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Melanie McGuire (born Melanie Lyn Slate on October 8 1972) is a New Jersey woman best known for being the perpetrator in the media-dubbed suitcase murder. She was convicted of murdering her husband in April 2004 and was sentenced to life in prison on July 19 2007. McGuire is serving her sentence at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in Union Township New Jersey. Barring post-conviction relief she will not be eligible for parole until she is 100 years old.