LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Louisville woman accused of beating her boyfriend to death has been found guilty.

A Jefferson County jury said Brenda Porter murdered David Burch in January 2018.

Police were called to a home on Wellbrooke Drive in Louisville on a welfare check when they found Burch in the backyard wrapped in bedding and a plastic tarp.

Police interviewed Porter, who told them she hit Burch with an ivory statue and he collapsed. She then said she grabbed a bottle of vodka and continued to assault him.

Officials at the time said Burch bled to death from multiple blunt force injuries to the head.

Investigators said Porter also admitted to trying to clean up the murder scene and was going to destroy evidence of the crime.

She was found guilty by the jury of one count of murder, one count of tampering with physical evidence, and one count of abuse of a corpse.

Porter's sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 14.

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