Posted on 08/17/2006 3:28:59 PM PDT by SmithL
NASHVILLE — A jury on Thursday convicted a former Nashville attorney of killing his socialite wife, whose body has never found after she disappeared 10 years ago.
The sequestered Chattanooga jury deliberated most of Wednesday night and Thursday in a murder case that has fascinated and mystified Nashville since Janet Levine March went missing August of 1996. Perry March, 45, an ex-attorney, was found guilty on all of the charges against him — second-degree murder, abuse of a corpse, and tampering with evidence.
There were no known witnesses to his wife's death, but she was declared legally dead in 2000. She would be 39 today.
The Criminal Court jury was selected in Chattanooga because of heavy publicity in Nashville.
The judge scheduled a sentencing hearing on Sept. 6. March could face 15 to 25 years in prison on the murder charge alone.
March is already in jail after being convicted this year of conspiring to murder his in-laws and stealing from his former law firm.
Glad he was convicted; just wish there were some way to keep him in prison for life, with no chance at parole.
This arrogant bustard is the scum of the earth.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.