On April 28, 2004, after closing on his dream home, William McGuire was brutally murdered. His body was cut into three pieces, placed in three matching Kenneth Cole suitcases and then thrown into the Chesapeake Bay. The investigation into his murder lasted three years, involved two different investigative teams, and ended with the conviction of his wife, Melanie McGuire, based on circumstantial evidence (Glatt, 2008). The discovery of this crime began as a fishing trip for Chris Henkle. , Dee Connors and her two children Sam and Claire on May 5, 2004. While moving the boat to find better fishing, Connor spotted a suitcase floating in the water. When young Sam opened the suitcase hoping it contained pirate treasure, he discovered that its contents were wrapped in black plastic garbage bags. After opening the garbage bags, Sam discovered two human legs. Shocked by what they found, Henkle immediately contacted the police. After Commanding Officer John Runge of the Virginia Beach Marine Patrol Unit took possession of the suitcase from Henkle and Connors, he looked inside and called his superior asking for a homicide detective. Virginia Beach Homicide Detective Janine Hall along with Senior Forensic Unit Technician Steve Stockman and Virginia Beach Medical Examiner Dr. Turner Gray arrived on scene. The suitcase was photographed, then the body parts were taken back to Dr. Gray's office for an autopsy. Detective Hall took Kenneth Cole's suitcase to Virginia Beach Police Headquarters for forensic examination after the legs were removed for autopsy. Forensic unit supervisor Beth Dunton and Steve Stockman then tested the suitcase for traces. To test the fingerprints, the bags were hung in a cyanoacrylate chamber in which they smoked... in the center of the paper... identical according to Melanie McGuire. According to Champod (2004), Beth Dunton may have skipped important steps needed to collect fingerprints from garbage bags. If fingerprints had been collected from garbage bags, this could have exonerated Melanie or added to the mountain of evidence against her. According to Rossmo (2009), all circumstantial evidence collected by investigators could have been ruled random. There was no “smoking gun” to convict Melanie. Despite possible errors, the investigative team managed to remain free from bias as evidence gathered by two different investigative teams led to Melanie McGuire as the suspect and ultimately her conviction. Human error is inevitable during the course of investigations, but ultimately a jury of her peers found Melanie McGuire guilty of the alleged crimes (Glatt, 2008).