JudgeJudi
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I have one big problem with this case and it's the two suitcases.
The night before we read about the bags being found in this case I watched a show on Forensic Files II entitled "Human Sawdust". Unfortunately this episode doesn't appear on YouTube. Melanie Maguire murdered her husband Bill by shooting him in the head and torso and then dismembered his body and disposed of it in Chesapeake Bay.
A family was out boating and saw a suitcase (similar in appearance and size to the one found on the beach in this case) floating in the water. They fished it out thinking that it was buried treasure. When they opened it they found it contained a large black plastic bag, the same as in this case, with 2 human legs.
Days later, a second suitcase washed up onto the shore. It also contained black trash bags similar to those in the first suitcase and contained the torso, arms and head.
Days later a third suitcase was found floating in the water and it too had black plastic bags which contained the remainder of the body (? hips and thighs).
The gas from the decomposing body parts had caused the two bags in the water to float to the surface.
Here's the problem. There were three suitcases and one body, but in this case there are only two suitcases and two bodies. Unless the second suitcase was huge, I can't imagine how this is possible, unless of course they hadn't yet discovered all the parts but still had enough to identify the two victims.
Dismemberment is very rare, somewhere between 1-2%. The most common reason is "Defensive: where the motive is to assist in hiding or moving the body, or getting rid of evidence, or making identification of the victim more difficult.
As for motive, it's impossible to say at this point, but as they weren't living together, they were obviously targeted. He had a wonderful girlfriend and after having his child, seemed hugely happy with his life.
The night before we read about the bags being found in this case I watched a show on Forensic Files II entitled "Human Sawdust". Unfortunately this episode doesn't appear on YouTube. Melanie Maguire murdered her husband Bill by shooting him in the head and torso and then dismembered his body and disposed of it in Chesapeake Bay.
A family was out boating and saw a suitcase (similar in appearance and size to the one found on the beach in this case) floating in the water. They fished it out thinking that it was buried treasure. When they opened it they found it contained a large black plastic bag, the same as in this case, with 2 human legs.
Days later, a second suitcase washed up onto the shore. It also contained black trash bags similar to those in the first suitcase and contained the torso, arms and head.
Days later a third suitcase was found floating in the water and it too had black plastic bags which contained the remainder of the body (? hips and thighs).
The gas from the decomposing body parts had caused the two bags in the water to float to the surface.
Here's the problem. There were three suitcases and one body, but in this case there are only two suitcases and two bodies. Unless the second suitcase was huge, I can't imagine how this is possible, unless of course they hadn't yet discovered all the parts but still had enough to identify the two victims.
Dismemberment is very rare, somewhere between 1-2%. The most common reason is "Defensive: where the motive is to assist in hiding or moving the body, or getting rid of evidence, or making identification of the victim more difficult.
As for motive, it's impossible to say at this point, but as they weren't living together, they were obviously targeted. He had a wonderful girlfriend and after having his child, seemed hugely happy with his life.