Playboy Murders on ID: Where is Kelsey Turner now?
Robert Young
Updated on February 13, 2026
In November 2022, previous Playboy model Kelsey Turner, who called herself Badd Barbie, entered an Alford Supplication bargain in the killing of a presumed youngster specialist Dr. Thomas Burchard, whose body was found in the storage compartment of a neglected vehicle in the Nevada desert in 2019.
Turner, helped by her then-beau Jon Logan Kennison and flat mate Diana Pena, severely went after the 71-year-old specialist, cleaned the crime location, and unloaded his body. Pena was quick to confess and affirm against the other two, who in the long run entered their particular request bargains in return for a lesser allegation in 2022.
Sources express that Kelsey Turner is serving a 10 to long term jail term at the Florence McClure Ladies’ Restorative Place in Las Vegas subsequent to conceding to second-degree murder.
A forthcoming episode of The Playboy Murders on ID, named Sugar Child, will return to the case on Monday, February 27, 2023, at 10 pm ET. The summary of the episode states:
“A 25-year-old Playboy Italia model interfaces with a 71-year-old specialist after he sees her photographs on the web; he upholds her for a considerable length of time and gives her more than $300,000 prior to taking steps to remove her, and their relationship takes a deadly turn.”Kelsey Turner, her then-sweetheart, and her flat mate were captured for Dr. Thomas Burchard’s homicide in 2019
In November 2022, 29-year-old Kelsey Turner stood out as truly newsworthy in 2019 subsequent to being captured for the demise of Monterey, California-based youngster specialist Dr. Thomas Burchard. She recorded an Alford supplication to the charge of second-degree murder, demonstrating that she concedes liability while keeping up with her blamelessness.
Prior to tolerating a request understanding, the previous Playboy and Proverb model had argued not liable to charges of homicide and connivance to kill 71-year-old Burchard, whose body was found in the storage compartment of a neglected vehicle in a desert region east of Las Vegas.
A resulting dissection uncovered that the casualty died from obtuse power injury to the head, pronouncing the case murder.
As per specialists, Kelsey Turner and Dr. Thomas Burchard, who were together for almost two years, had a close connection before the homicide.
Reports likewise expressed that the last option paid lease for Spring, April, and June for the model’s Las Vegas home. Turner’s flat mate, Diana Pena, and her then-sweetheart, Jon Logan Kennison, were likewise charged in association with the case.
Judy Earp, who was in a drawn out relationship with Burchard for a long time, guaranteed that the last option gave Turner almost $300,000 in an arrangement like a friendly benefactor and a sugar child.
The model, in any case, denied all cases of s*xual contact between them. Earp likewise claimed that he showed sympathy for the model and mother-of-two who, until Burchard mediated, couldn’t get a rent on a home.
Kelsey Turner, a mother of two, was condemned to jail subsequent to entering an Alford Request bargain the year before
As per the Las Vegas Survey Diary, Diana Pena conceded to being an accomplice to kill in June 2019, while Kennison confessed to second-degree murder in June 2022. Pena, who lived with Kelsey Turner and Jon Logan Kennison at that point, affirmed that she saw Kennison assault Dr. Thomas Burchard with a slugging stick inside a Las Vegas home.
The assault happened after Turner developed furious over pictures and messages she found on the casualty’s telephone. Pena likewise referenced that in the wake of going after Burchard, Turner and Kennison planned to take him to the emergency clinic. The model later asked her beau to “take Thomas out.”
Reports expressed that the occurrence happened when Burchard went to meet Turner in Las Vegas to say a final farewell to her and illuminate her that he would as of now not be paying for her way of life.
Jon Logan Kennison got a sentence of 18 to 45 years. In the mean time, Kelsey Turner, who entered an Alford Supplication bargain in November 2022, was given a 10 to long term prison term recently.
As per reports, Turner is at present spending time in jail at the Florence McClure Ladies’ Restorative Community in Las Vegas and might be qualified for parole after Walk 2029.