Playboy model accused of bludgeoning psychiatrist to death and stuffing body into Mercedes Benz trunk

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 11 April 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Former Playboy model, 25-year-old Kelsey Turner, is accused of killing an elderly psychiatrist, who reportedly paid her rent and gave her money. 71-year-old Dr. Thomas Burchard’s body was found last month in Las Vegas, decomposing in the trunk of Turner’s blue Mercedes Benz. Nancy speaks with Dr. Burchard's long-time girlfriend, Judy Earp. An Expert Panel weighs in too: John Lemley: Crimeonline.com reporter Dr. Brian Russell: Psychologist, lawyer, and Host of “Fatal Vows” on Investigation Discovery Kathleen Murphy: Family attorney Michelle Dupree: Medical Examiner, author of "Homicide Investigation Field Guide"

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0:00.0	Cribe stories with Nancy Grace.
0:12.8	Kelsey Turner, no stranger to posing for the camera, now posing for her criminal mug
0:18.3	shot.
0:19.3	They accused of brutally beating a man who paid her rent and showered her with money.
0:23.2	About 300,000 that I know about and possibly more.
0:29.1	You are hearing our friends at KSBW Action 8 News.
0:32.2	That was Christopher Salas, guys.
0:36.1	A psychiatrist well respected, found, bludgeoned dead in the trunk of a car.
0:46.2	You know where?
0:48.2	Las Vegas.
0:49.2	Now, I know why they call it Sin City.
0:52.4	This guy very, very well respected.
0:56.6	I'm talking about Dr. Thomas Bershard.
0:59.9	Joining me, John Limley, crimeonline.com, investigative reporter, Dr. Michelle Duprey, medical examiner,
1:06.1	author of Homicide and Investigation Field Guide, renowned divorce and family lawyer,
1:11.3	Kathleen Murphy, and the psychologist and lawyer host of Hit series on investigation discovery
1:17.7	fatal vows.
1:19.0	But with me first is a very special guest today because no one has heard the side of Dr.
1:24.9	Thomas Bershard.
1:27.5	And we hear that a psychiatrist is found dead in a trunk in Vegas.
1:32.6	All right.
1:34.0	That doesn't look good.
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