Ventnor Tupperware Murderer Sentenced to 55 Years
A South Jersey woman who was found guilty of stabbing her husband, dismembering his body, and keeping the body parts in Tupperware containers has been sentenced to a long prison term.
According to Atlantic County Prosecutor Jim McClain, Loretta Doyle Burroughs, 63, of Ventnor was sentenced to 55 years in prison for the 2007 stabbing death of her husband Daniel Burroughs, 66, and for concealing evidence in the crime. Police say she retained the dismembered parts in Tupperware containers for 6 years. A police investigation led to the 2013 discovering of the body parts in a closet in her home.
On March 17, 2015, after a four (4) day trial before Judge Donio , an Atlantic County jury found Loretta Doyle Burroughs guilty on both criminal counts after 2 hours of deliberation.During the trial, the State presented evidence that Daniel Burroughs had been renovating the Leipzig Avenue home to be sold, intending that he and his wife Loretta retire to Florida.After Daniel Burroughs’ disappearance, Loretta Doyle Burroughs told friends and familythat Daniel had "run off with another woman to Florida.” Loretta Burroughs then left onvacation with her grandchildren, returned and sold off his belongings, sold the house,and divorced Daniel Burroughs 18 months after the murder, to facilitate her gainingaccess to his portion of the proceeds from the house sale.Burroughs later moved from Mays Landing to the Ventnor home where DanielBurroughs decomposed remains were recovered in the execution of the search warrant6 years later.