Kelsey Turner has been convicted of manslaughter (Image: AP)

A former Playboy model has been convicted of her role in the murder of her 71-year-old “Sugar Daddy” after he stopped paying her $3,200 in rent.

Kelsey Turner and her then-boyfriend Jon Kennison introduced Dr. Thomas Burchard dead and placed his body in the trunk of their car, prosecutors said.

The psychiatrist’s decomposing body was found in March 2019 in the abandoned vehicle outside Las Vegas near Lake Mead.

Investigators determined that he had been hit with a blunt instrument, likely a baseball bat.

Police reports revealed that Dr. Burchard Turner had helped pay her bills two years before his death.

Judy Earp, then Dr. However, Burchard claims he gave Turner about $300,000 (£246,000) to be her “sugar daddy”.

Turner, 29, and Kennison were later arrested along with their roommate, Diana Pena.

psychiatrist Dr Thomas Burchard

Dr. Thomas Burchard’s corpse was found in a trunk outside Las Vegas (Photo: Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula)

Kelly Turner

Turner posed for the likes of Maxim and Playboy Italia in her modeling days (Image: Instagram/Kelsey Turner)

Jon Kennison

Jon Kennison confessed to murder and was sentenced to 45 years in prison (Image: AP)

Diana Pena

Turner’s roommate Diana Pena admitted to cleaning up the crime scene and escaping with her and Kennison

Doctor Thomas Burchard

Dr. Burchard reportedly gave Turner about $300,000 (£246,000) to become her sugar daddy (Photo: Family Handout)

Kennison pleaded guilty to murder and conspiracy and was sentenced to 18 to 45 years in prison last July.

Pena admitted to being an accessory to murder in June 2019 after she helped clean up the crime scene and fled the state with the couple.

Turner, who has posed for the likes of Maxim and Playboy Italia, filed an Alford plea in November, meaning she could maintain her innocence while admitting prosecutors had enough evidence to prove her guilt.

It also meant she escaped trial and received a reduced sentence from 10 to 25 years for manslaughter on Tuesday.

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