An Atlantic County woman was convicted Tuesday of her husband's murder after a six-year missing persons search that ended when police discovered his remains in a closet in her home, according to the county prosecutor's office.

Loretta Doyle Burroughs, 63, of the 300 block of Hampshire Drive in Ventnor, was found guilty of murder and hindering her own apprehension in the death of Daniel Burroughs, 66.

Daniel Burroughs was reported missing in September 2007 when the couple lived in a Leipzig Avenue residence in the Mays Landing section of Hamilton Township.

Authorities say that following Daniel Burroughs' disappearance, Loretta Burroughs moved to Ventnor. In 2013, she had been in the process of relocating to a residence on W. Florida Avenue in the Villas section of Lower Township when her husband's remains were discovered.

On May 17, 2013, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office Major Crimes Unit conducted a join investigation with the Hamilton Township Police Department and the New Jersey State Police executing a search warrant on Burroughs' Ventnor home, finding decomposing human remains inside several storage containers in a closet.

The remains were later identified as those of Daniel Burroughs.

Loretta Buroughs was arrested later that day at her Lower Township residence and was indicted on murder charges in April 2014.

Sentencing is scheduled for April 22 at 9 a.m.

Burroughs faces 30 years to life in prison on the murder conviction and three to five years for hindering, prosecutors say.

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