Murder of Janet March

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On August 29, 1996, Janet Gail March (née Levine February 20, 1963 – August 15, 1996), a children's book illustrator from the Nashville suburb of Forest Hills, Tennessee, United States, was reported missing to police by her family. Her husband, attorney Perry March, told police he had last seen his wife when she left the house on the night of August 15, two weeks earlier, following an argument. Perry claimed Janet had packed her bags for a twelve-day vacation at an unknown location and driven away. She was never seen alive by anyone else afterwards. Janet's car was found at a nearby apartment complex a week after the police report, showing signs of having been there for some time. Other evidence suggested that Perry had fabricated some evidence of his wife's supposed motive for departure and attempted to tamper with or destroy other items that might have provided evidence. Police soon reclassified the case as a homicide, despite the absence of Janet's body, and named Perry as a suspect...

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