Ventnor Woman Convicted of Killing Husband and Keeping Remains in Containers

An Atlantic County Jury has found a local woman guilty of killing her husband, and keeping his remains in several containers in a closet.

After a 4 day trial, Loretta Doyle Burroughs, 63, of  Ventnor, was found guilty of the stabbing death of her husband, Daniel Burroughs, 66, when they both lived on Leipzig Avenue in Hamilton Township, more than 7 years ago. The jury also found Doyle Burroughs guilty of the crime of hindering her own apprehension by concealing evidence of the crime.

According to Atlantic County Prosecutor Jim McClain,

Daniel Burroughs was reported missing to Hamilton Township Police in September 2007, when the couple lived in the Leipzig Avenue house, in Mays Landing.
Following her husband’s disappearance, Loretta Burroughs moved to a home on the  300 block of Hampshire Avenue in Ventnor. In May 2013 Burroughs was relocating to a
residence on West Florida Avenue, in Villas, Cape May County.
On May 17, 2013, a joint investigation by the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit, the Hamilton Township Police Department, and the New Jersey State Police, culminated in the execution of two search warrants at the Ventnor and Cape May County homes. Assisting with the searches were the Cape May County
Prosecutor’s Office, and the Ventnor City and Lower Township Police Departments.
Inside the Ventnor residence the team found decomposing human remains inside several containers in a closet. The remains were later positively identified as Daniel
Burroughs. Loretta Burroughs was arrested the same day at the Cape May County residence and charged with murder for the fatal stabbing of her husband.

 

Sentencing is set for April 22nd.