Gwinnett County man found guilty of murdering wife

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. - A jury has returned a guilty verdict for a Gwinnett County man on trial for murdering his wife.

The verdict was returned after three hours of deliberations in case against Matthew Leili in the death of 44-year-old Nique Leili in 2011.

Leili reported his wife missing four-and-a-half years ago and filed for divorce days later. He told authorities Mrs. Leili had abandoned him and their two daughters. Shortly after, family and friends found the mother's body in a wooded area near the couple's home in unincorporated Lawrenceville, Georgia. She was naked and covered in a pile of leaves.

Officers began their investigation, seizing computers and surveillance equipment from the Leili home. But they didn't make any arrests at the time.

Nique's relatives filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Matthew Leili. And after a re-examination of seized equipment, Gwinnett County Police announced in March 2015 Leili had been charged with murder and eavesdropping.

Leili was sentenced to life without parole.