Based mostly on a surprising true story, Melanie McGuire was an distinctive fertility nurse, married to her ex-Navy husband Invoice and doting mom of two boys. When she falls for Brad, a physician at her clinic, and will get entangled in a steamy love affair, Melanie does the unthinkable. After drugging and murdering Invoice, she dismembers him and locations the physique components into three suitcases, throwing them into Chesapeake Bay. However when the suitcases are discovered on the shores of Virginia Seashore, an investigation is launched resulting in Melanie because the prime suspect. Led by the efforts of assistant lawyer basic Patti Prezioso, authorities finally deliver Melanie to justice, who regardless of being convicted, continues to take care of her innocence.