Abandoned Husband...or Deceitful Killer? Detective Miller, a soft-spoken man, asked Perry March point-blank if he had killed his wife, Janet, and disposed of her body. Perry adamantly denied having harmed Janet in any way. He admitted that he and Janet had argued on the night of August 15, 1996, but he said that he had not attacked her. She simply took the things that she had packed and drove away in her Volvo.

"Look at me," Perry said at one point. "On August 15, 1996, I was a respected lawyer in Nashville. I had it all. A beautiful wife. Two wonderful kids. Gorgeous home. I was a go-to guy in the business community. I was making good money. Now, my wife has left me."

Later, Perry would go on-camera on CBS News' 48 Hours and tell to a national television audience: "Janet was a wonderful mother. Very doting."

It seemed strange how he referred to her in the past tense.