Convicted killer has fourth meeting with state parole board

PEWEE VALLEY, Ky. (WTVQ) – One of the women convicted of a murder nearly thirty years ago pleaded her case to the state parole board on Tuesday.

Karen Brown was one of three people sentenced in the murder of Michael Turpin.

22-year-old Michael Turpin was stabbed to death in 1986.

Elizabeth Turpin, Karen Brown and Keith Bouchard were arrested in 1986, for the violent stabbing death of the 22-year-old. A jury decided his wife, Elizabeth, and her then-lover Karen Brown, hired Bouchard to kill Michael for $60,000 in insurance.

During the hearing, Brown mentioned that she had only been living in Lexington for a few months when she met Turpin’s wife. Brown added that she had no idea there was a plot to kill Turpin prior to the murder. She told the board that she did not physically harm Turpin, but she was involved in disposing of his body. She claimed it’s a decision she regrets to this day.

Brown has spent more than 29 years in prison. She told the parole board she was ready to be free and has a home to go to.

No decision was made Tuesday. Instead, the board chose to send it to the full board to make a decision next week.

As for the family of Michael Turpin, they say it’s been a 30-year nightmare.

On Monday, the family begged the state parole board to keep her behind bars.

“We do not have Mike. He is not in our life right now,” one family member commented.

This is the fourth time Brown has been considered for parole.

The Turpin family has plenty of support, including Commonwealth’s attorney, Ray Larson.