Playboy Model Sentenced in Murder of Renowned Psychiatrist Found Dead in Trunk

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 11 March 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Former Playboy model Kelsey Turner sentenced Turner to 10 to 25 years in prison for her role in the death of Dr. Thomas Burchard. Turner is accused of killing an elderly psychiatrist, who reportedly paid her rent and gave her money. The 71-year-old renowned psychiatrist was found beat to death in the trunk of Turner’s blue Mercedes Benz. The car had been abandoned on a dirt road, according to police. Two other suspects, identified as Jon Logan Kennison and Diana Nicole Pena also charged. Turner, 29, agreed to an Alford plea, which means Turner does not have to admit guilt, but does agree there is enough prosecutorial evidence for a jury to find her guilty.

Joining Nancy Grace today:

Troy Slaten - Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney, Slaten Lawyers, APC, Twitter @TroySlaten
Dr. Jenn Mann - Marriage and Family Therapist, Host 'Couples Therapy' and 'Family Therapy' on VH1, "The Dr. Jenn Show” on Sirius XM, Author: "The Relationship Fix: Dr. Jenn’s 6-Step Guide to Improving Communication, Connection and Intimacy", doctorjenn.com
Dr. Kendall Crowns – Deputy Chief Medical Examiner Travis County, Texas (Austin)
Chris Byers - Former Police Chief Johns Creek Georgia, 25 years as Police Officer, now Private Investigator and Polygraph Examiner, www.chrisbyersinvestigationsandpolygraph.com
Alexis Tereszcuk - CrimeOnline.com Investigative Reporter, Writer/Fact Checker, LeadStories.com, Twitter: @swimmie2009

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0:00.0	Cribe Stories with Nancy Grace
0:07.0	Well, you can only go so far on your looks, right?
0:15.0	Well, apparently wrong because this former Playboy model was accused of a vicious murder
0:24.0	of a California psychiatrist whose body found stuffed in the trunk of her Mercedes-Benz.
0:30.0	And somehow Kelsey Turner has managed to skate with just 10 years behind bars.
0:39.0	Are we? I'm Nancy Grace. This is Cribe Stories. Thank you for being with us here at Fox Nation
0:46.0	and Sirius XM111, a former Playboy model sentenced to at least 10 years in prison
0:53.0	in the last days after she copped a plea in the beating death of a renowned California psychiatrist.
1:00.0	Boy, apparently she had been milking him for money from the get-go.
1:05.0	Kelsey Turner, who apparently appeared in Playboy, Italia and Maxim,
1:12.0	was handed down a prison sentence between 10 and 25 in Clark County, Nevada
1:17.0	for her role in the death of, as I mentioned, the renowned psychiatrist, Dr. Thomas Bershard.
1:25.0	The doctor who was in and let me just say intimate and him transactional relationship with Turner
1:35.0	was murdered and crammed into Turner's car. Now, that's no way to go and no way to be found.
1:44.0	And he actually had a long time love. Now, this woman, the Playboy model,
1:52.0	had previously taken an alpha plea, which is a guilty plea in which you never actually admit you did it.
2:01.0	Now, she took an alpha plea to second degree murder and we've been waiting on the sentence.
2:09.0	Prosecutors claim Turner 29.
2:14.0	Directed her boyfriend, John Kineson, to attack Dr. Bershard when he came to visit her in Vegas.
2:23.0	The boyfriend Kineson reportedly beat a 71-year-old psychiatrist with a bat.
2:30.0	Before the site was stuffed in the trunk, this Playboy bunny turned killer was actually driving Mercedes-Benz.
2:38.0	Somebody was giving her a lot of money.
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