "She did not act alone. Our investigation is ongoing."
High-tech analysis was done on cellular phone calls, and also on bullets she bought compared with bullets in her husbands body parts found 350 miles away, said Fuentes.
Brettel said the most unusual forensics involved "looking at the bags, how they were manufactured, how you look at one bag and how it may be related to another bag." He said there is dye streaking that comes off the production lines.
Asked if there were fingerprints on the tape used on the trash bags, he just smiled and said, "I cant make any comment."
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