the rix mix

A lurid, sensationalist murder trial happening now in Jersey.

Melanie McGuire, 34, a fertility clinic nurse, is accused of drugging, shooting and chopping up her husband, William T. McGuire. Authorities also charge she stuffed his remains in three matching suitcases and dumped them in the Chesapeake Bay. The suitcases were recovered during three days in May 2004. McGuire denies any role in the killing.

Of course, there's adultery; McGuire doesn't doesn't deny it; at work, for two years, beginning while she was pregnant with her 2nd child. The problem is that the prosecution hasn't placed a gun or power saw in her hands, blood on her clothes or in her home, & so far can't put her any closer to Chesapeake Bay than Atlantic City. But Gil Grissom, Horatio Caine, Mac Taylor, & Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh didn't investigate. Psychics Allison Dubois & Melinda Gordon weren't consulted. Genius math professor Charlie Eppes didn't crunch the numbers. Sebastian "Shark" Stark isn't prosecuting. On TV, it takes under 45 minutes to wrap up a case like this, & that includes the opening teaser & the music video segment at the close.

* Gil Grissom, Las Vegas CSI