Kelsey Nichole Turner | |
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Born | Kelsey Nichole Ingram May 5, 1993 Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. |
Education | Arkansas State University |
Criminal status | Incarcerated |
Parent(s) | Samantha Ingram (mother), Christopher Ingram (father) |
Conviction | Second degree murder |
Criminal penalty | 10 to 25 years imprisonment |
Imprisoned at | Florence McClure Women's Correctional Center |
Kelsey Nichole Turner (born May 5, 1993) is an American murderer and former adult model. She has appeared in magazines such as Playboy , Maxim , and OneTen. [1]
In 2019, Turner and her ex-boyfriend were accused of killing a Salinas psychiatrist, Dr. Thomas Burchard. [2] She was arrested by FBI agents and Las Vegas police in Stockton, California, on March 21, 2019, and underwent a criminal trial for three years. [3] [4] [5] She eventually pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 10 to 25 years in prison in January 2023. [6] [7]
Turner was born on May 5, 1993, in Norfolk, Virginia, and grew up in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Later, she started modeling for adult magazines. [8] [9] During her modeling days, she lived in Salinas, California and Las Vegas, Nevada. [10] [11] [12]
Turner and her ex-boyfriend Jon "Logan" Kennison have been in custody since 2019 for the murder of Dr. Thomas Burchard, a child psychiatrist. [13] [14] They are accused of beating the 71 year old psychiatrist to death with a baseball bat and a gun, then stuffing his body into the trunk of Turner's Mercedes. [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]
Judy Earp, the victim's fiancé, claims that Burchard had given Turner around $750,000 to be his "sugar baby" over a period of several years. [19] Earp claims Burchard's last words to her were: "She's such a pervasive liar that I have to see for myself." [19]
Burchard's body was discovered in the trunk of Turner's vehicle, which had been abandoned on a desert road outside Las Vegas. [20]
Turner was arrested by FBI agents and Las Vegas police in Stockton, California, on March 21, 2019. [21] [22] [23] [24] Her trial lasted three years. [25] [26] In July 2022, in the wake of Kennison pleading guilty, she agreed to accept an Alford guilty plea. [25] On November 9, 2022, she signed the plea deal, despite maintaining her innocence. [27] [28] On January 10, 2023, she was sentenced to 10 to 25 years in prison. [28]
Kennison pleaded guilty in June 2022 to second-degree murder with a deadly weapon and conspiracy to commit murder. [29] He was sentenced to 18 to 45 years for his role in the murder. [30] A roommate of the couple, Diana Nicole Pena, pleaded guilty to being an accessory to murder and provided prosecutors with critical evidence. [30]
Turner is currently incarcerated at the Florence McClure Women's Correctional Center in Nevada. [31] [32]