A former Playboy model, accused of murdering a 71-year-old psychiatrist who police said was helping pay her bills, has reached a plea deal, court records show.
Kelsey Turner, 29, was arrested and charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the April 2019 death of Thomas Burchard of Salinas, California, whom authorities said was paying Turner’s rent on a Las Vegas apartment.
Burchard was found bludgeoned to death in the trunk of Turner’s Mercedes Benz after traveling to Las Vegas to tell her he would no longer pay for her lifestyle, police said. He died of blunt force trauma to the head, said police, who found the car abandoned on a desert road near Lake Mead after Burchard’s long-time girlfriend reported him missing.
As part of the plea agreement, which was entered in Clark County District Court on Wednesday, Turner pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. The other charges she faces will be dismissed when she’s sentenced, according to the agreement.
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