A former Playboy model has been sentenced to prison after a well-known psychiatrist was found dead in her trunk. Kelsey Turner was sentenced to 10 to 25 years behind bars Tuesday for the 2019 murder of renowned child psychiatrist Dr.
Thomas Burchard. The 29-year-old entered an Alford plea agreement back in November, according to Law&Crime. An Alford plea allows criminal defendants to maintain their innocence but accept that if brought to trial, the judge and jury would likely find them guilty.
For Turner, it was part of an agreement with the state that would guarantee her parole eligibility after 10 years. The model may not have been willing to admit to the killing, but others involved already have. Related: Brian Kohberger Said WHAT To A Neighbor About The Killings?! According to Clark County prosecutors, Turner and her then-boyfriend, Jon Kennison, beat the 71-year-old doctor to death and left him in the trunk of her Mercedes-Benz C300, which they abandoned in the middle of the Nevada desert near Lake Mead in March of 2019.
Kennison previously pleaded guilty — that’s full-on guilty, not Alford — and was sentenced to 18 to 45 years in prison. A former roommate of the two, Diana Nicole Pena, was previously charged with murder as well; she pleaded guilty to one count of accessory to murder back in June of 2019.
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